News and articles
The frozen food market contracted
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
According to GfK Hungária’s ConsumerScan, 67 percent of Hungarian households bought a frozen product (pizza, meat product, potato, vegetables) at least once in October 2008-September 2009, down 1 percentage point...
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Inflation just above the 4-percent threshold in 2009
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
According to KSH, consumer prices in 2009 were 4.2 percent higher on average, compared with the previous year. Household energy prices augmented the most, by 8.2 percent, followed by alcoholic...
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‘Many products are missing that Hungarians would appreciate’
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
Bartolomeo La Cava founded his food product import company a year ago. Delifood International Kft.’s most popular products in Hungary are Parma ham and Parmigiano Reggiano. Their main distribution channels...
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Trade marketing toolbar – Display
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
What makes a display work? Why do some of them multiply sales while others remain practically invisible? Are their golden rules? What are the latest trends? To display means making...
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Coca-Cola Magyarország won a prize at CSR Best Practice competition
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
The competition was organised by the Hungarian Public Relations Association (MPRSZ) and there were 17 entries. Coca-Cola entered with a rehabilitation programme of the Szabadság island near Mohács, as the...
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The epaper solution wins
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
CBA was the first to introduce ZBD’s new generation epaper shelf label solution, in its new store in Mogyoród: the solution is a world premiere that came out in 2009...
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Shampoo average prices develop steadily
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
Shampoo ranks ninth among the 60 household chemicals and cosmetics categories measured by Nielsen. The annual market is worth HUF 11 billion and value sales were up by 2 percent,...
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Baking industry concentrates further
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
While last year’s grain harvest was good, low buying prices were a disappointment to farmers. The baking industry has been concentrating for years; the number of small companies is declining,...
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Falling prices in the meat sector
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) continuously monitors and publishes world trends in poultry and fruit/vegetable products. Their last report reveals that the production price of domestic pork fell by...
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Creative yearend
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
The end of the year was all about the holidays: an arsenal of decorational accessories lured customers and the impulse zone was full of seasonal products. Small household appliances and...
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Happy Day gyümölcslevek
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
Two delicious flavours from Happy Day! Happy Day Kajszibarack’s unique taste and silky thickness are the result the 40%-fruit content, which is the most perfect in the case of apricot....
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The own branded products market is a 300 billion market
Date: 2010-02-12 00:02:03
Almost every fourth forints that the costumers spent, went on the purchasing of own branded products last year. This is approx. 300 billion HUF – sets Nielsen market research company,...
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Slowly the spring will come in the Hungarian economy
Date: 2010-02-12 00:01:45
The tempo of the decline in retail turnover can slow down, decrease will stop in industrial production and sales – indicates the publication of Ecostat Economic Research, called Mikroszkóp. According...
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Hungarian paprika in Japan
Date: 2010-02-12 00:01:11
Hungarian peppers are grown in Szolnok’s Japanese twin town: in Yuza. The vicinity of the town became an important pepper-growing area within the country, so there is a chance that...
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Danone closed a good year
Date: 2010-02-12 00:01:10
French Danone, which is the world leader in the sale of dairy products, increased its profit to 1.41 billion euros last year. The price decrease of the raw materials, as...
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McDonald's focuses on women and vegetarians
Date: 2010-02-12 00:00:35
McDonald's German subsidiary will increasingly focus on women and vegetarians in the future, in order to increase turnover. The cause of the strategy change is that food sales decreased last...
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Auchan became more expensive, but still leading the price competition
Date: 2010-02-12 00:00:12
The January price increase continued: the basket price of Privátbankár rose by an average of 1 percent in all three tested hypermarkets (Tesco, Auchan, Cora) – but must pay at...
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A new Tesco will be built in Miskolc
Date: 2010-02-12 00:00:05
According to Hackl Mónika, Tesco spokeswoman; Tesco plans to build a new Tesco in Miskolc, near the DVTK-stadion. Hackl Mónika said that work will not begun this year. The new...
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Third of the adult population in Hungary celebrates Valentine's Day
Date: 2010-02-12 00:00:02
Some people think that Valentine's Day was invented by the lingerie, chocolate, balloons, and plush teddy bear manufacturers. Valentine's Day is a big business and the supermarket chains are eager...
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The paper’s time has expired, the future belongs to electronic devices (x)
Date: 2010-02-11 00:06:01
Those who interested, can become acquainted with Szintézis ZRt.’s two innovative solutions – the Electronic Shelf labels, and E-Rail at the Foodapest. Both solutions are practical and useful too. These...
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The crisis and the bad weather worsened the performance of agriculture last year
Date: 2010-02-11 00:04:58
The agricultural performance declined in 2009 to its one-third – said Gőgös Zoltán, the Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, on the event of the Pest County...
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Less credit applications for greater amounts
Date: 2010-02-11 00:04:25
According to the datas of the Hungarian Development Bank; the borrowing mood of the companies decreased, but the value of credit applications increased. The average of the previous loan applications...
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Sustainable growth can cost tens of thousand billions
Date: 2010-02-11 00:04:02
According to the report of the Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), consist of 29 large companies; The shift to sustainable development generates huge market demand and business opportunities worldwide....
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Swiss chocolate manufacturers closed a bitter year
Date: 2010-02-11 00:03:02
The crisis affected badly the turnover of Swiss chocolate manufacturers: according to the trade association of manufacturers; for the first time in six years, the sales volume and revenue also...
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Men have better salary than women at all age of groups
Date: 2010-02-11 00:01:28
In Hungary, men and those people have the highest salaries, who are facing with retirement. The average income for men in all age of groups is higher, than the salary...
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Improving sentiment in the euro area
Date: 2010-02-11 00:00:38
The business sentiment in the euro area improvemed further in January this year. According to the datas of the German IFO Institute for Economic Research; the comprehensive business sentiment indicator...
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Organic food logo won on internet voting
Date: 2010-02-11 00:00:08
The European Commission unveiled the new logo, which will mark the organic foods in the EU from July this year. The label was voted by the European citizens on the...
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RAUCH works with a new creative agency
Date: 2010-02-11 00:00:06
Rauch Hungária Ltd. has chosen a new creative agency. The Grey Advertising company won the thender among six competitors. According to the order; Grey Budapest will prepare and manage the...
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Kraft will close a Cadbury factory
Date: 2010-02-11 00:00:00
The new owner, Kraft announced that contrary to their earlier statements, Kraft will continue the closure of the British Cadbury’s Sommerdale plant, in accordance with the plans. Cadbury decided the...
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