News and articles
’You will cry there…’
Date: 2011-03-08 20:49:48
Roland had been working in the United States for two years when in the second half of 2010 Café Erté closed for good. When we asked owner Andrea Sarrang about...
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MÉBiH coordinates the preparation for a European food consumption survey
Date: 2011-03-08 20:49:20
The Hungarian Food Safety Office (MÉBiH) won the European Food Safety Authority’s tender and will elaborate the methodology of and prepare for EU MENU, a European food consumption survey. The...
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My company is on the Internet
Date: 2011-03-08 20:47:39
Ipsos conducted a survey for Google Hungary, which revealed that less than half of Hungarian micro- and small businesses have their own websites. This finding made Budapest Bank, Google Hungary...
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Ferenc Deák works in Moscow
Date: 2011-03-08 20:44:50
The former managing director of Henkel Hungary, who spent the last one and a half years at the company’s Düsseldorf headquarters, works in Moscow from January 2011 as director of...
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Obligatory dynamism
Date: 2011-03-08 20:35:19
Economic upturn is going at full speed in Germany, the rate of unemployment has not been this low for years (some say it has never been). What I saw from...
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Enchanted by brand loyalty
Date: 2011-03-08 20:34:42
A study published for the 15th time, the annual Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Index (CLEI) concluded that these days really successful brands have one thing in common: they enchant customers...
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Barbie and Ken are back together
Date: 2011-03-08 20:33:20
After seven years of separation Barbie and Ken give their romance another chance (the couple even united their Facebook profiles!), informed Mattel in a communiqué, in which they also introduced...
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Coke’s real recipe is not a secret anymore?
Date: 2011-03-08 20:31:43
The Coca-Cola code has been cracked! At least this is what Ira Glass, the host of US radio show ‘This American Life’ claims: he stumbled across the recipe in an...
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Take care of the pennies…
Date: 2011-03-08 20:27:55
These days numerous IT systems help retailers to take care of the pennies, so that the pounds will take care of themselves. These systems can control stock and money movement...
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The world’s biggest companies joined forces (part 1)
Date: 2011-03-08 20:21:44
The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) unites 400 leading experts, international organisations and initiatives from 70 countries, representing a turnover of EUR 2.1 trillion. It has been up and running since...
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Retail was still in a bad patch last year
Date: 2011-03-08 20:16:36
Volume sales in retail diminished by 0.3 percent last November, in comparison with November 2009. Volume sales in the first eleven months of 2010 fell by 2.5 percent – reports...
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Pig prices are already edging up
Date: 2011-03-08 20:00:32
The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) continuously monitors and publishes world trends in poultry and meat products. Their last report reveals that the European pig market seems to calm down...
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Szilasfood celebrates its 20th birthday
Date: 2011-03-08 19:25:09
At Szilasfood, a medium-sized Hungarian enterprise, we are proud of taking an active part in the development of the domestic food sector. We started out in March 1991 and achieved...
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The draft of the Hungarian product regulation released for public consultation
Date: 2011-03-08 12:55:59
The public debate on the draft of Hungarian product regulation has started – notified the Ministry of Rural Development (VM). The Ministry will send the draft to the European Union...
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The resurrection of the Hungarian packaging industry
Date: 2011-03-08 12:51:53
Hungarian packaging industry increased by 16.7 percent last year, achieveing growth compared to 2008, after the 12.2 percent decline of 2009 – states the National Association of Packaging and Material...
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Industrial production expanded again after the decline of December
Date: 2011-03-08 12:51:44
According to the seasonally and working day-adjusted preliminary datas; after the 11.8 percent decline of December, industrial production grew by 15.5 percent on a monthly base. The adjusted data shows...
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Sixty million tastes in the Hungarian Chocolate Factory
Date: 2011-03-08 12:43:21
Eight months after its start, the chocoMe is well-known even out of Europe. On the website of the chocoMe, the customers can individually compile their favourite chocolate by mixing their...
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Subway overtook McDonald's in the number of restaurants
Date: 2011-03-08 12:42:18
McDonald's is no longer the world leader in the number of the restaurants. According to the recent datas, Subway overtook the U.S. giant. In the end of 2010, subway had...
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New HUman Resource director at METRO
Date: 2011-03-08 12:41:48
Starting from 1st March 2011, the new HR director of METRO Commercial Ltd. is László Nagy. László joined METRO after having worked at Sara Lee Hungary for years as the...
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Ivory Coast nationalizes the cocoa and coffee trade
Date: 2011-03-08 12:41:37
The world price of cocoa rose on Tuesday near its 32 years peak, after cocoa trade was nationalized in Ivory Coast, which is the biggest producer of the world. The...
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Consumer protection: e-commerce in focus
Date: 2011-03-08 12:41:31
The consumer protection authority has begun testing the electronic commerce. The tests last from mid-March all over the country – told Sasvári Zoltán, Director of the Consumer Protection Authority in...
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Spar: the manufacturer is responsible for the packaging and for the marking
Date: 2011-03-08 12:40:01
On the basis of the current Hungarian laws, the manufacturer is responsible for the packaging and for the placed markings – informed the Spar Hungary Ltd. the MTI. The notice...
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Six new hotels will open this year in Budapest
Date: 2011-03-08 12:32:16
Six new hotels will be handed over this year in Budapest. The six new hotels will expand the supply of the Hungarian capital with about four hundred rooms. According to...
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The clothes make the man
Date: 2011-03-08 10:43:38
At many companies, especially at multinational ones, the code of ethics regulates how employees should dress. Generally speaking we can say that a workplace is not the place where one...
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Environmentally friendly
Date: 2011-03-08 10:36:33
The brewing sector is the only one in Hungary that uses the technology of refilling efficiently and sustainably (returned bottles, casks). What is more, beer’s most popular convenient packaging is...
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Good news when it comes to employment
Date: 2011-03-08 10:27:07
According the a new survey carried out by Manpower, Hungarian employers are about to face a careful growth in the second quarter of the year: most of the employers asked...
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METRO-employees help families in need
Date: 2011-03-08 10:13:55
2011 is the European Year of Volunteers, therefore it plays an important role in the charity program of METRO Commercial Ltd. In fact, 50 employees of the company offered clothing...
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Borsodi helps fans support their favourite soccer team
Date: 2011-03-08 09:54:22
Borsodi Brewery has made the announcement that continuing their traditions, they are going to support Hungarian soccer with a significant amount of money. The company launches a special campaign from...
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New product by Henkel
Date: 2011-03-08 09:04:12
Henkel has introduced its new product, the Pur Power Crystals product family. Pur stands for strong degreasing power and top-performance. There is the right Pur for every preference and for...
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