News and articles
The bakeries are hit by price increase of flour
Date: 2010-07-22 00:01:19
If the Hungarian flour is too expensive, the bakers are buying cheaper foreign flour. They are considering to turn to the Economic Competition Authority, because it is suspicious, that almost...
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The profit of Coca Cola increased in the second quarter
Date: 2010-07-22 00:01:08
The Coca Cola Co. increased its after-tax results by 16 percent in the second quarter of this year, compared to the same period of last year. According to the Wednesday...
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Consumer groups in the sight of GVH again
Date: 2010-07-22 00:00:59
The businesses organizing consumer groups in their adverts misleading the consumers, showing the impression that they provide loan. The Competition Authority (GVH) prohibited two further companies from the communication of...
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China overtook the United States in energy consumption
Date: 2010-07-22 00:00:32
According to the datas of the International Energy Agency (IEA); China consumes the most energy on Earth. China took the leadership, from the previous world leader the United States last...
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The Coca-Cola does not work with the agency making the spicy campaign
Date: 2010-07-22 00:00:12
The Coca-Cola stopped all work in progress and is now considering the termination of the contract to the Lean Mean Fighting Machine advertising agency, after a campaign caused indignation. Coca...
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The cream of ice creams – Häagen-Dazs
Date: 2010-07-22 00:00:02
Good news for the fans of Häagen-Dazs: the Macadami Nut Brittle appeared in a new lollipop version in an exclusive packaging. In the Häagen-Dazs ice-bar (Arena Plaza), more goodies are...
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After the poor season start the heat brings the guests
Date: 2010-07-21 00:05:02
The country's biggest tourism operators reported decline in the first five months of the year. But because of the increased heat, the number of guests also increased. The experts and...
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The electronics market started well in 2010 globally
Date: 2010-07-21 00:04:02
According to the statement of GfK Hungária; A significant growth occured worldwide in the electronics market (consumer electronics, IT, photography and telecommunications), in the first quarter of 2010. The electronics...
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Advertising market shrank by a quarter in Central and Eastern Europe
Date: 2010-07-21 00:03:01
Zenith Optimedia predicts a 3.5 percent growth in 2010 on the global advertising market. No longer to be deal with great breakdown, but some countries will be trouble. Unfortunately, for...
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Tetra Pak is getting more greener
Date: 2010-07-21 00:02:32
The Tetra Pak factory in Budaörs has increased its production by 95 percent, while reducing its specific energy consumption by 39 percent, in the last seven years. Beside the continuous...
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The Do together for the children program is above 7 million HUF
Date: 2010-07-21 00:01:58
6,053,539 HUF has already been gathered in the scope of the ”Do together for the children” program, which supports the construction of the Education Center of Bakonybél this year. The...
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Unilever is the first in the area of environmentally friendly packaging
Date: 2010-07-21 00:01:09
Unilever is the world's first multinational FMCG company, that committed to replace its paper and paperboard packaging materials to substances from sustainable sources within a specified time. Within five years,...
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Inspectors in the Tesco
Date: 2010-07-21 00:00:55
The Central Hungarian organization of the National Labour Inspectorate (OMMF) began labour control in the Budaörs site of the Tesco Global Stores Inc. – informed MTI Gedeon András, the spokesman...
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Wal-Mart is the world's largest company
Date: 2010-07-21 00:00:12
Forbes magazine ranked again the world's 500 largest companies. The first became the Wal-Mart shop network. The Royal Dutch Shell oil company, which was the world leader slipped back to...
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Pepsi-profit slightly weakened, compared to 2009
Date: 2010-07-21 00:00:02
The PepsiCo Inc. announced that its second quarter profit decreased by 3 percent to 1.6 billion USD, to 98 cents per share from the 1.7 billion USD and 1.06 USD...
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Food Chain World Meeting in Hungary
Date: 2010-07-20 00:04:02
Between 17 and 22 August the 1st Sustainable Food World Summit to be held in Hungary – announced Búza László, president of the organizer Foodlawment Association. In the scope of...
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Secondary import controls
Date: 2010-07-20 00:03:01
From today food importers should provide detailed datas over prices, consume time limits, sources of supply. The secondary import controls aims to eliminate the low quality or dangerous items. Two...
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Increasing consumption may accelerate Central and Eastern Europe
Date: 2010-07-20 00:02:58
Acccording to the experts of the Vienna-based Erste Group; consumption will be less vulnerable next year. This may boost the Central and Eastern European region’s economy. In Central and Eastern...
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Wine Marketing campaign again
Date: 2010-07-20 00:02:01
The Wine Marketing Community launches a campaign to increase awareness of Hungarian wines. The target group is watching television. The key element of the campaign is a 30-second TV commercial,...
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Ten-year plan in agriculture: the Hungarikum law to come
Date: 2010-07-20 00:01:58
The Ministry of Rural Development prepares a ten year agri concept – announced Fazekas Sándor, leader of the rural development ministry. The concept of the Ministry will include those tasks,...
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Az első eljárás eredménytelen lett, a második – hirdetmény nélküli tárgyalásos – eljárást pedig a Kö
Date: 2010-07-20 00:01:21
The Hungarian Enterprise Development Foundation (MVA) issued a procurement tender for the integrated tourism development of the Slovak-Hungarian border region. The result of the 30 million HUF program is a...
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Heineken Hungária and Krétakör against irresponsible alcohol consumption
Date: 2010-07-20 00:01:02
Another partner involved in the Heineken Hungária campaign to draw attention to the dangers of irresponsible and excessive alcohol consumption. The creative community of Krétakör addresses the young adults with...
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Unilever is the part of two billion people’s daily life with the help of British Telecom
Date: 2010-07-20 00:00:55
BT (British Telecom) and Unilever expanded the value of their existing outsourcing contract with a further 173 million euros. According to the new agreement in the next four years, the...
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The red wine protects the heart
Date: 2010-07-20 00:00:25
Among those who are on Mediterranean diet, the”bad” LDL cholesterol blood levels are lower on an average, and overweight is also less common among them. Although the French cuisine uses...
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The mall of Nagyvárad has been opened semi-finished
Date: 2010-07-20 00:00:05
Nagyvárad’s newest shopping center, the Nagyvárad Pláza has been opened. The building is not yet complete, but it was handed over on Wednesday. The mall situates opposite to the castle....
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After sluggish start, encouraging continuation- the brewers are optimistic
Date: 2010-07-19 00:04:16
Beer manufacturers disliked the relatively cold spring and cold early summer, but in the context of the current heat wave – beer consumption increased during the soccer World Cup –...
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The production of food may also be a Hungaricum
Date: 2010-07-19 00:04:12
More food products and production processes should be classified as Hungaricum – said Kovács Mátyás, the leader of “Hungarikum” Food and Drink Manufacturer Cluster (Hungarikum ELIT Cluster), to MTI. Kovács...
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Ten year development plan in tourism
Date: 2010-07-19 00:04:05
In the next ten years the national income (GNI) should be doubled within the tourism sector and the number of jobs also – proposed the Minister of national economy. Matolcsy...
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Hungarian SMEs may enter to the Chinese market
Date: 2010-07-19 00:03:01
Tradeland Ltd. has set up a Merchant House in Shanghai, in order to help to the Hungarian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in their market access in China – told...
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Rendezvous in the barn: Flavours of Hungarian regions at the SPAR
Date: 2010-07-19 00:02:15
In the last 20 years, SPAR has evolved to the dominant food chain of Hungary. Local strategy is one of the most important points of the dynamic growth – focusing...
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