News and articles
Hungarians record holders in low cholesterol oil
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
According to an online survey by Nielsen, iodised salt is the most popular among functional food products intended to make us healthier, in Hungary. Reduced cholesterol cooking oil/margarine is in...
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In the course of research, GVH has the power to:
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
• enter and search all premises without permission from the owner or anybody present and to have any premises opened for inspection • search private property including cars and homes...
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In memoriam József Törley
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
Törley Pezsgőpincészet celebrated the 150th anniversary of the birth of its founder, József Törley on 9. January. The Hungarian Museum of Commerce and Catering has an exhibition about the history...
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To be portioned ham is getting more popular again
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
Retail sales of ham in terms of quantity dropped by 5 per cent last year. The 5 per cent increase in terms of value was the result of rising consumer...
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Health conquering shelves
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
Olive oil, sport and energy drinks, cereals and corn flakes are the most dynamically growing food categories, with annual expansion of 50 per cent. Healthy food has become one of...
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How to prepare for inspections:
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
• set up a chain of communication • prepare internal regulations to be followed in case of inspection or research • group data and documents, store documents protected by law...
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Environmental competition
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
Tetra Pak Magyarország and WWF Magyarország launched an environmental competition for primary schools in February with the aim of increasing awareness about environmental issues. The final with the best five...
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Reliable quality hams for Easter
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
It seems that the last Easter season has been a quite successful one for manufacturers of branded hams. The 2007 Easter campaign by the Association of the Meat Industry communicating...
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Older people as well
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
According to Ottilia Dörnyei, director of GfK Hungária, a slow shift is detectable in consumption habits towards healthy food. Young families with small children and women over 50 are the...
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Fresh, expensive, French
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
Hungarians never stay neutral when the French are the subject of the discussion. While their wealth of cultural heritage is generally admired, their chauvinistic arrogance and refusal to speak foreign...
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Tchibo Exclusive & Exclusive Mild
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
The flavours of the new coffee mix developed by Tchibo experts comes even closer to Hungarian taste than before....
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Healthy Growth in Functional Food Market
Date: 2008-02-29 00:00:00
Consumers are becoming more skeptical about the health claims made by food and drink manufacturers. Datamonitor analysis estimates that the combined US, Western European and Asia Pacific functional food and...
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January's unemployment rate of 8.1 percent
Date: 2008-02-29 00:00:00
In the period of November 2007–January 2008, the number of employed people was 3,873 thousand and the number of unemployed people was 343 thousand. In the given period, 54.6 percent...
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European companies have to decrease their sugar output with 1.14 millio tons
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
If they fail to make satisfactory cutbacks, companies risk a final cut with no compensation being imposed on them. Until now, 4.8m tonnes have been renounced within the restructuring scheme,...
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FMCG prise cartel in France
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
If found guilty of anticompetitive practices, the companies could face fines of up to 10 percent of their annual worldwide revenue — possibly amounting to billions of euros. Le Figaro ...
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GEFCO duplicated its sales in Hungary
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
The EFCO logistics integrator specialis had HUF 4 billion income, twohold as last year. Half of the sales came from distribution of vehicles and groupage and full/part-load road transport....
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Henkel 4Q Net Profit +11%
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
In the full year, Henkel posted sales of EUR13.07 billion, up 2.6% from 2006, organic sales grew 5.8%. Earnings before interest and taxes, or EBIT, in the fourth quarter...
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Not tumult at Janury clearance sales
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
According to Media Research Company in spite of the prise actions and sales outs people don't buy anithing. 75% of the answerers said that don't want and will to shop...
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Fine on Magyar Cukor Zrt. because of water pollution
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
In February 33,000 m3 pollutioned water fall into brook Ikva from company's distroyed reservoir. The bad case happened in Magyar Cukor's Petohazi plant, the firm has to pay HUF 22...
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Hungarian National Wine Exhibition in London
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
With assistance of the Hungarian Agricultural Marketing Centre 26 famous Hungarian Winery show its offer in London Opera on 4th March. For the prestigious event take part distributors, agent...
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Intelligence ADT Ultra•Max at Marionnaud
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
8 of the 10 international retail chains prefer ADT's solutions. After a successful test periode in 2007 Marionnaud choose for protection the Ultra-Max®, the authentic Acousto-Magnetic technology. The first...
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Retail wings in Poland
Date: 2008-02-27 00:00:00
January Retail Sales Up From 2007 Polish retail sales in January rose a strong 20.9% year-on-year, but fell 18.7% when compared to December 2007. According to figures from the national...
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Procter & Gamble Co to cut about 15 percent of its management staff
Date: 2008-02-27 00:00:00
The company aims to accelerate annual productivity growth from 6 percent to 7 or 8 percent over the next five years. The world's largest household and personal-care products maker also...
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Aldi enters the Polish market
Date: 2008-02-27 00:00:00
The German discounter Aldi, opened its first seven stores in Poland on 25 February. The network’s discounts are located in Poznan, Jelenia Gora, Sulechow, Glogow, Zory, Brzeg and Tarnowskie Gory....
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One third market share for Heineken Hungaria
Date: 2008-02-27 00:00:00
In spite of bad business environment the company increased its sales and profit in 2007. Last year the company sold 9% more beer, almost 2,400 hectoliters, the nettó sale...
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Extra guarantee at Indesit Company
Date: 2008-02-27 00:00:00
Customer can raise the „normal” two years guarantee at Indesit products with another two, at Hotpoint-Ariston products with extra 3 years. According to GFK Research Company on the Hungarian market...
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