News and articles
Fighting insects on all levels
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Sales of pesticides and insect repellents total nearly HUF 3,5 billion annually. The category shows constant growth over longer periods, with dynamic expansion in the tick repellent segment. The season...
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Retail trade still down
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Total sales in the retail sector were 3 per cent down in January 2008, compared to 2007. According to a KSH report, overall sales in the retail sector amounted to...
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Strictly recorded purchasing
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
There are many areas in the food industry where bulk purchasing, storage and handling of materials is needed. SAP systems do not offer solutions to this problem, but HostLogic Kft....
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SOLE Zorba Sajtkockák fûszeres olajban
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
A new, Greek style, white, cream cheese by SOLE-MIZO ZRT, minced into small cubes and mixed with green and black olives, in spicy oil....
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Reorganisation by Tetra Pak
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Tetra Pak has established a new organisational unit for its Middle and Eastern European companies. Tetra Pak Duna located in Budaörs, is composed of the former Tetra Pak Magyarország, Austria,...
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Roaming cards
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
According to a survey by MasterCard, debit cards are increasingly often used in foreign countries by their holders. European Maestro® card holders used their cards on 24 per cent more...
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Yoghurt sales showing higher concentration than fruit yoghurts
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Owing to the popularity of healthier dietary trends, yoghurt consumption is popular. According to Nielsen data, unflavoured yoghurts produced growth of 6 per cent in terms of quantity in the...
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Active communication yields the expected results
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
In the market of pesticides and repellents, S.C. Johnson is the leader in terms of communication. They also support the Tick Association, since warning people of the hazards related to...
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Drastic rise in price of rice
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
The price of rice has produced a rise of 70 per cent in the last three months. Mihály Bencs, the managing director of Riceland Magyarország Kft, has explained the latest...
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Vilmos… not easy for him either
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Five men in rubber boots, each with a small glass in his hand, form a circle. This is the third round. Their faces are red from the cold and the...
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Schauma Intenzív Olaj termékcsalád
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Its formula which contains natural macadamia oil extract regenerates barbed hair immediately and provides intensive care for dry hair....
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Football star to advertise Szentkirályi
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Luís Figo will be the face of the nation-wide campaign of Szentkirályi, to ba launched in April. Szentkirályi intends to boost its international sales from 3 to 10 per cent...
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Refrigerator room added to Lekkerland warehouse
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
A new, 140 square meter refrigerator room has been added to the Lekkerland warehouse. This will allow Lekkerland to begin supplying 30 kinds of fresh products, like dairy products, desserts,...
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Yoghurt drinks happy in the bottle
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Pro-biotic is not a new word, but it seems to have become the main driving force behind the expansion of the yoghurt market, as this seems to be the most...
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The power of agencies
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
According to an estimate by the Hungarian Advertising Association, total advertising spending in Hungary amounts to HUF 180 billion annually. The FMCG sector accounts for 20-22 per cent of this...
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Satisfied Austrians, in high concentration
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
According to data from the Austrian subsidiary of Nielsen, food sales showed growth of 3.4 per cent last year, compared to 2006. As the inflation rate was only 2.2 per...
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Magnum Ecuador Dark, Magnum Mayan Mystica
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Our two special variants launched in 2008: vanilla ice cream covered in black chocolate (min. 62 per cent cocoa) named Magnum Ecuador Dark, and the Magnum Maya Mystica ice cream...
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Sport Meggyes 55 g/Sport szelet
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
This limited edition product launched under the Sport brand is available again. In addition to the familiar rum-chocolate flavour it now has bits of morello as well....
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Hungarian Succes at Sunday Times Wine Club
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
Hungarian offer stands from several white and red wine and a champagne of Torley, together with withe wine from Winery of Nagyrede and the Royal Tokaji. Hugh Johnson – author...
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Danone to Spend EUR 220 Million in R&D
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
In 2008, Danone plans to conduct 50 clinical studies, as the company shifts its strategy from biscuits and dairy products to health food products. French dairy and baby food company...
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Carlsberg's majority ownership in Estonian Beer Company
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
75% of the Shares of Saku Õlletehase AS went to the Carlsberg, the rest are freely tradable on Tallinn Stock Exchange. The previous owners of BBH AB were Scottish &...
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Hungarian Industrial Producer Sales Price Rose by 10 % in One Year
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
Domestic sales prices of the whole industry grew by 0.8% in March 2008 compared to the previous month, which figure was slightly higher than the monthly increase rate measured in...
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New Milli drink yoghurts on the shelves
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
The new products are to buy in two tastes: strawberry-raspberry and peach-maracuja. The drink yoghurts have 10% fruit content. Friesland Hungaria developes several healthy foods, under the name Milli too,...
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Four new Aldi store to open in Mai
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
The German discount chain started with 5 unit in midle of April, one week later other 4 stores were opened. According to Aldi website, after the 2th of Mai...
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Liberalisation Set To Revolutionise French Retailing
Date: 2008-04-29 00:00:00
The new law would allow supermarkets of up to 1000sqm to open anywhere they wanted. Until now, petits commerçants – or small shop owners – have been protected by a...
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Metro Q1 Loss Widens, But Sales Up The Metro Group
Date: 2008-04-29 00:00:00
Net loss for the quarter amounted to E4.0m, from E1.0m last year; while EBIT amounted to E152m. However, sales rose 7.3% to E15.6bn, helped by strong growth in Eastern Europe....
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Tesco Starts Trial Of Carbon Footprint Labels
Date: 2008-04-29 00:00:00
The retailer is piloting carbon labelling across 20 of its own label products. There isn't consensus about every piece of data among the specialists. Tesco will telling customers about the...
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Big success at Gyermelyi Paste Wednesday
Date: 2008-04-24 00:00:00
Almost 300 restaurants offered paste specialities on half price. 40,000 guests taste the dishes. According the new researches Hungarian likes pastes, people eaten yearly 6-7 kilos from it. Paste...
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