Governments may use administrative tools to fight against rising food prices

Governments may use administrative tools to fight against rising food prices
Date: 2011-02-22 12:28:45

The dramatic pace of the rising food prices could lead governments to use administrative tools to prevent from the riots that swept through the Middle Eastern and North African countries....

More and more children consuming energy drinks
Date: 2011-02-22 12:28:05

In Hungary the market turnover of the energy drinks was 14 billion HUF last year, 240 thousand hectoliters were sold from this product – states the National Association for Consumer...

Over the past decade, backyard pig stocks decreased to one-third
Date: 2011-02-22 12:27:05

In essence, under 10 years the Hungarian agricultural policy has destroyed two-thirds of the backyard pig stocks. This means, that one and a half million pigs had disappeared from the...

Thirteen percent of the Hungarians interested in organic food
Date: 2011-02-22 12:26:06

New rationality drives the consumer in the world, drenched with the idea of sustainability. As a result, conservation, sustainability, the concept of solidarity are increasingly appear in trade. The annual...

Wine industry aces to meet in Villány
Date: 2011-02-22 12:25:48

Recognized winemakers and experts, who were awarded with the “Winemaker of the Year” title will meet in Villány on Wednesday for the first time. Ferenc Vilmos, event organizer told that...

Rising retail sales, consumer confidence reached its three-year peak in the United States
Date: 2011-02-22 12:25:01

The U.S. consumer confidence index in February jumped to heights have not seen for 3 years, increasing to 70.4 points, from the 64.8 points of January. This is the highest...

New message and campaign by Heineken
Date: 2011-02-22 10:55:16

The Entrance’, the first installment of a new global brand campaign for Heineken® , is proving to be a major online success, with close to 4 million hits on You...

Hungarian food-innovation among the best products of the world
Date: 2011-02-22 10:38:38

Biatorbágy-based Biogreen Ltd. and Unikornis GmbH in Germany worked hard in co-operation to introduce a Hungarian product of international quality at the Biofact 2011 tradeshow in Nürnberg. A Hungarian invention...

Interview with László Kovács, president of the Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs
Date: 2011-02-21 18:10:46

Last December László Kovács was elected president of the Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs (MVI). K. L. :– I can already feel the weight of the burden, there are lots of...

FruitVeb and the Ministry of Agriculture against the greengrocer maffia
Date: 2011-02-21 13:01:49

The price increase of the vegetables was due to the poor harvests and in addition the trickery greengrocer maffia, but it seems that the gardeners and the government finally joined...

GKI: business confidence is on top, consumer confidence decreases
Date: 2011-02-21 12:52:59

The business expectations were similarly favorable ten years ago, in early 2001 as in February 2011. Consumers remain relatively optimistic, but their expectations decline for the fourth month. In the...

The supermarket chains seek to comply with the consumer protection rules more than the SMEs
Date: 2011-02-21 12:50:14

The National Consumer Protection Authority carried out its large-scale control between the 1st of March and the 15th of December 2010. The Regional Inspectorate of NFH also participated in the...

Hungarian wines had great success at the gastronomic festival In Washington
Date: 2011-02-21 12:31:52

The prominent representatives of the Hungarian wineries had huge success with their excellent wines. The guests waited patiently in lines to taste the famous Hungarian wines. The main motivation of...

Oversupply is expected from sugar
Date: 2011-02-21 12:30:27

The global sugar production next year may exceed the demand – for the first time in 4 years – if the “normal weather conditions” will return in the world's largest...

Royalsekt Zrt. increased its champagne production to sixfold
Date: 2011-02-21 12:28:22

The Izsák-based Royalsekt Zrt. multipliered its champagne production. The Hungarian-owned company took part at an international tournament and returned home with a silver medal, and also set up a special...

Red and dessert wines did well in the competition of MTA
Date: 2011-02-21 12:24:53

The experts of the MTA (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) have chosen the best wines of 2010, from 140 samples – reports szabadfold.hu. The category winners are: High-category white wine: Mátraalja...

Carlsberg’s after-tax profit dropped to its one-fifth
Date: 2011-02-21 12:20:59

The turnover and profit of the Danish brewery group declined in the fourth quarter, mainly due to stagnation of sales in Eastern Europe. In volume, sales fell by 5 percent,...

Henkel is waiting for the packaging design applications
Date: 2011-02-21 12:20:36

Henkel is waiting the applications for its packaging design competition, that began in February and lasts until the 18th of March. Everyone can show their talent at the Adhesives for...

No real problem with Hungarian honey
Date: 2011-02-21 11:42:22

Hungary's Ministry of Rural Development fined honey maker Pannon Honig HUF 1.05 million for conducting business without authorization and distributing honey of unspecified origin, the daily Nepszabadsag reported. Pannon Honig...

AMC supports family farms, small- and medium-sized enterprises
Date: 2011-02-21 10:53:28

Agicultural Marketing Centre (AMC) published an announcment for small and medium sized enterprises and family farms, to appear in various trade shows, exhibitions and other events linked to the Hungarian...

Mineral water by Auchan officially arsenic
Date: 2011-02-21 10:41:32

The Interpress Magazin (IPM) made a criminal denouncement at the Budapest Police Headquarters, due to the Auchan branded mineral waters exceeding the limit of arsenic-content – told the editorial of...

International Paris Agricultural Show opened with Hungarian exhibitors
Date: 2011-02-21 10:04:56

The Paris Agriculture show has opened at the Porte de Versailles exhibition hall – but French President Nicolas Sarkozy has risked the wrath of France’s powerful farming lobby by failing...

Financial lessons for primary school student
Date: 2011-02-21 07:17:57

The forst turn of K&H' latest competition titled Vigyázz, Kész, Pénz! is over now: more than 150 entries have arrived from all over the country, and over 600 students tested...

The Meat Guild wants alliance
Date: 2011-02-18 17:44:13

The Meat Guild, that contains domestic small-and medium-sized businesses want to take advantage of their existing capacity surplus, and offered cooperation to the producers and traders, thus increasing the supply...

The rise in producer prices did not solve the problems of agriculture
Date: 2011-02-18 12:48:07

Despite the increase of the agricultural producer price level by one-third, the companies of the sector do not appear optimistic, the number of newly established companies declined by 10 percent...

Employment and real wages increased in 2010
Date: 2011-02-18 12:41:32

Last year, at businesses employing at least 5 people and at the budgetary institutions, an average of 2 million 702 thousand people was working, 1.5 percent higher than in 2009...

The Hungarian wine prepares to conquer the U.S.A.
Date: 2011-02-18 12:40:10

The Hungarian wine can achieve success with excellent quality and well-organized marketing in the United States – states the participants of the “The Situation of Hungarian wine in the U.S....

Pick bought the handball team of Szeged
Date: 2011-02-18 12:38:20

The Pick Kézilabda Kft. of Pick Szeged Zrt.will operate the Pick Szeged handball team in the future. The Municipality of Szeged and the Tisza Volán SC. both pleased to hear...

The Multi-Pay Card is getting more and more popular
Date: 2011-02-18 12:31:21

After the first part of the successful test period, Multi-Pay Cards can be used at thousands of acceptance points all over the country. The last year introduced multi-purpose plastic sheets...

Contaminated milk appeared again in China
Date: 2011-02-18 12:20:02

China warned the producers of the dairy products, that checks will begin again, because melamine and other contaminated materials have been found. The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture, indicated the government's...

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Governments may use administrative tools to fight against rising food prices