News and articles
HUF 100 million packaging developing at Hungerit
Date: 2007-12-04 00:00:00
The warranty period growth to 18-21 days. The new developed packaging system use the technology of Sealed Air Cryovac. The Multiivac Darfresh packs one ton per hours. The DARFRESH® packaging...
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Tax stamps with bar code for drink in Hungary
Date: 2007-12-04 00:00:00
In the future only 3 kinds of tax stamps will use in contrast the 42 from today. From next June-July supervisors of Hungarian Customs and Finance Guard use bar code...
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The big companies are more optimistic
Date: 2007-12-04 00:00:00
Economic research firm Ecostat's business confidence index was 87,6% at SMEs and 100,5% at TOP 100 in November. At Hungary's one hundred largest companies, almost 25% of the managers reported...
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Kraft Completes Acquisition of Groupe Danone's Global Biscuit Business
Date: 2007-12-04 00:00:00
The acquisition includes biscuit operations and assets in more than 20 countries, including 32 manufacturing facilities. Kraft said that the addition of Danone's biscuit business will transform the company's international...
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16,000 kilos poisoned pear from Italy
Date: 2007-12-04 00:00:00
Specialist measured twice more fungicide as much the authorized maximum. Until the problem was disclosed more than 13,000 kilos were sold. Authority said pears are not danger for people, for...
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EU Tenders for Developing Hungarian Logistic Centers and Services
Date: 2007-12-04 00:00:00
From the HUF 11,3 billion 25-35 project could be financed. In a frame of tenders 30% of building cost of a regional and 50% of building cost of an...
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British traders are on call
Date: 2007-12-04 00:00:00
Shoplifters will steal more than £431 million worth of goods during the build-up to Christmas in England. On the busiest shopping day of the year, on Saturday, December 22, retailers...
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Sio steps on the Energy drink market
Date: 2007-12-03 00:00:00
From 1. January 2008 Sio-Eckes is the local distributor of Bomba! Energy drink in Hungary. Next year Sio will offer four soft-drink brands, the Sio and hohesC fruit drinks, the...
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Slow growth, stubbornly high inflation
Date: 2007-12-03 00:00:00
Hungary's internal and external balances are expected to improve on expectations this year. According to the latest report by think-tank GKI and Erste bank published the government deficit to shrink...
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New Christmas Credit Offer by Tesco
Date: 2007-12-03 00:00:00
Tesco branded electronic goods are sold for 12 months credit, without any interest. The retail chain starts this christmas season with a new bank contact. Hungarian Cetelem Bank offers six...
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Consumers like own-brand goods
Date: 2007-12-03 00:00:00
Almost three quarters of consumers have a positive perception of supermarket own-brand goods, a new study has found in England. Supermarket supplier Catalus questioned over 500 consumers on how they...
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Tesco US in top ten supermarkets by 2015
Date: 2007-12-03 00:00:00
British grocer Tesco Plc could sales $10 billion with its Fresh & Easy n the United States by 2015, TNS Retail Forward said "There is demand for this type of...
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6th renewed store of METRO was open in Nyiregyhaza
Date: 2007-12-03 00:00:00
In the next years all METRO stores will be renovated. The METRO Cas&Carry Nyiregyhaza opened in November. In the store the retail spaces are bigger as before and the supply...
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Test lab in the future's restaurant
Date: 2007-12-03 00:00:00
Cameras monitor every reaction of the customers. In the new research center, devoted to exploring a both simple and complicated question: What makes people eat and drink the way they...
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10 tons food was found in the re-labeling plant
Date: 2007-12-03 00:00:00
In the Sparkle-action the supervisors pounced in a food depot in Budapest. In the illegal food depot relabeled and new dated foods: meat, sweets, eggs and softdrinks were found. The...
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HUF 680 billion excise in government pocket
Date: 2007-11-30 00:00:00
Due to the continuously control increase the legal petrol, cigarettes and alcohol sales. According to industrial dates there was 7.1% higher sales in the first 10 months as a year...
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Next year's carriage must cover the lost from this year too
Date: 2007-11-30 00:00:00
According to plans of Budapest local government trucks should pay ten times higher fees for coming into the city as now. Association of Transport Companies said this year carriage can't...
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Fütyülős on the Budapest-Bamako Rally
Date: 2007-11-30 00:00:00
Charitable contributions of most popular product of Zwack. Budapest-Bamako rally is a charity Africa run, starts on 12 January 2008. On the end of the tournament, in capital of Mali...
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Auchan to invest 0.5bn-euro in Romania
Date: 2007-11-30 00:00:00
French retailer targets 22 cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants by 2010. "We will continue to expand with large-scale hypermarkets, because this what we specialise in. The Discount Market store...
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Brilliant Tesco start in the US
Date: 2007-11-30 00:00:00
Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market is going down well with shoppers. Fresh & Easy has now been open for nearly three weeks, with 13 stores trading in Los Angeles, Las...
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HUF 24 million donation by Real
Date: 2007-11-30 00:00:00
This year 12 children foundation get HUF 24 million from Real Hungaria Elelmiszer Zrt. It was the fifth autumn, that Real paid charity from its own branded products sold in...
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Conctactles payment starts in Europe
Date: 2007-11-30 00:00:00
French hypermarket chain to trial contactless payment of MasterCard Europe. Normal the PayPass technology is used by shopping under 25 euro, but this card could make the payment 40% faster...
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Hungarian Tax and Financial Control Administration increase the default penalty
Date: 2007-11-30 00:00:00
Next year guilty must pay HUF 1 million because of invoice problem. The default fines increase from HUF 100,000 to 200,000, form 200,000 to 500,000. One million HUF is...
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Fake milkdisributor found
Date: 2007-11-30 00:00:00
The Budapester enterpreuter operated without permissions. In Sparkler-action, collective control of several authorities, 5 tons milk product were found. The milk, cheese, cottage-cheese in value of HUF 7-8 million must...
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The tea of emperors and emperor of teas
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Pickwick has introduced its “youngest” tea, Pickwick White Tea in Hungary, which is made from the freshest sprouts on tea shrubs. Owing to its beneficial effects, Pickwick White Tea, available...
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Building loyalty without damaging brands
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Anita Carra, trade marketing director of Unilever, spoke about their multi-brand promotions. This year, the key to success has been proactive action and the ability to come up with new...
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Champagne market expanding around Christmas
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
The Christmas/New Year’s Eve season accounts for 40 per cent of annual champagne sales. Though the annual level of consumption shows stagnation, end of the year consumption is growing. Over...
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Less sugar than expected is still enough
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Sugar reform in the EU signals the beginning of a new era for the Hungarian sugar industry. Though domestic sugar production is only a fraction of what it used to...
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Iper Portello
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Finiper is one of the largest operators of hyper markets in Italy. It ranks 8th among retail companies, with 25 hyper markets, 115 supermarkets and annual revenues of EUR 2,8...
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