News and articles
Franchise news
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
European concept Belfrit is expanding rapidly in Hungary. The Belgian fast food chain opened its 16th unit in the Budaörs Auchan at the end of September. Belfrit’s main profile is...
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Decrease, but improvement as well
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
In January-July 2009, the volume of foreign trade was 18 percent lower in export and 25 percent lower in import than one year earlier. KSH’s report also states that our...
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Sága „Nyerjen egy év nyugalmat!” nyereményjáték
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Advertising Sága’s prize game ”Nyerjen egy év nyugalmat!” that lasts from 1 October 2009 until 11 December 2009. Agency: Hammer Advertising / média: PHD Customer: SáGa Foods Zrt. Product: Sága...
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Mayonnaise academy
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
On 10 September, Univer Product Zrt. held a gastronomy-history event called Univer Mayonnaise Academy. Lectures, games and a cooking show brought mayonnaise closer to participants. Today Univer sells one third...
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Coupon terminal facilitates cheaper shopping
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Two coupon terminals were placed in Duna Plaza, in the 13th district. According to Tamás Újvári, managing director of Kuponnet Advertising, by using the terminals shoppers can search for promotions,...
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Excerpt from the president’s justification:
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
…” It is the Parliament’s right to decide whether legislative means are needed to repel unfair market conducts. (…) I doubt whether the law is completely in line with the...
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Sauces from behind the bars
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Every enterprise has to face difficulties sometimes – but the producer of JailHouseFire hot sauces is really special: their products are made in a Florida penitentiary, in 3 varieties. Distributors...
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Fewer guests spent fewer nights
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
On the commercial accommodation services market, the decline that started early 2009 continues, the trend does not seem to turn yet. In January-August 2009, 2,173 thousand foreign guests spent 6,350...
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Customer satisfaction is the guarantee for our company’s success
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
We had a conversation with CEO Dr. Tibor Bakonyi about the steps the company has taken recently to improve their market position and serve customers. According to the CEO, during...
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Tetra Pak Danube stands firm
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Despite the economic recession, Tetra Pak Danube operates steadily in Budaörs. In the first six months, the company realised a sales turnover of EUR 75.7 million. Company CEO Svend Weidemann...
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Growing international interest in Alimentaria tradeshow
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Alimentaria is gaining importance outside Spain. For this reason the event has increased its budget for international promotion by 30 percent. Over 20 percent of the show’s 158,000 visitors come...
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Where were bakers mistaken?
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
The aim of the Association of Hungarian Bakers and baking companies was to cooperate and to harmonise the activities of the different actors in the baking industry, in order to...
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Shoot…the chef!
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Sydney Morning Herald organised its annual (and the world’s only) gastronomic art photography competition, Shoot the Chef. Winners were selected at the end of September and their photos can be...
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The brake still holds back the industry
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
In July 2009, industrial production fell by 19.4 percent, compared to the same period a year earlier. KSH’s report states that the volume of production was 22.1 percent lower in...
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Heaven in hell
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
It is the end of the year, the time has come “to cast an account”. HELL Energy Magyaroszág Kft. is happy to do it, since HELL energy drink has been...
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European Day of Commerce for the fifth time
Date: 2009-10-27 00:05:55
This year, on 3rd November, the European Day of Commerce will be held, by the National Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers. The main message of the event is to focus...
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Panorama on the Christmas commercial credit market
Date: 2009-10-27 00:05:11
The CEO of Hungarian Cetelem expects subdued season on the commercial credit market. According to Lendvai János; unemployment causing serious problems, making it difficult to expected high demand for loans...
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The number of conferences halved in the first part of 2009
Date: 2009-10-27 00:04:12
According to the compilation of the Hungarian Convention Bureau; during the first half of this year, 118 international conferences were held in Hungary. This is a 51 percent decline, compared...
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Bankruptcy wave before peak
Date: 2009-10-27 00:03:12
According to the latest analysis of Coface Hungary; the insolvency ratio of the firms increased by 36 percent in the first nine months of this year, compared to the same...
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Does not involve consideration to the webshop in case of waiver clause
Date: 2009-10-27 00:01:55
The union court stated: In the cases of Internet orders, if the buyer cancels, one should not pay fee for the usage to the seller, despite one used the product...
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Every tenth restaurant and pub is in the edge of bankruptcy
Date: 2009-10-27 00:01:45
The hosts living up their last emergency reserves. According to a survey, every tenth restaurant and pub is in the edge of bankruptcy. Beside the traffic decrease, to get bank...
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Consumer confidence fell in Germany
Date: 2009-10-27 00:01:25
According to GfK market research institute; contrary to the expectations, consumer confidence has deteriorated in Germany,: November’s sentiment index decreased by 4.0 point from the previous 4.2 points. The analysts...
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Danone's products remain popular
Date: 2009-10-27 00:01:00
The food giant's shares were increased by 2 percent, after the company reported on Friday: that the demand for the dairy products of the company has increased, in spite of...
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Coffee is good for the liver
Date: 2009-10-27 00:00:28
According to the analysis of the American Cancer Institute (NCI) the daily consumption of coffee, has beneficial effect on liver function. Those chronic hepatitis C patients who drink three or...
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Quality complaints against dairy products
Date: 2009-10-27 00:00:15
All produced and marketed milk of Fresh Food Ltd. before 21st October will be recalled, because it does not meet the required composition – stated the Agricultural Office Authorization. The...
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Trade: sloping down
Date: 2009-10-26 00:06:21
According to the datas of the Central Statistical Office; retail sales decreased in the August of 2009 by 8.5 percent, compared to the same month of 2008. At foods 7...
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The economic expectations are improving for six months
Date: 2009-10-26 00:05:21
The seasonally adjusted value of the GKI economy index increases for six months now, after nearly half-year fall. The improvement is, however, slower than the deterioration was, so it is...
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Italian investment is expected in the Hungarian food industry
Date: 2009-10-26 00:04:58
The Hungarian investment promotion agency is negotiating with several Italian companies, over investment opportunities, in the areas of food processing and alternative energy – said Spányik Péter leading external diplomat...
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