News and articles
Food price insecurity
Date: 2010-02-16 00:00:55
Food price can go up and down in the forthcoming months. The exchange rate of the U.S. dollar and the changes in demand can also affect the price of the...
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Renewable packaging in the cooperation of Ifantis and Sealed Air
Date: 2010-02-16 00:00:10
The Ifantis (of the leading meat processing company of Greece) had chosen Sealed Air Cryovac’s original Darfresh ® vacuum skin packaging already in the 90s, for the packaging of retail...
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Czech retail sales are getting more and more lower
Date: 2010-02-16 00:00:01
The Czech retail sales declined in December, due to the still weak private consumption. Annual sales, decreased by 1.9 percent after the 4.7 percent of November. The decline is lasting...
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The latest products of Szintézis ZRt.: SZIKE and Cronis Cashier – information is power (x)
Date: 2010-02-15 00:03:01
The basis is a trade system that supports trade instruments to cover the whole network from cashiers to the central control unit. The SZIKE Trading System and the Cronis Cashier...
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The Arany Korona cooperative will help the Hungarian small-scale producers
Date: 2010-02-15 00:02:59
The Arany Korona which is a marketing cooperative was formed in October last year and would like to help domestic manufacturers and service providers, in the distribution of Hungarian goods....
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The increasing of recycling is a Europe-wide trend
Date: 2010-02-15 00:02:41
According to the survey of the European Container Glass Federation (FEVE); The household glass recycling in Europe increased into record heights, in 2008. In 2008, 25.5 billion bottles, about 11...
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OKSZ vs. Agricultural Office
Date: 2010-02-15 00:02:35
The National Trade Association expressed its consternation in a communication, in context with the Agricultural Office’s Food Code related resolution. According to OKSZ; the Office cannot determine such implementing terms,...
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2010 may be worse for German households, than last year
Date: 2010-02-15 00:02:32
In 2009, consumption in Germany increased by 0.4 percent, boosting the economic development. In 2010, household spendings are expected to stagnate – appears in the latest research of GfK Group....
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Hot meal vouchers
Date: 2010-02-15 00:02:18
The National Trade Association, responded to the promise of the Prime Minister's Office – which promises the release of a new Tax Authority Notice, about the usage of hot meal...
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Lidl expands in Romania
Date: 2010-02-15 00:00:59
Lidl prepares to conquer Romania. The German supermarket chain will open 20 stores in Hungary’s eastern neighbor, the first department stores will be in Bucharest. The first Lidl stores were...
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SPAR is committed to quality
Date: 2010-02-15 00:00:30
The SPAR Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. operates an SGS certified – the world's leading certification organisation – Integrated Management System (IIR) since December 2009. This system has two elements; the ISO...
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Pizza from star chefs
Date: 2010-02-15 00:00:12
The most famous French chefs are planning to conquer the fast food market. The Michelin-starred chefs has pizza-delivery plans also. The fast-food restaurants have been taboo subject among the star...
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Environmentally conscious shopping bags in the METRO stores
Date: 2010-02-15 00:00:02
METRO Trade Ltd. is strongly committed to environmental awareness in many areas, for several years. METRO would like to decrease pollution with its environmental-friendly, several times usable, long lasting and...
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The world according to Bocuse
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
With the help of Hungexpo Zrt., last December the world’s most famous chef Paul Bocuse, who won more than 120 Michelin stars during his career, gave an exclusive interview to...
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Bittersweet
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
Economic recession finally reached the confectionery sector in the second half of 2009. The president of the Guild of Hungarian Confectioners, János Pataki spoke about the state of things, the...
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New managing director for METRO
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
From 1 January 2010, Peter Schweighofer is the new managing director of METRO Kereskedelmi Kft. He joined the METRO team in 1982 at METRO Cash & Carry Austria, where he...
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MFP rebranded
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
Last November the Hungarian Consumer Platform (MFP) appeared on the scene with a new, characteristic and colourful image. They also developed a new brand position that is best characterised by...
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Easter chocolate figure market keeps shrinking
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
This March-April 30 percent of Hungarian households bought some kind of Easter chocolate figure, while in the same period a year earlier this ratio was around 33 percent – informs...
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The frozen food market contracted
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
According to GfK Hungária’s ConsumerScan, 67 percent of Hungarian households bought a frozen product (pizza, meat product, potato, vegetables) at least once in October 2008-September 2009, down 1 percentage point...
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Loyal employees
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
When going to a McDonald’s one always feels that all employees are student-aged, who are replaced by younger staff in a year or two. However, through its loyalty programme the...
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Retail keeps shrinking
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
Retail sales continued to fall in October, informs KSH’s quick report. Volume sales of retail stores were down by 4.7 percent in the first t en months of 2009 and...
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Fütyülős Mézes Szamóca
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
Fütyülős Mézes Szamóca is the latest innovation by Fütyülős and is expected to be the biggest success in 2010!...
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Experience-hungry consumers vs. discount store dominance
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
The fact that large German retail syndicates went bankrupt this year indicates that new strategies are needed to survive. 90 lecturers and 1,200 decision-makers focused on these new strategies at...
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Trade marketing toolbar – Display
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
What makes a display work? Why do some of them multiply sales while others remain practically invisible? Are their golden rules? What are the latest trends? To display means making...
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Coca-Cola Magyarország won a prize at CSR Best Practice competition
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
The competition was organised by the Hungarian Public Relations Association (MPRSZ) and there were 17 entries. Coca-Cola entered with a rehabilitation programme of the Szabadság island near Mohács, as the...
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The epaper solution wins
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
CBA was the first to introduce ZBD’s new generation epaper shelf label solution, in its new store in Mogyoród: the solution is a world premiere that came out in 2009...
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Shampoo average prices develop steadily
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
Shampoo ranks ninth among the 60 household chemicals and cosmetics categories measured by Nielsen. The annual market is worth HUF 11 billion and value sales were up by 2 percent,...
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Baking industry concentrates further
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
While last year’s grain harvest was good, low buying prices were a disappointment to farmers. The baking industry has been concentrating for years; the number of small companies is declining,...
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Health-friendly restaurants
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
The objective of the Health-friendly programme is to promote healthy eating. According to project manager Éva Péterfia, about 1,000 restaurants are interested in joining the initiative. Member restaurants forbid smoking,...
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Fewer promotional leaflets and shorter promotional periods
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
According to GfK Hungária’s Leaflet Monitor, comparing the first nine months of the leaflet market in 2009 with the same period in 2008 shows that the number of leaflets published...
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