News and articles
Leading his own team
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
András Wolf, the chef of Boscolo’s New York Szalon is one of those young chefs who were given the opportunity to prove their skills. Needless to say that he worked...
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Waiting for the nadir
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
According to economic projections by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. and Erste Bank, the worse is yet to come for the Hungarian economy, with GDP expected to decrease to 6.5 percent. Agriculture...
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Lipton Piramis Tea
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
The new pyramid-shaped tea bag helps to bring out the flavour and aroma of bigger tea leaves and fruit bits....
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Stores opening
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
City Spar, Szeged Open: 25 June Chain: City Spar Store space: 264 m2 SKU: – Spar, Ercsi Open: 2 July Chain: Spar Store space: 938 m2 SKU: – Tesco, Sárvár...
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Hungarian wine and pálinka in Düsseldorf
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
This year the famous ”Die Düsseldorfer Jonges” association’s annual reception put Hungary in the limelight. On 12 May, more than 450 politicians and businessperson participated in the event in the...
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September? Education!
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
Several manufacturers and retailers are involved in the mouth care weeks. They try to raise awareness of the importance of dental hygiene. With support from the Hungarian Association of Dentists,...
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Double role
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
Many would like to be in the place of Zoltán Danó, the chef of Kogart restaurant in Budapest: he cooks for elite guests in the modern kitchen of a fancy...
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Hungarian households switch from ”A” to ”B”?
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
According to data by Gfk Hungária, in the first quarter of 2009 we bought 7 percent less daily consumer goods than a year before. Brands with a higher price level...
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Kubu 100% juice – egészséges gyerekital
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
Kubu products of 100% fruit content are produced without the addition of sugar, sweetness of the drinks come from the fruits’ natural sugar content....
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Gold medal winner vending machine
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
An interactive Coca-Cola vending machine won the Golden Lion in the ”Point of Sale” category at the 2009 Lions festival in Cannes. Its display is combined with Flash and Bluetooth...
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Apenta competition finishes
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
Maspex Olympos Kft.’s 9-week competition has finished. More than 100,000 envelopes were sent in and a 4-person family holiday at Siófok’s Hotel Azúr was drawn each week. The main prize...
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Diversification among wine consumers
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
Our own sales data and Nielsen surveys both indicate the increasing dominance of sweet red wines and rosé in the past five years. It is a favourable development that the...
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Three exhibitions: In-Out-Everybody!
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
In – as in packaging, out – as in printing and everybody – as a possible target group: on 22-25 September printing, packaging/logistics and marketing-communication companies introduce themselves at HUNGEXPO’s...
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Platán étterem
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
Platán restaurant in Tata is a premium, but not elitist place created by an „all stars” team. László Jakabffy has been responsible for the design while Sándor Facsar is in...
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Hungarians not taken to shopping malls yet
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
According to a survey conducted by Gfk in June 2009, Hungarian shoppers prefer separate shops to shopping malls. 83 percent shop in the store type they like the most. More...
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Oral-B Expert Antibacterial
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
The new Oral-B toothbrush prevents bacteria from settling and growing on the bristles for as long as 3 months....
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Visit at the ice cream factory
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
On 16 July, Unilever Magyarország Kft. organised a factory visit for journalists in its 52,000 m² production unit in Veszprém. Guests had a chance to follow the production process of...
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Vianni ABC stores are opening
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
Besides the already opened stores, there are more than 10 inquirers concerning the new Vianni ABC chain. A growing demand from the retailers’ and consumers’ side resulted in opening the...
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Everything for the friends of wine
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
After a glass of grand wine one realises that he would like to relive the same experience, but does not have pen and paper with him to jot down the...
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European packaging novelties – from Hungary
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
While companies try to cut packaging costs, most actors on the market decided to go forward: they invent cheaper, greener and more consumer-friendly solutions. – Annual average packaging material use...
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Miracle fruit
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
This cherry-sized fruit was not named so because of its physiological effects, but because it can play a trick on our senses. Recently at a New York show, guests have...
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Price increase slowing down
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
In June consumer prices augmented by 0.1 percent, totalling at 3.7 percent higher than in the same period of 2008. According to a report by KSH (Central Statistical Office), there...
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Óbester új ízek: Mézes Kajszi és Mézes Szilva
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
New, easy-to-drink flavours in line with consumer trends....
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Progressive cooperation between domestic manufacturers
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
With a HUF 3 billion investment the cooperation of experts from SIÓ-ECKES and Gramex 2000 bore fruit: a new, aseptic bottling line for Gramex 2000 Kft. Katalin Zarándy of SIÓ-ECKES...
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New managing director at ProgAdat
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
From July 2009 33-year old Tamás Till is the new head of ProgAdat Kft. His task is to set up a new company structure and strategy that would offer innovative...
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Open to the world
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
In the past few years domestic wine consumption slightly decreased, but quality wine sales augmented, together with a growing market share of bottled import wines (which is still below the...
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Trends in Germany
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
FachPack, a packaging trade fair is organised in Nuremberg every three years. The organisers reported the trends in Germany, which are the following: they produce 18.5 million tons of packaging,...
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Dark green
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
Green Glass Company recycles beer bottles to make glasses and sells them on the Internet to ’green’ restaurant owners and beer drinkers. It is up to you to judge the...
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Half of the unemployed have been looking for work for more than a year
Date: 2009-08-27 08:00:00
In the second quarter of 2009, the unemployment rate was 9.6 percent, with 3,797,000 people being employed and 402,000 unemployed in the 15-64 age group. Compared to the second quarter...
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