News and articles
New Corporate and Regulatory Affairs Director at BAT Hungary and Austria
Date: 2010-03-24 00:02:01
Mikola Gergely was appointed as the Director of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs at BAT Hungary and Austria. British American Tobacco Hungary, the market-leader tobacco company of Hungary has recently appointed...
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A new mall opened in Arad
Date: 2010-03-24 00:01:21
Arad’s first shopping center, the Atrium Center officially opened at 5 pm yesterday. The shopping center situates right beside the central railway station, which is the most important railway junction...
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150 year old Campari celebrates with an artistic surprise
Date: 2010-03-24 00:00:59
One of Europe's most famous drink, Campari celebrates its 150th year birthday this year. On the ocassion of the anniversary three world-famous artists, designed three new labels for the bottles...
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Tesco disproves
Date: 2010-03-24 00:00:09
The Union of Independent Commercial Workers will turn to the labor affairs court to gain equal pay to all Tesco workers – stated Magyar Nemzet. Tesco disproves; equal treatment is...
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Decreasing expectations in wages
Date: 2010-03-23 00:08:55
According to Workania.hu web job site; the expectations of job searchers fell to 166,700 HUF for an average wage in 2010, while in 2009, the expected to average wage was...
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The 102nd Social Store opened in Dombóvár
Date: 2010-03-23 00:08:12
At the weekend the 102nd social store opened in Dombóvár. In the retail network – that was the initiative established by MAGOSZ – the fruits, vegetables basic foodstuffs of Hungarian...
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Last year a 30 percent decrease in sales of processed fruit occured
Date: 2010-03-23 00:07:15
According to the president of the Hungarian Fruit and Vegetable Interprofessional Organisation and Marketing Council (FruitVeb) less fruit is expected this year than in 2009, although last year, the sector...
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New owner at Lekkerland
Date: 2010-03-23 00:04:55
The company dealing with the wholesale distribution of convenience products has a new owner. HU Management Ltd. took over the Hungarian subsidiary of German Lekkerland AG & Co. KG parent...
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Sealed Air Cryovac: a successful strategy in Kazakhstan
Date: 2010-03-23 00:03:25
What a transformation: With the help of to Sealed Air Cryovac, from an unknown branded cottage, a star product of one of the leading company of Kazakhstan was transformed. The...
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China aims to be world's number one tourist destination
Date: 2010-03-23 00:03:21
The current trends would suggest that until 2015 China will be the world's number one tourist destination – said Taleb Rifai, Secretary-General of the UN Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) in the...
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New owner at Naturland
Date: 2010-03-23 00:02:15
The company previously was belonging to the interest of Szabó József, was acquired by the NV Holding Company. The company owned by Nyíri Viktor will buy the part of Naturland...
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Lighter, eco friendly champagne bottles to come
Date: 2010-03-23 00:01:33
In the homeland of champagne in the French province of Champagne, champagne glasses will be replaced with more environmentally-friendly bottles. Instead of the former used 900-gram bottles, the champagne factories...
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Tesco may expect labour proceedings
Date: 2010-03-23 00:01:11
The Union of Independent Commercial Workers will turn to the labor affairs court in every affected counties. The union wants to achieve that Tesco have to pay equal wages to...
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The first self-service warehouse opened in Hungary
Date: 2010-03-23 00:00:08
Nearly for 50 years, a large part of Americans do not store unnecessary stuff at home, rather in self-service stores. In the specially-built warehouses anyone can rent storage place. The...
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Everything for the little ones
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Despite the number of babies born decreasing, the selection of baby products is widening. Krisztina Antal, Nestlé Hungária Kft.’s trade marketing manager is of the opinion that young mothers do...
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SPAR shopping bags support charity
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
SPAR collected more than HUF 13 million for the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service by donating 1 Forint after each plastic shopping bag sold. On 27 January 2010, Péter Feiner, the...
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1 million-Forint main prize won
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Maspex Olympos Kft.’s 4-month prize game ‘Play for a million!’ ended – consumers had to send in 3 LaFesta, Brumi, Ekland or Coffeeta barcodes to participate. Besides the main prize,...
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Tomato and sweet corn on top
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
In December 2008-November 2009, canned vegetable retail sales augmented by 11 percent in value, but diminished by 3 percent in terms of volume – states the Nielsen Retail Index. The...
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The hero of our age
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
He is trying to lock out the world; the chef is cooking in his box with great enthusiasm and concentration. At almost the same time another contest is taking place...
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Private labels leap forward
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
When we bought food last year, almost every 4th Forint was spent on private label products – this amounted to HUF 300 billion, according to Nielsen. In the case of...
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Joya szójaital UHT, kalciummal, csokoládé-, vaníliaízben
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Popular Joya soy drinks are now available in 200 ml version....
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Two minutes ahead of the Chinese
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
– We keep analysing the work processes and looking for ways to improve productivity and to cut costs – says Markus Vüllers, who guides us when visiting the plant. We...
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Retro 4 (in memoriam listing)
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Since Act 95/2009 on the prohibition of unfair market conduct by the suppliers of the food product life cycle entered into force, several conciliation meetings were organised by the trade....
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Another petrol station chain in the portfolio of POS Media Hungary
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
POS Media Hungary signed an agreement with Shell Hungary Zrt., the operator of 250 petrol stations in Hungary. Now POS Media can reach 3 million customers per month at petrol...
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Special shoppers’ forum in INTERSPAR
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
At the INTERSPAR in Allee shopping centre in Buda there was a special shoppers’ forum on 18 February for gluten- and lactose-sensitive people, who shared their opinion about the chain’s...
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Home court advantage
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Traditional flavours hold on to their leading position among canned products and jams. However, globalisation brought new trends as well. Nielsen’s data suggest that in the second half of the...
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Franchise news
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
A sea of cafés We asked Dr László Gerlán, the CEO of Formative Zrt. about the chances of coffeehouse chains about to enter Hungary – Starbucks (USA), C House Coffee...
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We are looking for promotions more and more consciously
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Price reductions and promotions are of highlighted importance these days, especially in the case of basic food products – reveals Shopping Monitor 2009/2010, a study by GfK Hungária. It also...
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