News and articles
Large supermarkets dominant in Switzerland
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
According to a Nielsen consumer survey, the Swiss visit supermarkets or hyper markets 17 times per month on average and are willing to travel relatively long distances in order to...
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Carlsberg Draught Master
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
Revolutionary Mobile Draught system running on 20l one way kegs without CO2....
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The Bonbonetti group
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
The Bonbonetti group is the largest and oldest Hungarian group of companies in the sweets industry. At the moment, three major brands belong to the company: Cherry Queen, tibi, and...
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New supervisor for catering
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
The task of supervising the catering sector is to be transferred from the Ministry of Economy and Transport to the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development....
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Pampering with a pair of Pöttyös
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
Friesland introduced a Pöttyös variant with peanut butter, curd and chocolate under the name Pöttyös Pont2 in the milk dessert category in January. The product is intended to be a...
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More mayonnaise, ketchup and mustard sold
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
The market of liquid flavourings expanded in the December 2007 – November 2007 period both in terms of quantity and value. Growth in terms of value was 7 per cent...
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Products telling stories
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
According to Judit Csányi, managing director of KIDZ-Entertainment Hungary, it is best to select a cartoon character for promoting a product who will not only be accepted by children but...
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Greeks and the world
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
According to Attila Dávid, chef of Taverna Dionysos, Greeks are really conservative about gastronomy. He believes the restaurant to be authentic, because he learned everything he knows in Greece and...
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Flour and cooking oil on top of the price wave
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
Consumer prices rose by 0.4 per cent in December 2007, while prices were up by 7.4 per cent compared to the same month in 2006. Inflation had slowed down during...
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Dangers and chances in Berlin
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
The 73rd Grüne Woche exhibition was held between 18-27. January. 1610 exhibitors from 52 countries attended the event. Switzerland was the special guest at the event, while Azerbaidjan attending for...
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Healthy Growth in Functional Food Market
Date: 2008-02-29 00:00:00
Consumers are becoming more skeptical about the health claims made by food and drink manufacturers. Datamonitor analysis estimates that the combined US, Western European and Asia Pacific functional food and...
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January's unemployment rate of 8.1 percent
Date: 2008-02-29 00:00:00
In the period of November 2007–January 2008, the number of employed people was 3,873 thousand and the number of unemployed people was 343 thousand. In the given period, 54.6 percent...
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Gourmand restaurant and a 5 stars apartment house to open in Haris Park
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
According to press informations the works on the site of the former Marczibányi Square rifle range begins in spring, the finishing is to wait until autumn 2009. The HUF...
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Henkel 4Q Net Profit +11%
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
In the full year, Henkel posted sales of EUR13.07 billion, up 2.6% from 2006, organic sales grew 5.8%. Earnings before interest and taxes, or EBIT, in the fourth quarter...
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Not tumult at Janury clearance sales
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
According to Media Research Company in spite of the prise actions and sales outs people don't buy anithing. 75% of the answerers said that don't want and will to shop...
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Fine on Magyar Cukor Zrt. because of water pollution
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
In February 33,000 m3 pollutioned water fall into brook Ikva from company's distroyed reservoir. The bad case happened in Magyar Cukor's Petohazi plant, the firm has to pay HUF 22...
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Hungarian National Wine Exhibition in London
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
With assistance of the Hungarian Agricultural Marketing Centre 26 famous Hungarian Winery show its offer in London Opera on 4th March. For the prestigious event take part distributors, agent...
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Intelligence ADT Ultra•Max at Marionnaud
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
8 of the 10 international retail chains prefer ADT's solutions. After a successful test periode in 2007 Marionnaud choose for protection the Ultra-Max®, the authentic Acousto-Magnetic technology. The first...
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This season Velence Resort & Spa to open
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
The hotel on the Velence-beach has 197 rooms, special two for handicapped guests. From the hotel a gallery leads to the apartment houses, where 80 apartments offers a longterms service....
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European companies have to decrease their sugar output with 1.14 millio tons
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
If they fail to make satisfactory cutbacks, companies risk a final cut with no compensation being imposed on them. Until now, 4.8m tonnes have been renounced within the restructuring scheme,...
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FMCG prise cartel in France
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
If found guilty of anticompetitive practices, the companies could face fines of up to 10 percent of their annual worldwide revenue — possibly amounting to billions of euros. Le Figaro ...
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GEFCO duplicated its sales in Hungary
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
The EFCO logistics integrator specialis had HUF 4 billion income, twohold as last year. Half of the sales came from distribution of vehicles and groupage and full/part-load road transport....
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Extra guarantee at Indesit Company
Date: 2008-02-27 00:00:00
Customer can raise the „normal” two years guarantee at Indesit products with another two, at Hotpoint-Ariston products with extra 3 years. According to GFK Research Company on the Hungarian market...
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Grain's Prise on the Top
Date: 2008-02-27 00:00:00
Wheat for May delivery rose to $12.145 a bushel in after-hours electronic trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Global wheat stockpiles will probably fall to a 30-year low this...
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Tax authority assigns to use the old cash registers
Date: 2008-02-27 00:00:00
According the Hungarian Tax Authority the older type of cash register, which can't rounding are availability. Authority brings in a verdict, that the rounding doesn't qualified as money-making, so traders...
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Electrolex sales over HUF 200 billion
Date: 2008-02-27 00:00:00
The sales growth is to thank to the capacity increase of the plants in Jaszbereny and Nyiregyhaza. Last year Electrolux sales increased with 11% to HUF 201.1 billion. The company...
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Privat labels awarded
Date: 2008-02-27 00:00:00
Each year, PLMA gives recognition to retailers and wholesalers for their achievements in store brand marketing and product development. The awards are presented at PLMA’s annual trade show and represent...
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