News and articles

Hungarian economy will bottom out from the last year’s “growth hole”

According to the forecast prepared by GKI Economic Research Co. in co-operation with Erste Bank the internal and external balance of the economy will improve further considerably in 2008.  The...

Read more

Carlsberg Discussing Sale Of Turkish Unit

Carlsberg has revealed that it is in talks to sell its 95.65% stake in Turkish unit Turk Tuborg TBORG.IS to Israel-based Central Bottling Company Group (CBC). The Danish brewer said...

Read more

Metro's Extra Disposal Cleared

The German cartel office has unconditionally approved retail group Metro's disposal of its Extra supermarket chain to Rewe. The 245 Extra chain stores that generate E1.6bn in revenue will be...

Read more

Nestle's New Chinese Factory to Triple Ice-Cream Output

Nestle opened a new ice-cream factory in the Chinese city of Guangdong this week as part of its bid to increase its market share in the country. The 22,000-sq-m plant...

Read more

Promotions for Friesland officers

Judit Sipos was appointed sales director of Friesland Hungária Zrt, while Péter Szautner became marketing and business development director on 1. March 2008....

Read more

Top categories: plus and minus

Nielsen monitors the sales of 90 food categories. The graph shows the changes which took place in the February 2007-January 2008 period. All categories produced expansion of between 3-17 per...

Read more

Orange and peach on top

Retail sales of fruit juice has been stable in terms of quantity but increased by 10 per cent in terms of value in the February 2007- January 2008 period. According...

Read more

First hand account of EuroShop

POPAI Magyarország held its second meeting one week after the exhibition on 6. March, where EuroShop was the topic. Zsuzsanna Hermann, editor in chief of Trade magazin summed up what...

Read more

Segal Restaurant

Viktor Segal, one of the leading chefs of the present generation has reopened his restaurant. Regular guests have followed the restaurant, which relocated from Magyar utca to the 6th district....

Read more

Barbecue in the room

Fondue and table wok are used indoors and even in living rooms frequently, but barbecues have only been common in gardens so far. Now an English company is offering a...

Read more

RFID in the refrigeration chain

Demand for guaranteeing food safety has been growing for years. A monitoring system would allow the origin and whereabouts of products to be identified quickly and accurately throughout their lifecycle....

Read more

Ágyas Zwack Kosher pálinka

Ágyas Zwack Kosher Pálinka is available in three flavours. Fresh raspberry, rose-hip and plum make up the soul of these new palinkas, which are made using 3 kilos of fruit...

Read more

Heineken Hungária ending a good year

Heineken Hungária achieved a 16 per cent increase in operating profit and 12 per cent rise in net revenues in 2007. Sales grew to 392,000 hectolitres, with net revenues reaching...

Read more

Dynamic NESPRESSO

The NESPRESSO division of Nestlé achieved over 40 per cent growth last year, producing the most dynamic expansion within the group. NESPRESSO is the international leader in the market of...

Read more

Fruit juices doing well

Though it is too early to say that carton boxes are the sole form of packaging for fruit juices with a higher fruit content, PET bottles are preferred for cheaper...

Read more

EuroShop 2008 „Made by Wanzl”

Wanzl presented its new shopping carts, displays and in-store design solutions developed in line with the „Made by Wanzl” philosophy at EuroShop 2008. Attention was focused on the “Future Shopping”...

Read more

Fusion Restaurant & Longue

Árpád László can always be counted on to keep up with the latest world trends. There is nothing “magyarosch” about his new restaurant in Váci utca. “Fusion” is interpreted as...

Read more

Funny and serious

Though demand for places to eat which are open throughout the night and very early in the morning is growing as a result of young people being hungry after partying,...

Read more

Ladies, put on your sunglasses!

The cooking oil business seems to be a good one. This is why we have seen a flood of imported and private label products on store shelves in recent years,...

Read more

SIÓ VitaTigris Gyümölcspüré

This fruit delicacy in 90 gram, nice and cheerful satchets is available in strawberry and pear flavours. It is also a good compromise for quelling hunger, or can be recommended...

Read more

First Marché to open in Páty

Marché International, a member of the Swiss Mövenpick group is to open 6 units in Hungary with MOL. Both restaurants and bistros will be operated by Marché. According to Turizmus...

Read more

One weekend, two competitions, six gold medals

The Nemes palinkas of Zwack Sándor received 6 gold medals in two competitions held at the same weekend, in the beginning of March. One was the World Spirits Award in...

Read more

30–40 age group drinking fruit juice

According to data from the ConsumerScan of Gfk Hungária, the market expansion of fruit nectars and juices with 100 per cent fruit content came to a halt in 2007. The...

Read more

Globetrotter store system in Köln – shopping in the 21st century

All exhibitors at Euroshop represented an approach which focuses on customers’ perspective. I had a similar experience in Köln, another German city. Globetrotter is a store specialising in sports and...

Read more

Apostolok

One of the oldest restaurants in the downtown area is about to reopen after four years. Traditional Hungarian dishes dominate the menu but Bavarian specialities are also served. Prices are...

Read more

We wouldn’t worry…

According to the British Bar and Pub Association, many towns will be left without an English pub within a few years, if these continue to be closed at the present...

Read more

(HU) CombiSwift csavaros kupak a SIÓ és hohes C termékeken

Sorry, this entry is only available in HU....

Read more

Holland Premium termékcsalád

Three new products have been added to the Holland Premium light margarine product line. In addition to the basic version, Holland Premium products with ionized sea salt, extra virgin olive...

Read more

Ban on smoking?

According to Ágnes Horváth, minister of health, her ministry will submit the bill for the amendment of the law on the protection of non-smokers to parliament by the end of...

Read more

Chocolate festival with bon-bon book

A chocolate festival was held by Szamos Marcipán Kft. for the second time on 5. March, under the title “Wondeful Chocolate” with the aim of promoting quality and the culture...

Read more
Oldal