Events
The tripling of electricity prices reduced the companies’ electricity consumption by 6%
According to the data of the Hungarian Energy and Public Utilities Regulatory Office, the price of electricity purchased by non-residential users on the free market in November 2022 was HUF...
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There is a big problem with Hungarian bread
There is serious confusion on the domestic grain market, is Hungarian bread still Hungarian? So far, more than 1.3 billion tons of grain and oilseeds of dubious quality – of...
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GVH is also investigating the legality of food price increases
Balázs Csaba Rigó, the president of the Economic Competition Office (GVH), announced that the GVH is planning an investigation in the area of food trade, but before that it started...
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A daily donation of one million from P&G in 2022
It provided material and product support worth more than HUF 367 million to Procter&Gamble’s partner organizations in Hungary in 2022. During its more than 30 years of domestic presence, the...
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GVH launched a competition law podcast series
The new podcast series of the Economic Competition Office (GVH) strengthens businesses’ knowledge of competition law and consumers’ conscious decisions with the latest topics, easy-to-understand analyzes and professional interesting facts....
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These are the marketing and communication pillars of 2023
Founded at the end of 2016 and operating as an exclusive professional community of the Hungarian Marketing Association, the Marketing Decision Makers Club summarizes for the seventh time this year...
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You can also apply for the “Protection of the Environment” award this year
“For the Protection of the Environment” Award 2022 is the award of the Association of Environmental Protection Services and Manufacturers, the professional recognition of the Hungarian environmental industry since 2001....
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Carrefour announces digital technology training for French employees
“Tous digital!” is the name of the digital technology training programme Carrefour has announced for its 85,000 French employees. The training course is part of the commitment that the retail group...
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Three global studies – one analysis
After two years of absence SIAL Paris, the biggest trade fair of the food industry returned between 15 and 19 October. The trade show was also a place where meetings...
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Nutritious soy-based meat substitute
Wageningen University and Unilever have implemented joint research. This has found that soybean meal, concentrate and isolate must be subjected to post-processing procedures to produce textured fibrous vegan meat, which...
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2023 could be the year of claims management
During debt management, debtors who pay poorly or do not pay at all are again encouraged to repay, which now has many methods and tools. As a rule, financial institutions...
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There is serious confusion on the domestic grain market, is Hungarian bread still Hungarian?
So far, more than 1.3 billion tons of grain and oilseeds of dubious quality – of which 900,000 tons are corn – have arrived in our country from Ukraine. Due...
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Tesco launches plant-based tea bags to tackle plastic waste
Tesco is set to launch plant-based tea bags to allow shoppers to compost these items through kerbside food waste collections. To overcome any recycling confusion, the leading retailer will also...
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EU To Prepare Law To Help Its Green Industry
The European Union will prepare a law to make life easier for its green industry and back it up with state aid and a European Sovereignty Fund to keep firms...
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RXBar debuts clean-label granola clusters
RXBar now sells pouches of clean-label “No B.S.” granola. RXBar is bringing its own branding to this category, putting many of its ingredients on the front of the package so...
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The irrigation development and education investment in Szarvas was handed over
The Irrigation Development Demonstration Farm and Training Center in Szarvas, Békés County, which was implemented with HUF 800 million, was handed over on Tuesday. Csaba Gyuricza, rector of the Hungarian...
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Euromonitor reveals top 10 global consumer trends in 2023
Global market research company Euromonitor International has released its landmark “Top 10 Global Consumer Trends 2023” report on January 16. Euromonitor’s annual report aims to help organisations stay ahead of...
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The NETA change is a relief for export-oriented producers
Thanks to the notification of the National Chamber of Agricultural Economy, the obligation to pay the public health product tax for food industry enterprises that sell for export and domestically...
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Onions may get crazy expensive
At the beginning of January, the wholesale price of bagged onions increased, which could be a harbinger of further price increases. There are much less onions this year than at...
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Debate on deforestation: Indonesia and Malaysia clash with “protectionist” EU over palm oil policy
Indonesia and Malaysia join forces against new EU regulation on deforestation. Two of the world’s top palm oil producers say the EU directive would reduce the amount of palm oil...
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Turkish-Hungarian relations can be strengthened in the food industry and tourism
Minister of Economic Development Márton Nagy received Turkish Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank in his office on Monday – the Ministry of Economic Development informed MTI about the...
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Fat bread is slowly becoming a real luxury: the price of both fat and bread has risen by 100 percent
Not only did the price of fat and bread increase drastically in one year, consumer prices were 24.5 percent higher in Hungary by December 2022 than in the same period...
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American peanuts: the formula for success
Peanuts are part of our lives not only in the form of snacks or peanut butter, but also as a source of protein, as they and their derivatives offer many...
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Hungarians don’t skimp on eating meat
People are willing to save on utilities, but only a few are willing to save on meat, according to a representative survey conducted by the Human-Environment Transaction Institute of ELTE...
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The increase in the price not only of food, but also of raw materials was much higher than in other EU countries
Inflation broke decade-long records in most European countries last year, a substantial part of which was caused by the increase in the price of food. And food inflation can largely...
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Cocoa cultivation cannot be sustainable without systemic changes
CPGs are not doing enough to ensure that growers who supply the ingredient are paid fairly, argued the Voice Network’s biannual Cocoa Barometer report. In a report released last month,...
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The stakes are even higher in the 2023 program of Samsung and EdisonKids
Samsung and EdisonKids invite Hungarian youth to future planning and creative problem solving. The challenge, launched for the third time this year, is a unique opportunity for students to collaborate...
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One in five opting for non-alcoholic beers as drink of choice, Budweiser research finds
One in five (21%) of people would opt for non-alcoholic beer as their drink of choice at a social event, new research has found. According to a report from the...
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New checkout concept at Aldi Süd in Germany
Cash registers with double slides will make shopping in Aldi Süd stores more efficient and pleasant in the future. The concept has recently been tested in 30 stores in Germany...
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High egg prices have shoppers boiling
Eggs have recently made the headlines for both an acute shortage of the supermarket staple along with skyrocketing prices across the country. Egg prices rose more than 11% in December...
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