Kiwi fruits are being planted in Zala county

A five-hectare kiwi plantation is installed near Becsehely, Zala county. The producers would harvest the first fruits three years later. The installation of Hungary’s first utility-scale kiwi orchard has been started on nearly five acres near Becsehely – Zalai Hírlap writes. The plantation will be a common investment of families,...

Nielsen: 6 percent growth in value, stability in terms of volume

Global consumer confidence increased five index points to 94 in Q1 2012, according to global consumer confidence findings from Nielsen, a leading global provider of information and insights into what consumers watch and buy. In the latest round of the survey, conducted between February 10 and February 27, 2012, overall...

Food sales picked up at Easter

Food sales picked up during the Easter period. According to the informations of the chain of stores, the sales of hams increased the most. Among the typical food products of the Easter period, the sales of hams increased the most. The quantitative increase was 15-20 percent. As expected, the better...

KSH: 59 thousand more people worked in the first quarter than a year ago

In this year’s first quarter, the number of employees was 3 million 791 thousand, 59 thousand more than a year ago – told the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Friday, adding that the labor market position of both men and women has improved. In January-March 2012, the number of employees...

Öko-Pannon: the new product-fee regulation can increase costs and administration

According to the ÖKO-Pannon Kft., that coordinates separate waste collection and recovery, the new product-fee regulation can increase costs and administration significantly. However, the National Waste Management Agency draws attention that the product fee payment obligation and the reporting obligation will affect much less companies than in the past. According...

Magazine: Modest improvement in the Mediterranean

The proportion of consumers in the Mediterranean who think their country is in economic recession: Portugal: 97 percent, Italy: 95 percent, Spain: 92 percent. In Italy FMCG retail sales augmented by 2 percent in value but decreased by 1 percent in volume in the fourth quarter of last year, if...

Commercial toplist 2011: Tesco, CBA, Coop leading the list

In spite of the extremely low customer confidence, retail sales volume of food, household chemicals only saw a 1 percent decrease last year, compared to the previous year. The moderate rate of decline is primarily due to the efforts of the various companies. Most of the decision-makers of the large...

A Pálinka House was inaugurated in Tarpa

The new tasting house that presents and promtes plum pálinka was handed over on Friday in Tarpa, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. MTI Photo: Balázs Attila The Plum house and the associated plum varieties collection was developed from a traditional Tarpa peasant port, built in 1862 in the scope as the result of...

Milk sector’s revenue increased by ten percent

The revenue of the milk sector increased by about ten percent last year, compared to the datas of a year earlier, reaching 200 billion HUF- told Lukács László, Executive Director of the Milk Marketing Board Interprofessional Organization to MTI. The Executive announced that the revenue increase was mainly due to...

Hungary will be a cottage cheese great power

The Milk Marketing Board Interprofessional Organization ends its milk export support program as well as the promotion of the healthy nature of milk – instead the organization will concentrate on increasing production and efficiency – announced Lukács László managing director in a background interview. In the future, they will encourage...