Hungary

Two major retailers have announced expansion plans for the Hungarian mass grocery retail (MGR) market - one domestic and one international. After postponing market entry, which was... 2008-03-07

UK retailer Tesco's Hungarian operations have been fined by the country's competition commission for misleading customers in its advertisements in 2007. The Hungarian competition... 2008-02-19

German discounter Aldi has announced that it will open its first Hungarian store in April this year. Aldi has started with recruitment and its national marketing campaign, as it looks... 2008-02-08

Magyar Cukor, owned by Agrana, an Austrian-based sugar, fruit and starch producer, has announced that it will close its sugar refinery in Petohaza, Hungary. The company plans on returning... 2007-11-27

In 2005 frozen fruits and vegetables were the most commonly purchased frozen foods in many CEE markets. Since then, however, the prominence of Western-style products, including pizzas,... 2007-10-16

Hungarian retailer CBA Kereskedelmi has reported healthy profits for 2006, and has announced that it is targeting a further 5% rise in revenue for 2007. CBA is one of the top retailers... 2007-05-15

According to reports in the local press, German discount retailer Aldi will open its first discount stores in Hungary in 2008. The first wave of openings will involve establishing... 2007-04-23

In late January, the Hungarian Agricultural Ministry confined that bird flu had returned to the country, following the detection of the H5N1 virus in a flock of geese. The virus first... 2007-02-14

Scandal and consumer outrage have erupted in Hungary's food and drink industry, following the revelation that up to one-third of the food sold in the country may be illegal. Before... 2007-01-04

Dutch dairy producer Friesland Foods has announced plans to consolidate production in Hungary and pull out of Slovakia as the company tries to make its operations in Central Europe... 2006-12-08