hypermarkets
Mar 17 '10
Food Store Wars (I): "Birdie Tesco" Faces Boycott Over Alleged Wildlife Threat
One of the funniest quirks of food globalization in Hungary is the fact that, since the word "Auchan" doesn't really slide off the Hungarian tongue so easily, many locals refer to the French-owned hypermarket chain with the bird in its...
Mar 21 '08
Hypercompetitive Húsvét for Hungarian Hypermarkets
Despite the constant allegations of anti-competitive practices leveled against foreign-owned hypermarkets in Hungary, a pre-Easter survey conducted by business daily Napi Gazdaság has found no evidence of such collusion, and plenty of Húsvét deals....
Nov 23 '07
New Budapest Tesco Meets Stranded Customers' Needs with Handy Pre-Checkout Energy Drinks
The very messy debut opening of Arena Plaza was not limited to the "public" areas of Budapest's newest and most monstrously huge shopping mall. Similar chaos was also seen on opening day in the 10,000-square meter Tesco housed in...
Nov 06 '07
Hypermarket "French Week" Marred by Government Fines for French Hypermarkets
Yesterday French Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Barnier was in Hungary to kick off "French Week," some kind of culinary promotion tied in with the larger campaign called "French Year" that Hungary is apparently hosting in 2007. As you might...
Apr 24 '07
Hungarian Food Retailers in Pioneering Discount Pricing Program
We have a few serious - and no-so-serious - posts on the way. But first just enjoy these two shots that ended up in our E-mail inbox via Hungarian gagsite legalja.hu. We're sure they are innocent mistakes. Or at...
Dec 04 '06
Little Bites: Competition Office Cracks Hungarian Egg Mafia!
Here are a few serious food and bev stories that have been making the rounds in Hungary over the past few days: Hungary's anti-monopoly watchdog (GVH) on Friday accused the nation's leading eggmakers of operating a cartel. The GVH said...
