• Home
• Channel: Shopping
• Supermarkets' Profit Margins on Key Staple Foods to Be Capped in Hungary

Supermarkets' Profit Margins on Key Staple Foods to Be Capped in Hungary

• 12 Mar 2025 7:30 AM

Prime Minister Viktor Orban said the government would cap retailers' profit margins on some staples at 10pc from the middle of March in a video message on social media.

Orban said the cap would apply to 30 basic foods and remain in force until the end of May. If a review determines that the measure is still necessary at that time, it will be continued, he added.

He said the government had held talks with supermarket chains to mitigate "unwarranted and exorbitant" price increases, but the retailers' offers were "well short of our expectations".

He noted that the price of eggs had climbed 40pc and butter and sour cream prices were up more than 80pc. "That's unacceptable," he said.
 

List of foods:

• Chicken breast fillet

• Chicken thigh

• Chicken back

• Chicken wings

• Whole chicken

• Turkey breast fillet

• UHT milk, 1.5% fat

• UHT milk, 2.8% fat

• ESL milk, 1.5% fat

• ESL milk, 2.8% fat

• Cooking oil

• Margarine

• Lard

• Butter

• All-purpose flour

• Pastry flour

• Late-harvest potatoes

• Granulated sugar

• Pork leg

• Pork loin

• Pork ribs

• Pork shoulder

• Eggs

• Sour cream

• Trappist cheese

• Cottage cheese

• Plain yogurt

• Fruit yogurt

• Garlic

• Bologna (Párizsi-style cold cut)

Source: 
MTI - The Hungarian News Agency, founded in 1881.

*********************************

You're very welcome to comment, discuss and enjoy more stories via our Facebook page: 
Facebook.com/XpatLoopNews + via XpatLoop’s groups: Budapest Expats / Expats Hungary

You can subscribe to our newsletter here: XpatLoop.com/Newsletters

Do you want your business to reach tens of thousands of potential high-value expat customers? Then just contact us here.

Related links

Supermarket Chains in Hungary Have One Week to Cut Prices, Warns Orbán

• How does this content make you feel?
• I love it
• I like it
• I dislike it

• Supermarket Profit Margins Staple Food

Explore More Reports

Retail Sales Rise Slightly in Hungary

• 6 Oct 2025 1:37 PM

Retail sales in Hungary rose 1.9pc year-on-year in August, data released by the Central Statistics Office (KSH) on Monday show.



Major Changes at Aldi Stores in Hungary

• 4 Sep 2025 8:36 AM

Aldi Hungary has made changes to store operations, including relocating refundable bottle collecting machines outside sales areas at its own expense to improve cleanliness and reduce queues, CEO Bernhard Haider told Világgazdaság in an interview.



Updated: Gov't Extends Profit Cap on Staple Foods Until August 31

• 29 May 2025 8:24 AM

The government has decided to extend a mandatory cap on markups for a range of food products until the end of August, Gergely Gulyas, the head of the Prime Minister's Office, said at a weekly press briefing.



Budapest’s Advent Fair at Basilica Named “Best Christmas Market of All Time” by EBD

• 5 Dec 2024 7:26 AM

Expats in Hungary can take pride in a special accolade for their adopted home: Budapest’s Advent Feast at the Basilica has been named the Best Christmas Market of All Time by European Best Destinations (EBD). This honor was awarded in the “All Stars Edition”, a celebration of Europe’s most iconic Christmas fairs, recognizing the best of the best over the past two decades.