Introduced in the German states of smoking bans have led to lost revenue in the hospitality sector in the short term. However, this was weaker than feared by many innkeepers. On cigarette provided in addition to the smoking bans, especially since 2007 prescribed electronic age identification for declining sales. These are the results of three studies RWI get around the issue of smoking based on different data.

The smoking bans in the hospitality industry introduced between August 2007 and July 2008 at the federal state level have resulted in an average drop in sales of around two percent. Especially shortly after the smoking bans came into force, sales fell. However, these seem to have weakened over time. In Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia, where the smoking ban could be circumvented by establishing so-called “smoking clubs”, there was no demonstrable drop in sales. Evaluations of business cancellations in the hospitality industry did not provide any reliable evidence that the smoking bans led to increased business operations.

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The butchers are always been the material-intensive industries in Germany. The material costs represent by far the biggest block in the whole cost structure of the butcher. All the more surprising that in recent years special deal of commitment in the areas of personnel and energy was used with respect to a reduction in costs, although these areas taken together not nearly the volume achieve the use of materials.

The material used was satisfied as "God given" considered and accepted. That influence high material costs and the rating of the banks is also completely ignored. The butcher hands over the Bank annually publishes its annual accounts and perhaps monthly nor a BWA. But these are much more important for the Bank Rating other factors so far seems to be hardly arrived at most establishments. Intensive coverage of the company with regard to important future Entrepreneurial decisions, our equity ratio in the future and planned measures to increase profitability are weighted much higher by the banks, as the annual balance sheet, which ultimately represents only a backward-looking. And here the butcher can actively ansetzten. The value, also called gross profit I, is one of the key values ​​for the bank rating. Determine the value can be relatively easy, you will still only represent the result of a simple subtraction, as the numbers of an example operation prove.

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Majority of companies surveyed expect a return to significant growth until the end of the latest 2011

Survey of around 800 board members and managing directors of companies from more than 14 industries - 57% of those surveyed believe that the crisis has already bottomed out: Expected economic growth for 2010: between 1 and 1,5% (for 2011: 1,5 - 2%) - 54% of the companies surveyed expect to reach the pre-crisis sales level from 2007/2008 to 2011 again - Significantly fewer layoffs planned for 2010 than in 2009 - Only 9% consider the liquidity of their company to be threatening, but around half complain about a deterioration the credit terms

The majority of German CEOs and managers is of the view that the worst of the crisis has been overcome. You expect from 2011 back growth, but also a deterioration of the situation in terms of unemployment and lending. These are the results of the sixth study by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants to restructuring in Germany. The study included companies from small businesses to large corporations from more than 14 different industries participate. The aim of the study was to find out how much and in what areas the crisis German companies 2010 still employed and how managers assess the chances for the coming upturn.

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Controversial from the 23. Lebensmittelrechtstag

Consumer advocates came this year in the food Rights Day in Wiesbaden gone bad. but they were not the only ones. Professor Dr. Klaus Kocks from the CATO firm for Communication Consulting GmbH, Horbach, shared his rhetorical ground criticism in all directions. The consumer advocates - and he did not take the official consumer protection from - would take over the role of head teacher. "They help with eating and drinking, because they assume that consumers are overwhelmed with it." Behind it stands a more or less skilful withdrawal of consent, an ideological forced adoption. "The consumer is meant as infantile idiot," said Kocks.

Another mechanism for incapacitation of the citizens are conspiracy theories. Advertising, for example, have in the representation of consumer advocates secret effects, beyond the empirical evidence. So adults would itself controlled by advertising and thus to proteges of consumer advocates. The turn claim the role of Christopher and exorcists, the representative of moral values ​​for themselves. The food industry, however, play the useful idiots for consumer protection. "The industry will have to learn the legitimacy of consumer advocates to question," said the communications consultant. But this will need of serious own consumer protection strategies. Only when consumer protection is a key part of the corporate philosophy, the industry could make the consumer advocates dispute the legitimacy, said Kocks. To that extent the consumer protection would be an important guiding role for industrial development. But industry associations would be required in this regard. It was a poor performance when organizations are not in a position to sanction weak behavior of member companies and to reward good. The offer attack surface, both for consumer protection and for the media.

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Education has great potential for coping with demographic change

On the initiative of the Robert Bosch Foundation, the Institute of Gerontology at the University of Heidelberg and the Institute of German Business have studied the ability of older employees to learn and change. The scientists clearly state: Education offers make a decisive contribution to maintaining professional performance and motivation throughout the entire career. They also form a basis for preserving innovation.

The findings of the investigation make it clear what potential older employees represent for companies. Their task, in turn, is to use this potential. The educational concepts developed in the study make an important contribution to this. At two locations of Robert Bosch GmbH, employees between 45 and 63 were involved in the practical project, which should show that education in the company can not be started soon enough.

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Partnerships between companies and NGOs are no longer a rarity. The media Gütersloh GmbH and credibility.wegewerk illuminate in their recently published study "Situation and perspectives of partnerships between nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and companies' conditions, opportunities and potential of such collaborations.

Hardly any approach of the past years has 20 self, actions and communications of large companies affected to the extent the issues of sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Important aspects of this theme are the joint activities and projects of business and civil society. But what the partners expect of each other, the areas in which cooperation is particularly intense or effective and the prospects for the future are made, is not always obvious.

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An old lawyer-quip recommended to consult the text of the law in cases of doubt. In the discussion about the so-called NDR adhesive meat has always has always been the question of the guiding principles and their fulfillment subject. The Guidelines are by definition not law but a kind of expert opinion to foods. Below are excerpts of the Guidelines for meat and meat products according to the state from the 4. 2. 2010. The full text can be found [here].

Compared to this text, we have made a slight adjustment to the new German spelling, which should really be mandatory for official texts.

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The current POS trends based on the results of carried out by Lebensmittel Zeitung and UGW Communication survey of 701 consumers on the German food trade (hypermarkets, consumer, supermarkets and drugstores). The created annually POS Marketing Report shows how much and by what means can be influenced at the POS in the purchase decision, the consumer. Trend 1 Cleanstoring

Freshness and cleanliness are the decisive criteria when selecting the place of purchase.

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A rheingold study on the perception and classification of the scandals by the consumer. Exclusively created for BVE and HDE for Entrepreneurs Day Food

Food scandals can influence the purchasing behavior of consumers, although showing many consumers still unimpressed. This is a result of the current rheingold study commissioned by the food trade and food industry.

In consumer interviews with the Rheingold Institute almost half of consumers confirmed their confidence in food. Nothing the defiance stated about 60 percent of respondents to change their buying habits due to food scandals mostly temporary. Also driven by the incident reporting in foods most of the consumers surveyed expect an increase in such incidents.

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The European market for digestive products is also benefiting from increasing consumer awareness of functional foods. In 2008, the “digestion” sector was the largest sector in the overall market for functional foods with EU approval with a sales share of 68 percent. Higher product prices in combination with an expansion of the areas of application should drive the market growth further. Accordingly, a new study by the management consultancy Frost & Sullivan expects the sales volume in this industry to increase from 245,0 million US dollars in 2008 to 536,5 million US dollars in 2015. The study covers the segments prebiotics, probiotics and Digestive enzymes.

"The European market for digestive foods and additives is in a growth stage and is characterized by a high frequency of new product launches," said Sridhar Gajendran, industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan. "The range is divided into the categories of functional foods and dietary supplements, with the former accounting for the larger share in terms of both market volume and market value in 2008." Functional foods with digestive effects are in the form of dairy products, beverages, baked goods, cereals and Convenience food available. Mainly due to its significant potential to penetrate other application areas such as meat and fish, this category is likely to grow strongly in the next few years.

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On the state of risk management for business

As almost 60 percent of German companies, there is a risk management for business, the specific risks associated with business travel, actively manages. Only one in three companies binds risk management for business into the overall risk management of the company; one in five companies is a standalone system without integration. This resulted in a survey of the German Business Travel Association (VDR) organized travel managers. Head of the project is Prof. Dr. Ernst-Otto Thiesing from tourism management of Karl Scharfenberg Faculty Salzgitter at Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences. In a presentation at the 2. Forum security and travel within the travel fair CMT in Stuttgart he has now presented the results.

"The risks that travelers are confronted, limited by no means only to allegedly unsafe areas", said Prof. Dr. Ernst-Otto Thiesing. Nevertheless wanted only half of the companies that have so far refrained from applying risk management, introduce a. Cost considerations played a role whatsoever, but it lacks in time, know-how and the knowledge that risk management can and secure corporate existence -success and minimize risk costs.

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