%0 Conference Paper %A Kovacs, Annamaria %A Richter, Toralf %D 2005 %E Heß, J %E Rahmann, G %F orgprints:3710 %I kassel university press GmbH, Kassel %K Marketing, Bio-Produkte, Marketingstrategie, LEH, Deutschland, Tschechische Republik, Ungarn, Markt, Trendstudien Handel %T Vergleich von Vermarktungsaktivitäten für Bio-Produkte im LEH: Ungarn, Tschechische Republik, Deutschland %U http://orgprints.org/3710/ %X The organic markets in Western European countries like Germany and Middle and Eastern European countries like Hungary and Czech Republic are at different levels of development. While in Germany the per capita consumption of organic food in 2002 was app. € 32 in the Czech Republic the corresponding value was app. € 0,50 and in Hungary app. € 0,39. The paper describes and analyses the results of store-checks conducted in outlets of selected retail chains in the named three countries. Main objective is to compare marketing activities of conventional retail chains, as main driving actor group for the market development, with regard to organic products.