Company and Personal News
Zwack’s sales were 9.5 percent lower than a year before
Date: 2021-02-04 11:18:38
Zwack Unicum Plc.’s gross sales revenue was 20.4 billion HUF in the first three quarters of the 2020-2021 business year, which is a 9.5 percent decrease, compared to the previous...
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Hard seltzer Viper explodes into the Hungarian market by building a new alcoholic beverage category
Date: 2021-02-03 11:21:38
Coming straight from the United States comes the latest trend in alcoholic beverages, hard seltzer – a translucent carbonated alcoholic beverage, typically with a hint of fruit flavoring, where the...
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Thanks to its new stores, the turnover of Regio Játék increased by 4.5 percent
Date: 2021-02-03 11:10:00
The turnover of the Regio Játékkereskedelmi Kft. increased to 13.8 billion HUF in 2020. The 4.5 percent increase is due to the opening of new stores, the company told MTI....
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Auchan: The Beaver Campaign helps Semmelweis University’s Pediatric Clinic with high-value medical equipment
Date: 2021-02-02 11:25:02
40,000 plush beavers sold out in Auchan’s year-end charity campaign. Semmelweis University’s II Pediatric Clinic – better known as the Tűzoltó Street Children’s Clinic – received 500 forints after each...
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78 percent of Hungarian consumers are often unable to identify their purchases with a card
Date: 2021-02-02 11:12:53
Mastercard’s new digital solution provides consumers with more transparent data and clearer information, making it easier to trace past purchases. We’ve all experienced that we can’t always identify every purchase...
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Hungexpo’s sales fell to a quarter last year
Date: 2021-02-01 11:14:46
Due to the coronavirus pandemic situation, the sales revenue of Hungexpo Zrt. decreased to a quarter in 2020, compared to the previous year – CEO Ganczer Gábor told at an...
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Mars launches its #HereToBeHeard gender equality campaign
Date: 2021-01-29 11:28:59
Mars, one of the world’s largest global manufacturers of chocolate, food, pet food and confectionery, is launching a new global crowdsourcing campaign to improve women’s advancement opportunities in all social...
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Disaster protection campaigns to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning on three million milk cartons
Date: 2021-01-29 11:21:50
Carbon monoxide, this colorless, odorless gas, especially during the heating season, is unfortunately still taking its toll to this day. Material resulting from imperfect combustion is extremely toxic and can...
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Hungarian isoglucose production is at the forefront
Date: 2021-01-29 11:17:45
Hungary is at the forefront of Europe in the production of isosugar produced from maize Magyar Nemzet Online – wrote. About forty percent of the EU’s annual isoglucose production, half...
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METRO honors the persistence of its employees in 2021 by raising the base wage
Date: 2021-01-28 11:35:11
On 22 January, following a series of negotiations covering all the details, an agreement was reached on METRO’s wage increases for 2021. The management of the METRO Kereskedelmi Kft. assured...
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Wage increase at Auchan
Date: 2021-01-28 11:20:14
Auchan Retail Magyarország has decided to increase wages in 2021. The basic salary of non-executive store employees, who make up the largest stock, will increase by an average of 5.6...
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IKEA’s turnover in Hungary increased by 8.5 percent last financial year
Date: 2021-01-28 11:04:02
Despite the difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic, IKEA’s sales in Hungary increased by 8.5 percent to 98 billion HUF in the company’s financial year that last from September 1,...
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The Douglas perfume chain is closing hundreds of its stores
Date: 2021-01-28 11:00:25
The Douglas perfume chain will close hundreds of stores – the German company, operating in 25 European countries announced on Thursday. It was highlighted that restrictions imposed due to the...
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Ten years Together for the babies This year again, dm supports families living in difficult circumstances with a diaper donation
Date: 2021-01-27 11:21:20
This year, dm will also donate 6,500 packs of diapers worth 20 million forints to 260 families with small children. The diaper is delivered to families by the Catholic Caritas....
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Henkel is moving to a new headquarters
Date: 2021-01-27 11:20:13
Leaving its headquarters behind, Henkel Magyarország is moving to the Millennium Gardens office building in one of the busiest downtown areas of the capital. For Henkel, which has been present...
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New corporate affairs and communications leader joins Heineken’s Hungary team
Date: 2021-01-27 10:18:37
Responsibility, sustainability and partnership are the three values of Heineken Hungária that the company’s new head of Corporate Affairs and Communications will continue to build upon. As of 1 March,...
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Daikin launches circular economy program to reuse refrigerants in air conditioners and heat pumps
Date: 2021-01-26 11:25:35
The challenges of climate change must not be forgotten despite the times of coronavirus – the latest Eurobarometer survey on climate change in 2019 points out. The research commissioned by...
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Kőröstej recalls cheeses
Date: 2021-01-26 11:18:44
As a precaution, Kőröstej Kft. withdraws some of its products called Kőrösi cheese discs from distribution, because there may be pieces of glass in them – the company called attention...
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Apple is the most valuable brand in the world, according to Brand Finance
Date: 2021-01-26 11:07:09
After three years, Apple is once again the most valuable brand in the world according to the 2021 Global 500 rankings of the British Brand Finance market research and business...
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Soft drink made of Christmas trees to come
Date: 2021-01-26 11:05:52
An Estonian company makes a pine-flavored tonic from discarded Christmas trees. The minced needles of the pines are flavored with cardamom and lemon peel, so this is a sweet-bitter drink...
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Carrefour’s expansion in Thailand
Date: 2021-01-25 18:48:57
Carrefour has strengthened its presence in the proximity channel in Taiwan, with the acquisition of 224 former Dairy Farm stores. The line of stores includes 199 Wellcome shops with an average sales...
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Aldi to open 25 new stores in Portugal this year
Date: 2021-01-25 18:48:45
Aldi Portugal has opened the first of 25 new stores it plans to open in 2021 and now already operates 84 stores in the country. One of the company’s main...
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Seville will be the home of Coca-Cola’s biggest European plant
Date: 2021-01-25 18:42:13
Coca-Cola European Partners plans to invest EUR 48 million in the expansion of its production facility in Seville, by this transforming it into its largest plant in Europe. This expansion will increase...
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Nomad Foods buys Findus Switzerland
Date: 2021-01-25 18:42:09
Nomad Foods has bought Findus Switzerland from Froneri International Ltd, together with certain intellectual property from an affiliate of Nestlé S.A., for a price of approximately EUR 110 million. Findus...
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Changes at Orbico Hungary
Date: 2021-01-25 15:00:27
Orbico Hungary has appointed a new general manager as of 1 January 2021: Zoltán Becze has 10 years of experience working at Orbico, in the company’s electro business – and...
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New sales director at KOCH’s Torma Kft.
Date: 2021-01-25 10:08:49
From January 2021 József Bacskai is the sales director of KOCH’s Torma Kft. Mr Bacskai earned a degree in food engineering at Corvinus University and has already worked for companies...
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Fraudsters send sms or emails on behalf of Aldi
Date: 2021-01-22 11:22:18
Fraudsters are sending SMS or email notifications on behalf of Aldi about a package, prize or testing program coming from the retail chain, presumably for phishing purposes – the company...
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Unilever would produce food in sea containers
Date: 2021-01-22 11:19:14
Digital factories are currently being tested in the Netherlands, and it is planned to start producing a kind of liquid broth in a prototype from the end of January –...
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Szentkirályi Magyarország invites Hungarian restaurants to join forces for
Date: 2021-01-21 11:28:24
Hungary’s leading food company is launching an online media campaign to help restaurants that are experiencing a decline in turnover due to the coronavirus pandemic. Szentkirályi Magyarország encourages the community...
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Green growth: Sustainability solutions led by local people
Date: 2021-01-21 10:30:44
Strategic partnerships lie at the heart of our efforts to drive transformational change in the palm oil industry. In Indonesia, we’re supporting a local development and conservation programme focused on...
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