Company and Personal News
Change in the top management of Penny Market Magyarország Kft.
From 1 October 2018 Florian Jens Naegele is the new CEO of the Penny Market Magyarország Kft. The new managing director replaces Jens-Thilo Krieger in this position. Florian Naegele will...
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Harmony and quality
Wine has been made in Kéthely – located south of Lake Balaton – for 300 years. Our magazine interviewed the managing director of Kristinus Wine Estate Florian Zaruba. My childhood dream...
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ALDI opens five new businesses, creates 100 new jobs and launches another solar power plant
ALDI’s network in Hungary continues to expand: the chain of stores opens five new businesses nationwide and creates 100 new jobs. Five new businesses will be added to the ALDI...
Read moreTesco and Nestlé collaborate against food waste
Tesco and Nestlé jointly promote a new action to combat food waste. With the sales of selected products the two companies support the Hungarian Food Bank Association. Nestlé has offered...
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Comfortable coffee and tea tools in SPAR
The stylish tools of the ZWILLING product range for coffee and tea consumption are available in the stores of SPAR Magyarország in the framework of the new point-collection action launched...
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The HELL came up with another special energy drink
After the success of the HELL STRONG Focus, the Hungarian energy-producing company launched a new innovative product. The specialty of the new energy drink, the HELL ENERGY Active, is that...
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Traditional and trendy
One of Gyulahús Kft.’s latest product ranges is Gyulai Grill Sausage. These products combine traditions with the needs of 21st-century shoppers. They are available in many flavours and sizes. The sausages can be...
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The COOP won an energy-conscious trademark
The store developments of the COOP Economic Group were recognized with the Energy Conscious Company trademark – company told Origo in its announcement. The award was handed over to the...
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New packaging center of the Gallicoop Zrt. was handed over in Szarvas
The new packaging center of the Gallicoop Zrt. was handed over in Szarvas, Békés county on Wednesday. The government supported the development of the packaging center built from 1.69 billion...
Read moreTesco’s result increased significantly
Tesco’s result increased significantly in the first half of the 2018-2019 business year, but the Central European business branch declined somewhat due to a change in Sunday’s opening hours in...
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SPAR: unusual sandwich promotion campaign
On 2nd October, the speed of pedestrians was measured by a special speedometer at the Széll Kálmán Square. The people who went to work and school were part of a...
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The Barnängen supports Children
Known as the Swedish skincare brand, Barnängen sets a noble goal. The SOS Children’s Villages for Hungary, together with the buyers, collect indirectly money donations, as they claim that reliable...
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New managers at dm from October
The dm is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, an important organizational change has taken place in the company’s life: after the retirement of Wolfgang Strasser, from October 2018, Csoknyainé...
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Here is the cinnamon-flavored coke
Coca-Cola has announced thatt he company is preparing with cinnamon-flavored Coca-Cola for the holiday season. The novelty has already arrived at store shelves in England but will only be available...
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New Milli and Pöttyös products
FrieslandCampina Hungária ZRt. came out with two new innovations: chestnut Pöttyös Túró Rudi and Milli Fitt cottage cheese cream with 30 percent lower sugar content, available in three flavours.Marketing director Dániel...
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Lavazza Buys Mars Coffee Units
Lavazza is broadening its operations in office coffee makers and vending machines with the acquisition, which was first reported by Bloomberg News. The transaction values the business at about $650...
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The U and U Ltd. expanded its plant in Rétság
The U és U Kft. (member of Urbán Group) expanded its capacity with a new manufacturing and packaging technology. photo: nogradhont.hu The Economic Development and Innovation Operational Program (GINOP) provided...
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Poli-Farbe can market its wall paint suitable for heating in the coming autumn
The Poli-Farbe Vegyipari Kft. (Poli-Farbe Chemical Ltd.) will start to sell paint suitable for heating next autumn – Szabó Antal, managing director of the company told on Tuesday in Budapest...
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Lidl’s parent company establishes a waste management company
In the future, the parent company of the discount chain Lidl wants to operate its own waste disposal. The parent company of the discount chain Lidl, the Schwarz Group, was...
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New poppy seed production plant in Tiszavasvári
Sotiva Seed Kft.’s poppy seed cleaning plant in Tiszavasvári was built from HUF 170 million. Managing director Gyula Sotkó told: in the future they would like to do all stages...
Read moreTesco launches part time job scheme
Tesco’s ‘Fixed to be fix’ part time job programme offers flexible conditions to those who like their work time calculable. They can ask for 5 hours per week or only...
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SPAR reopens three stores
SPAR has invested HUF 810 million in modernising two former CBA stores in Budapest and one Erdőkertes. SPAR’s head of communications Márk Maczelka informed that the trading areas of the...
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Stable sales growth for Auchan
In the 2017 fiscal year annual gross sales of Auchan Hungary’s 20 stores and 18 petrol stations increased by 3.7 percent – the company announced at a press conference on...
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Costco adopts Apple Pay in the USA
In the USA Costco has begun accepting Apple Pay following its recently completed deployment of contactless payment equipment throughout its network of 750 stores. The company also is planning to offer...
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Kroger to get rid of plastic bags by 2025
US retail giant Kroger Co. has announced that they would stop using plastic bags in all of their 2,800 supermarkets by 2025. Kroger’s annual single-use plastic bag output is 6...
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Co-op expands rapidly
British supermarket chain Co-op opened 21 new stores in 2018 and asked for building permits for 34 new shops. Sales by Co-op jumped 7.8 percent this year, with the retailer’s...
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Flipkart buys artificial intelligence startup
Flipkart – the biggest online retailer in India – has acquired an artificial intelligence startup, called Liv.ai. Liv.ai developed software that transforms speech into text, in 10 different languages spoken...
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Hypermodern Amazon store in Korea
Amazon has signed a cooperation agreement with the retail chain Hyundai Department Store, within the framework of which by 2020 they are going to build a store using futuristic technological...
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Carrefour optimises logistics operations in Poland
Carrefour’s Polish affiliate has announced that the company’s vehicles had driven 2 million kilometres less last year, after the introduction of a new transportation management system. Thanks to thy system...
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