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METRO has announced the 2018 wage settlement
The METRO Kereskedelmi Kft. negotiated the content of the 2018 wage settlement with the Kereskedelmi Alkalmazottak Szakszervezete (Trade Union of Commercial Employees). The negotiating parties agreed in the principles and...
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Szőke Mátyás has become the Wine Producer of the Year in 2017
Szőke Mátyás from the Mátra has become the Wine Producer of the Year in Hungary in 2017. In the nomination phase of the prize, more than 630 specialists, restaurant owners,...
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Highest quality standards at SPAR
SPAR Hungary has received the ISO 9001: 2015 certification for three years. The new customer-centric standard is user-friendly, and is more tailored to the customer’s needs and satisfaction than before....
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Tesco and the trade unions agreed on the January 2018 wage increase
The Tesco-Global Áruházak Zrt. under an agreement with trade unions, allocates another 2.8 billion HUF for the wage increase of its retail workers. At the supermarket chain, the lowest wages...
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The Globserver Kft. and the Crown Foods Kft. won the main prizes of the Széchenyi Enterprise of the Year Awards
The Crown Foods Kft. catering company won the Széchenyi Enterprise of the Year award in the category of companies with an annual turnover of less than 500 million HUF, while...
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Auchan is preparing for the festive rush with Paleo Christmas fondants and special sweets
The candy season begins in Auchan a month and a half before Christmas. In the first half of November, mostly companies, nurseries and schools are buying sweets for Christmas. The...
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The SPAR received equal opportunities awards
SPAR Magyarország received the Disability Friendly Workplace award for the fourth time. The company received the Receptive Workplace special award for the cooperation with Janka Tanya who is woring with...
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Diego’s sales over sixteen billion
The Diego chain intends to reach 80 percent sales revenue growth and a 25 billion forints net sales on the Hungarian market by 2020 – the chain told MTI on...
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SPAR continues its modernization program
A new SPAR store was opened in Kistarcsa and the company carried out a major developments in other five cities in November. SPAR invested more than 1.7 billion forints on...
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Green playground games were handed over to the Tündérkert kindergarten in Gyöngyös
During the “Better Play in Green!” prize winning game of Henkel and Rossmann, the Tündérkert kindergarten in Gyöngyös gathered the most votes and won the 1 million HUF worth main...
Read moreMFB: 32 billion forints credit for the construction of the citric acid plant in Szolnok
The Chinese-Hungarian joint venture, the BBCA Szolnok Zrt. and the Hungarian Development Bank (MFB) have signed a 12-year loan agreement for nearly 32 billion HUF loan for the construction of...
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This year, Santa is also packing into the boxes of DS Smith
Like last year, this year teh DS Smith Packaging is also helping the Santa Claus factory with thousands of boxes. The company would like to contribute to the deliver the...
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The Alkotás Point is celebrating its 15th anniversary
The “A” category award-winning Alkotás Point (Creation Point) is one of the few in the domestic office market where tenant extensions, expansions and rental rates are continuous for nearly 15...
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Fornetti plans 1-million-euro development
Kecskemét-based Fornetti Kft. spent nearly EUR 8 million on production development in the last 2 years and plans to invest another EUR 1 million in a Kiskunfélegyháza project. In the last fiscal...
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Mogyi: sales revenue exceeds 24 billion forints
Mogyi Kft.’s caramel-coated popcorn – developed from a budget of HUF 700 million – was a great success. The product is available in more than 23 countries and its sales have...
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Cooperative builds cold storage facility in Csorna
The Hanság-Fertőmenti Fruit-Vegetable Production and Sales Cooperative built a cold storage facility in Csorna from HUF 256 million, from which HUF 150 million was a state subsidy. In the 3,000m² refrigerated...
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New FINO product range made using modern technology
This November 100-percent Hungarian-owned, Kaposvár-based FINO Group put a new product range on the market. These products contain 30 percent more milk protein and they are made using state-of-the-art ultra- and...
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Varga Winery’s expansion in Feldebrő
Varga Winery Kft. invested nearly HUF 2 billion in two years to build the wine region’s biggest winery in Feldebrő. With the development project 20 new jobs were created. So far the new...
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Next year Kométa will launch new products
Kométa 99’ Zrt. invested HUF 8 billion in development in the last 10 years. The company has recently announced: as a result of a HUF 1.3-billion investment, they will start making new...
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SAP joins IAB
SAP has become a member of Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Hungary. The software company – which offers more and more marketing solutions – has joined the biggest professional organisation of the...
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End-of-year awards for Trade magazin: a two-time Business Superbrands and one-time MagyarBrands winner
Having won its second Business Superbrands prize this year, in 2017 Trade magazine won the MagyarBrands recognition too. Managing director and editor-in-chief Zsuzsanna Hermann told: ‘We are very proud of these...
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Penny Market stores won’t be open on 24 December
Penny Market stores won’t be open on 24 December so that workers will have enough time to prepare for Christmas Eve. Between 21 and 23 December Penny Market shops will be...
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SPAR reopened two stores in November
SPAR Hungary invested almost HUF 3 billion in modernising the INTERSPAR store in Tatabánya and the supermarket in Bicske. Head of communications Márk Maczelka informed that they invested HUF 2.5 billion...
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Finances: a preparation guide for next year
According to Balázs Toldi, head of Budapest Bank’s corporate customers business area, the bank provides a full scale of financial services to micro-, small and medium-sized businesses. 90 percent of the...
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Hungarian Product: more than just a trademark
HUNGARIAN PRODUCT Nonprofit Kft. was established in 2006 and since then its programme has become Hungary’s biggest and best-known certification scheme for product origin. In 2017 they will implement a major marketing...
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Unilever’s acquisition in the USA
Unilever strengthens its hair and skin care portfolio by buying the brands of US company Sundial. New York-based Sundial realises annual sales of USD 240 million. The company plans further...
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Charcoal-coated toothbrush from Spar
Spar Austria has announced that they are launching a new private label toothbrush brand, called Beauty Kiss. The new toothbrush is covered with a natural cleansing agent, charcoal: it has...
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Coca-Cola makes a bid for Amazon customers
Coca-Cola keeps developing the online shopping experience, trying to increase online sales with special marketing efforts and offers. John Carroll, Coca-Cola’s general manager for e-commerce told: we are living in...
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