Company and Personal News
The turnover of the Rossmann Magyarország Kft. grew twelve percent last year
The Rossmann Magyarország Kft. had a gross turnover of 68 billion HUF in 2016, 11.73 percent higher than a year before. The Hungarian network gives roughly 2.6 percent of the...
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New CEO at LeasePlan Hungária
One of the leading fleet management company in Hungary, the LeasePlan Hungária Zrt. has a new CEO from 1 April 2017. The new CEO will be Pesti Tímea, the former...
Read moreBudapest Bank remains a Tesco partner
Tesco Hungary signed another 3-year partnership agreement with Budapest Bank. In the last 6 years Budapest Bank provided consumption loans and bank account services to several hundred thousand Tesco customers...
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Wine trader buys Márton and Daughters
Wine trader Veritas and Péter Bárány, former sales director at Rézangyal Kft. purchased 50 percent of premium pálinka brand Márton and Daughters. János Márton continues to distil the pálinkas, but...
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Henkel’s record year
In the 2016 fiscal year Henkel realised record sales revenue of EUR 18.714 billion. Sales exceeded the level of 2015 by 3.5 percent. Adjusted for currency fluctuations, sales revenue increased...
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This year Garfield brings mysteries to SPAR stores
The theme of SPAR’s 8th Garfield sticker collecting album will be the world’s unsolved mysteries, outer space and the mystical side of nature. On 65 pages 200 stickers will have...
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SPAR renewed communication
The SPAR Magyarország has launched a new image campaign with the new “Quality. I Love It” slogan from 23 March. The campaign emphasizes the core values of the business chain....
Read moreThe Csíki Sör and Heineken agreed on the use of the Csíki Sör brand name
The Csíki Sör Manufaktúra beer manufactory and the Heineken Romania agreed on the use of the Csíki Sör brand name – the Csíki Sör Manufaktúra published on its community site....
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Well PR gets METRO job
Well PR won METRO Hungary’s invitational tender, and from the beginning of the year they have been responsible for the 13-store wholesale chain’s full communication strategy. METRO’s B2B communication focuses...
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Less sugar in Nestlé products
Until 2020 Nestlé will reduce its sugar use in Europe by 18,000 tons. As a result of this decision, the sugar content of the company’s products will drop 5 percent...
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dm brands take winner to Dubai
dm brands will take the lucky winner of the drugstore chain’s Facebook game to Dubai. All dm customers had to do was buy any of dm’s private label products and...
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Wanzl’s new managing director
As of 1 March 2017 Edit Nagy is the managing director of Wanzl Hungary. Ms Nagy used to be the company’s sales director. Wanzl was established in Germany in 1947...
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Lidl introduced a unique action
Lidl Magyarország introduced a unique action in Hungary. The blue mobile customers are given 22% discount if they purchase indicated products when uploading their blue mobile balance. The blue mobile...
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Rossmann opened its 200th store
The Rossmann Magyarország is expanding its high-quality shop network in Hungary Further. This year the company opened new stores in Lajosmizse and in Budapest (Háros street), while expanded its existing...
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Brexit: the Cadbury chocolate may be smaller
Cadbury has said it may have to raise prices or shrink the size of its products after Brexit, but has committed to staying in the UK. Glenn Caton, who is...
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The Agárdi Pálinkafőzde has become the winner of the Hungarian National category at the Destillata
The Agárdi Pálinkafőzde has become the Hungarian National winner at the Central Europe’s largest distillate competition, the Destillata in Austria – Wolfgang Lukas, the director of the event organizer company...
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The liquidator advertised the mill of the Sikér Zrt. in Szekszárd
The liquidator, the National Reorganization Nonprofit Kft. advertised the mill of the Sikér Malomipari Zrt. in Szekszárd. According to the notice published in the Official Gazette (Magyar Közlöny), the target...
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Unilever for a circular economy
Unilever announced that by 2025 all of the packaging material they use will be fully reusable, recyclable of compostable. At the same time the company asked FMCG product manufacturers to...
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Spar is flying high with its own brands
Spar Austria informed that last year they sold twice as many from the company’s private label energy drinks than from Red Bull products. Last year 45.7 million S-Budget energy drinks...
Read moreThe future of grocery retail chains?
Tesco opines that grocery retail chains can only survive if they pay bigger attention to supplying restaurants, online selling and serving individual needs. The British retailer plans to acquire Booker...
Read moreThe Hungarian startup is exporting brewing equipments to the US market
The company manufacturing Brewie automatic home brewing equipments will begin the delivery of pre-orders to the US market this week. The value of the first shipment of 250 machines, worth...
Read moreThe largest fruit farmer in Békés County expects a good season
The largest fruit farmer in Békés County expects a good season, because winter frosts did not cause major frost damages in plantations – the managing director of the Hunapfel Kft....
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Whole grains, whole story
We already know that a balanced breakfast includes fruit or vegetables, valuable sources of protein (eg. milk, dairy products, lean meat, eggs, nuts) a fluid (preferably water); It made of...
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Spar buys Billa in Croatia
The Croatian competition authority gave a green light to Spar Austria’s acquisition of Billa supermarkets. Combined market share of the two chains will stay below 10 percent. After the merger...
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HEINEKEN strenghtens its portfolio with an alcohol-free beer in Hungary
The Heineken brand introduces a product innovation for the first time in Hungary. The alcohol-free Heineken 0.0 will soon be on the shelves of stores and the catering units. No...
Read moreThe Koch winery won the PAR Wine Award International Competition’s Top Gold recognition
The Koch winery in addition to the Top Gold recognition of the PAR Wine Award International Competition also received two gold medals and a silver medal at the awards ceremony...
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The Palóc Nagykereskedelmi Kft. will be liquidated
Liquidation has begun at the Palóc Nagykereskedelmi Kft. in Salgótarján, because during the time of the bankruptcy process, the company did not agree with its creditors – Demeter László, secretary...
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The disinvestment of McDonald’s is only temporary
McDonald’s decided about a five billion HUF disinvestment at its Hungarian subsidiary. The company said in connection with the news that it is only temporary, and will raise the level...
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The Gyulahús Kft. would open towards the Far East markets
The Gyulahús Kft. in addition to the Japanese market would open towards the Chinese, Korean and Hong Kong markets. In these markets the company experienced increasing interest towards its products...
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Garfield returns to Hungary
SPAR’s latest and Garfield’s 8th sticker collection album, this time presents the world’s unsolved mysteries, the outer space and the mysterious side of nature to the readers. The Garfield sticker...
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