Company and Personal News
Premium whiskey by Jack Daniel's available in Hungary from February
Date: 2013-02-15 10:36:09
Sinatra would typically offer a toast using a glass of Jack Daniel’s during his concerts from the 1950s to the 1990s. “I can assure you he was very fond of...
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Nestlé had a great year
Date: 2013-02-14 11:55:33
Nestlé closed last year with a 10.6 billion Swiss francs net profit. This is 11.8 percent more than in 2011. The revenue rose by 10.2 percent to 92.2 billion Swiss...
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Coca-Cola’s profit declined in Europe, but increased overall
Date: 2013-02-13 11:31:03
Coca-Cola’s profit and sales increased less than expected in the fourth quarter of last year. The Coca-Cola’s after-tax profit was 1.87 billion USD, 41 cents per share, in the three-month...
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New commercial director in the management of the Debreceni group
Date: 2013-02-13 11:28:16
From the end of January Szitai Ádám will be the Commercial Director of the Debreceni Group. The expert earned economics degree at the Foreign Trade College, then completed the MBA...
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Photo exhibition of paralympics at the Tesco stores
Date: 2013-02-13 10:34:41
Starting from today, the exhibition at Tesco Extra at Váci street, Budapest is open to visitors. The exhibition illustrates the best moments of the London Paralympics 2012, and is going...
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Auchan increased its turnover and the number of its customers in Hungary
Date: 2013-02-12 11:30:55
Turnover increased by 10 percent in 2012 to 300 billion HUF in the 19 Auchan stores in Hungary, compared to the previous year, while the number of customers increased by...
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A Hungarian fast food network will be launched with the capital support of the Széchenyi Capital Fund
Date: 2013-02-12 11:24:36
The Széchenyi Capital Fund supports the plans of the more than 30-year-old Hungarian Crown Foods Kft. with 49 million HUF – the Board of Directorate of the Fund announced The...
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Continental: Hungarian manufactured products to the national tobacco shops
Date: 2013-02-12 11:22:20
The president of the Continental Dohányipari Zrt. is hoping that mainly those candidates will get concession on the tobacco shop tender who expressly agrees the sales of Hungarian produced tobacco...
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New sales leader at the Szentkirályi Ásványvíz Kft.
Date: 2013-02-12 11:20:17
From January 2013 Barnáné Vitárius Márta will be the new sales manager at the Szentkirályi Ásványvíz Kft.. She will lead a 36-member team and will be responsible for sales activities,...
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Kurucz Péter became the Country Manager of Brandbank Hungary Kft.
Date: 2013-02-12 11:20:11
The Country Manager of the Hungarian subsidiary of the UK based company will be responsible for the supervision activities and professional coordination of the entire company and to develop a...
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The most romantic city in Hungary is Kecskemét
Date: 2013-02-12 11:10:34
Flowers, chocolates, champagne: These are the hit products in Tesco beforeValentine's day. In relation to the number of inhabitants – the largest volume of these products was sold in Kecskemét,...
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CBA is considering denouncation due to swindlers
Date: 2013-02-12 11:00:13
Swindlers are trying to defraud buyers under the name of CBA, therefore the retail chain is considering a denouncation – Fodor Attila, the chain's director of communications told MTI on...
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Praktiker withdraws from Turkey
Date: 2013-02-11 12:15:53
11 February 2013. Praktiker AG is withdrawing from business in Turkey and, in view of the persistently loss-making operations in this country, suspends payments to the local subsidiary. As a...
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METRO: 74 million HUF worth food to the people in need
Date: 2013-02-11 11:17:06
Bakery and dairy products, vegetables and fruit, cold cuts, meat, fish and other non-perishable food products were sent to the needy in a value of 74,025,426 million HUF in the...
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Brush instead of coffee, creative paper instead of canvas
Date: 2013-02-11 11:15:40
The creative application of NESCAFÉ® Dolce Gusto® and the Papyrus Hungária Zrt. successfully ended. The best applications were chosen by a renowned jury with the lead of Agatha Ruiz de...
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The “We Support the Family” Program’s annual drawing competition was completed
Date: 2013-02-11 11:12:03
The program ended with a result of 16 million online votes, more than 6,600 children's drawings, about 130 kindergarten and primary schools with a valid tender and the participation of...
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The Ministry of Rural Deverlopment will save the poultry processing plant in Kálmánháza
Date: 2013-02-11 11:00:04
The poultry processing plant in Kálmánháza, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County will receive ministerial help to survive. The stake is to save two hundred and fifty jobs and to maintain the market. Kálmánházi...
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The local government of Pápa helps the Pápai Hús 1913 Kft. through its own company
Date: 2013-02-08 11:10:27
As the local government cannot directly give loan to the company, as a shareholder it can give a support of 650 million HUF through its own company to the Pápai...
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Intelligent companies
Date: 2013-02-07 23:46:36
According to Ernő Ferenc Jancsich, an expert with Xapt Kft. the food industry creates a great challenge for business management software in the fields of base material supply and production....
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IT-audit: hardly known in Hungary, almost an obligatory routine abroad
Date: 2013-02-07 23:34:17
Firms that have their IT systems audited from time to time can save significant amounts of money from their IT budget. Still, in Hungary one quarter of companies doesn’t use...
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Production restarted in the meat plant in Gyula
Date: 2013-02-07 12:50:51
Quality food production has a great future in Hungary, Fazekas Sándor Rural Development Minister said on Wednesday in Gyula, where he visited the meat plant with Budai Gyula, Minister of...
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Brandbank Hungary has been launched
Date: 2013-02-07 12:40:08
The Brandbank, that was founded 14 years ago is present in several European countries has been launched in Hungary too at the end of last year. The company's main profile...
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Fast Food Restaurant for Kids: Chuck E. Cheese’s targets Hungary
Date: 2013-02-07 11:00:57
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Detergents, softeners: this is the age of rationalising
Date: 2013-02-07 00:34:10
This year both detergent and softener volume sales plunged by 10 percent. Softeners: the number of buyers fell considerably (the category’s penetration lowered from 68 to 65 percent from one...
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Old and new tricks in washing
Date: 2013-02-07 00:29:57
Anna Siba, brand manager of Henkel Hungary’s detergents and household cleaners division is of the view that some consumers still wash their clothes driven by their old habits, but at...
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A new look and more muscular promotional activity from Vöslauer
Date: 2013-02-07 00:23:15
Vöslauer is one of the key brands in the premium segment. Krisztina Papp, marketing and sales assistant of its distributor, IN-FOOD 2000 Kft. told our magazine that sales augmented in...
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Brand evolution on a higher level (part 1)
Date: 2013-02-07 00:01:19
Today we already know that the classic ‘knows it-uses it-loyal’ type measurement is not enough in marketing any more. GfK has been researching the evolution of brands, with the help...
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Hungarian Organic Wine’s success in Germany
Date: 2013-02-06 11:57:21
The Gajdos Winery's 2009 Cabernet Franc Selection wine has won a grand gold medal at the MUNDUS VINI BioFach International Organic Wine Awards in Germany. The Gajdos Winery is operating...
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KFC antibiotics-tainted chicken destroyed in China
Date: 2013-02-06 10:19:29
The case of antibiotics-tainted chicken of Yum Brands Inc., parent company of KFC, has been placed on file for investigation, according to a statement from the Shanghai Food and Drug...
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If it’s in-store, it has to be Win-Store!
Date: 2013-02-05 23:12:52
Since September 2012 we have been SPAR Hungary’s exclusive in-store media partner. Innovation doesn’t stop in 2013 either: from traditional in-store surfaces shelf communi- cation is the most successful in...
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