Company and Personal News
Alcoa bought a beverage can manufacturer
Date: 2012-07-18 11:00:36
The world's largest aluminum industrial company the U.S. Alcoa acquire total control in the world's largest aluminum drink can manufacturer the U.S. Evermore Recycling, by buying out the company’s previous...
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Investigation due to the bankruptcy of Shlecker
Date: 2012-07-18 10:59:18
The Stuttgart state prosecutor's office started an investigation against Anton Schlecker and thirteen other defendants, due to the bankruptcy of the Shlecker German drugstore chain. Proceeding has started against the...
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Three million Unilever products helped big families
Date: 2012-07-18 09:04:57
Throughout the 1.5 month of their charity-project, Coop and Unilever have collected more than a total of 3 million HUF to the Associaton of Big Families. Within the compass of...
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Coca-Cola’s second quarter was better than expected
Date: 2012-07-17 12:08:29
Coca-Cola reported better than expected second quarter results, thanks to increasing domestic and foreign sales volume. The company's net profit at the same time, decreased from 2.80 billion USD to...
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Collective agreement renewed at Spar
Date: 2012-07-17 11:01:03
The Spar Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. has signed the renewed collective agreement with its own meat plant, the TANN Magyarország Kft., and with the Trade Union of the Commercial Employees (KSZ)....
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Coca-Cola music for the Olympic Games
Date: 2012-07-17 09:17:10
Coca‑Cola and Grammy award-winning music producer Mark Ronson have travelled the world, capturing the sounds of five different Olympic sports and blending them into one song that brings the spirit...
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Tesco supports the paralympic team with 35 million HUF
Date: 2012-07-17 07:45:03
The CEO of Tesco has given a total of 35 million HUF support to the president of the Hungarian Paralympic Committee, within the compass of the official farewell-party of the...
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Tesco bought a hypermarket in Komárom
Date: 2012-07-16 11:25:41
The Tesco chain will will take over the Hypernova hypermarket and its petrol station on 17 September in Pozsonyi Road in Komárom – TASR Slovak state news agency informs. The...
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Lidl does not increase prices due to the telecommunications tax
Date: 2012-07-16 11:17:31
Similar to Tesco Mobile, Lidl’s Blue Mobile will not increase its minute fees and SMS tariffs, due to the telecommunications tax introduced from 1 July. Lidl launched its own branded...
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Human Telex is into glass
Date: 2012-07-16 08:25:19
Guardian, one of the world's greatest manufacturers of float glass and fabricated glass products has signed a contract with Human Telex Creative Agency in order to carry out their new...
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Tesco undertakes home delivery in Poland
Date: 2012-07-13 12:00:03
In Poland, Tesco has launched an online sales system, through which customers can order for even 67 HUF worth home delivery fee. Tesco launched its webshop in Poland. The service...
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The cattle ranch was renewed from 300 million HUF
Date: 2012-07-12 11:00:46
The renewed cattle plant of the Tejtermelő Kft. was handed over on Wednesday in Lajoskomárom, Fejér County. At the technological development tender the company won 53 million HUF to the...
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Biogas plant is under construction in Solt
Date: 2012-07-12 10:55:00
The biogas plant recycling agricultural waste will be built from about one billion HUF in Solt – told the Solti Biogáz Kft. MTI on Thursday. According to the communication, the...
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Gallus Kft.: big losses at poultry farmers, due to the heat
Date: 2012-07-11 12:00:07
According to the estimations of the Gallus Kft. dealing with poulltry farming, the extreme heat has caused more than a billion HUF damage so far to the domestic poultry farmers....
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Hungarian melon campaign at the business network of Spar
Date: 2012-07-11 11:58:35
With the ripening of the Hungarian melon the sales have began at the same time in the Spar and Interspar stores. Since last week end, only Hungarian melon shipments have...
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Wizz Air decreasing number of Spanish flights due to new taxes
Date: 2012-07-11 10:47:37
Wizz Air decided to drecrease the number of Spanish flights in the winter schedule, due to the new airport-taxes introduced by the Spanish government from 1st July. The Budapest-Barcelona, and...
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Magazine: The Far East is knocking on our doors too
Date: 2012-07-10 12:19:17
‘International cuisine’ or ethnic food is slowly but steadily making its mark on Hungarian cuisine. This group of products is increasingly important in retail too, with food specialties from the...
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Poultry Production: The Master Good Group expands the number of its employees by more than 20 percent
Date: 2012-07-10 11:53:34
The Kisvárda-Nyírkércs-based Master Good Group dealing with poultry integration performs a more than 20 percent headcount expansion in late October-early November – told Bárány László, owner of the group. Employment...
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Pepsi enters the yogurt market
Date: 2012-07-10 11:25:28
PepsiCo has picked Omnicom Group's Juniper Park as creative agency for a new U.S. yogurt venture it is launching with a European dairy company later this month. The creative campaign...
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Success by Dachser
Date: 2012-07-10 10:27:33
For the second time in succession, the DACHSER magazine has received the FOX AWARD for efficiency in corporate publishing. This prize has not been conferred just for successful layout and...
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Strategic agreement between NGM and Coca-Cola Magyarország
Date: 2012-07-09 12:00:17
The Agreement is aimed at increasing the output of the company in Hungary and fostering supplier co-operation In line with the Hungarian Growth Plan aimed at boosting the Hungarian economy...
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Formula 1: Coca Cola may replace Vodafone at McLaren
Date: 2012-07-09 11:35:37
Vodafone is considering the end of its presence in Formula 1. The telecommunications giant may be replaced by Coca-Cola. Vodafone joined to Formula-1 in 2002 as the sponsor of Ferrari,...
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The world's largest retailer is fifty years old
Date: 2012-07-09 11:20:03
Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart store on the 2nd of July 1962. Since then, Wal-Mart has become the world's largest retailer – mfor.hu writes. In 2001, Wal-Mart became America's...
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New Nestle plant in Dubai
Date: 2012-07-09 11:15:49
The Swiss food company will build a new plant in Dubai for 136 million USD. The 175 thousand square meter complex will provide 800 new jobs in the city –...
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Fast food restaurants prefer chicken meat
Date: 2012-07-09 08:55:38
Dan Thompson, CEO of McDonald's would intoduce more and more products made of chicken, to the menu of the fast food chain. With the change, the company would target the...
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Hipercom: The best basket choice of June
Date: 2012-07-06 12:22:49
Hipercom Hungária Ltd. has listed the best basket choices of the month for June, too, based on various channels. The data of the research are taken from Hipercom Monitoring database,...
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Coca-Cola slashes water footprint
Date: 2012-07-06 10:37:21
Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report (CRS) highlights how CCE is delivering against its 2007 sustainability targets. This follows on from its 'Reasons to Believe' sustainability report released at the start...
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Praktiker to be re-organized
Date: 2012-07-05 10:50:19
The Germany-based Praktiker DIY chain will be re-organized. According to the decision approved at the general meeting of the company that concept will be implemented, which envisages store closures. Under...
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Unilever and sustainability
Date: 2012-07-05 09:16:08
In 2011, 87 companies responded to the FFD’s annual Disclosure Request, up from 35 in 2010. FFD named Unilever, along with Nestlé, joint leader of the Food Products and Soft...
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Bonduelle signed a 300 million euros revolving credit facility
Date: 2012-07-04 12:10:15
Bonduelle took up revolving credit in a value of 300 million euros to refinance the Kelet Food and the other two canning factories, that were bought at the beginning of...
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