Company and Personal News
Aldi and Lidl founders are among the richest Germans
Date: 2011-10-14 12:31:23
According to the latest estimates; the founders of Aldi and Lidl are still among the richest Germans – they could pay the whole debt of the Hungarian foreign currency debtors...
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Danone supports chronically ill children
Date: 2011-10-14 11:16:45
Danone's special charity program to support chronically ill children began on 3rd October this year and it is going to last until 13th November. The program has been helping kids...
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System Alliance Europe implements a new clearing system
Date: 2011-10-14 09:11:58
The 47 System Alliance Europe partners benefit from optimized invoicing and more process transparency. Following a two-year development period, CargoClear, a web-based clearing solution designed for the specific requirements of...
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House of Hungarian Tastes in the Coop of Gödöllő
Date: 2011-10-13 12:40:18
The first joint business of Coop and the House of Hungarian Tastes opened in Gödöllő. The Hungarian-owned supermarket chain sells the food products of domestic producers, in a “shop in...
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Bunge Zrt. is still the market leader in the edible oil market
Date: 2011-10-13 12:38:27
The company's Martfű-based vegetable oil factory maintained its market leadership in Hungary, despite the 6 percent fall of the the oil market. The company holds 70 to 75 percent of...
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Coop spent five billion HUF on IT
Date: 2011-10-13 12:35:29
Izsófalva, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county has joined to the IT system of Coop as the thousandth unit on Wednseday 12 October. The store was built from two hundred million HUF employing eleven...
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Euronics opens new stores in the Corvin shopping Center and in the KÖKI Terminal
Date: 2011-10-13 12:33:17
The Veszprém-based Euronics-Vöröskő Kft. opens two 1,600 square-meter Euronics Mega stores at the same time tomorrow, so the company will have nine stores in Budapest and 65 across the country....
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Praktiker awaits its customers with culinary experiences
Date: 2011-10-13 12:20:12
Praktiker awaits its customers with beer and sausages in the second half of October. The culinary experiences will be completed with unique shopping action with 20 percent discount. In order...
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The OBI opened a store at the KÖKI Terminal
Date: 2011-10-13 12:12:17
OBI continues to expand in those rural areas where it is not present. The model for the developments will be the store at the KÖKI Terminal (Kőbánya-Kispest) – said Christoph...
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New leader at POS Media Célcsoport Hungary
Date: 2011-10-12 12:42:56
After having spent more than 10 years in the field of instore communications, strategic director of the company Péter Kovács is leaving “the board” with mutual agreement, and his tasks...
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Pepsi reported two billion USD quarterly profits
Date: 2011-10-12 12:19:14
The shares of PepsiCo. Inc. began to rise before the opening of the U.S. market after the company's third-quarter profit increased to 2 billion USD (1.25 USD per share). These...
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Bonduelle sees a significant growth in revenue
Date: 2011-10-11 12:35:54
Following of the stagnation of the past two years, Bonduelle Central Europe Ltd. is finally facing a revenue of 25 billion HUF which means a 20-25 percent increase in the...
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Four million forint fine for Tesco
Date: 2011-10-10 13:33:54
Tesco Global Zrt was fined by the Pest County Consumer Protection Board: a sum of 4 million HUF must be paid for failing to appropriately indicate the prices of tobacco...
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50 years old Auchan plants trees all across the country
Date: 2011-10-10 12:56:30
On the occasion of the Auchan Group's 50th anniversary 12 Hungarian Auchan stores planted a total of 600 native trees across the country for the benefit of nature and the...
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First Store of the Country competition is over
Date: 2011-10-10 10:18:00
In August, the Hungarian competition runnning under the title “Store of the Country” was launched by Árukereső.hu leading price comparison site, in order to organize a contests for the webstores,...
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Pick is the best brand in the consumer category
Date: 2011-10-07 13:00:46
Among the business brands the Rába Automotive Holding, while in the consumer category, Pick is on the top of MagyarBrands' list. Among consumer brands, Pick is followed by Zwack Unicum,...
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Hungerit Zrt. has sued the Four Paws
Date: 2011-10-07 12:50:30
The Hungerit Zrt. appealed to the Municipal Court, against the Austrian and Hungarian Four Paws Foundation, and their president, due to violations in the company's right to good reputation told...
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Recognition for Tesco
Date: 2011-10-07 12:10:30
The Carbon Disclosure Project ranked Tesco to the first place for the second time in 2011 on the list of companies, that fight against climate change. The company is fourth...
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Coca-Cola car won by lucky customer
Date: 2011-10-07 11:33:18
Coca-Cola's 125 years anniversary has brought the happiness to all fans who won one of the 125 Coke-gifts a day. And the winner of the Coca-Cola custom designed MINI One...
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New flavour by Jim Beam
Date: 2011-10-07 10:02:27
September 23 saw the release of a new flavour by Jim Beam, called Red Stage. The blackcherry flavour consists of natural ingredients since cherry has been a significant part of...
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Unilever: Leading the way in sustainability
Date: 2011-10-07 09:50:40
Unilever has topped the Food Producers sector in the 2011 Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the 13th year running. Unilever once again leads the Food Producers sector with an overall...
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Green co-operation between Mars Hungary and Waberer's
Date: 2011-10-06 16:57:36
A new, so-called green cooperation has began in the spirit of corporate social responsibility between Mars Hungary and Waberer's – the two companies informed MTI on Thursday. As a result...
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Magazine: New eye-tracking measurement method
Date: 2011-10-06 12:21:12
Forma Display Kft. and the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, with support from the New Hungary Development Plan and as part of an EU research programme, developed a new...
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The first Unilever running competition and the trainee program to be launched
Date: 2011-10-06 12:14:42
The first Unilever running competition will start on the 8th of October, in Nyírbátor and Unilever's new trainee program will be launced as well. The company's intent to organize the...
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Agrana-Juice processed only 55 thousand tons of apples so far
Date: 2011-10-06 12:10:33
The Agrana-Juice Hungary Kft. processed only a little more than half of the usual volume, only 55 thousand tons of industrial apple in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, because, due to the May...
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IKEA withdraws the BUSA kid tent
Date: 2011-10-06 12:05:10
Due to the risk of serious injury the IKEA withdraws the BUSA kid tent – told the company to MTI on Thursday. According to the communication; IKEA is asking all...
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Tesco profits increased below expectations
Date: 2011-10-05 12:15:36
The British Tesco retail chain has reached 35.5 billion pounds turnover in the first half of the 2011-2012 fiscal year ended on August 27, which indicates a 8.8 percent increase....
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Univer Mustard Academy: the market is expanding
Date: 2011-10-05 11:48:22
Univer Product Plc is Hungary's market-leading mustard-manufacturer, and the have hold a special Mustard Academy to focus on the expansion of the mustard market. A spectacular show combined with sausage...
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Young directors at Tesco
Date: 2011-10-05 10:57:37
Tesco has asked for the help of young children in order to choose the special offer products for Christmas. The young directors have tested numerous holiday-toys and then voted for...
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The Coca-Cola is the most valuable brand
Date: 2011-10-04 13:52:24
Interbrand has produced a list of this year's the most valuable global brands, in which the tech brands dominate the first ten places. Coca-Cola remained the most valuable brand. The...
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