Company and Personal News
Lidl already has 130 stores
Date: 2011-04-19 14:37:20
Lidl is one of Germany’s ten biggest food retailers and owns one of Europe’s biggest food discount store chains, with more than 2,700 stores in 23 countries. Lidl’s sales declined...
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Reál deals with its most prestigious stores highlightedly
Date: 2011-04-19 14:35:59
Last year brought serious challenges for food retailers but Reál managed to keep its customers and to maintain sales. Reál opened several large floor space stores last year and modernised...
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SPAR Hungary is 20 years old
Date: 2011-04-19 14:34:43
SPAR Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. celebrates its 20th birthday this year. The group opened the first store in Tata in 1991. SPAR Hungary’s annual consolidated turnover was HUF 381.32 billion in...
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CBA concentrates on developing Príma and Cent stores
Date: 2011-04-19 14:29:58
Despite the difficult economic environment CBA managed to increase sales in 2010, by HUF 7.5 billion to HUF 555 billion. The chain has the highest number of units in domestic...
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Last year was a successful one for Tesco
Date: 2011-04-19 14:27:47
29 new stores, the launch of the Clubcard and innovation serving the demand of customers – these were the milestones of Tesco’s successful 2010 year. With the new stores Tesco...
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Hungarian wine-success in France
Date: 2011-04-19 13:48:09
Tokaj Kereskedőház has been awarded with a number of oustanding prizes at this year's Challenge International du Vin wine-contest in France. HUngary has managed to collect 37 awards as a...
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New strategic leaders at Laurel
Date: 2011-04-19 13:36:37
Fro the beginning of April, Laurel Group has two new strategic leaders. Attila Juhász (42) is a business development director who has previouséy worked for Hervis and Móta Ltd, and...
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Zubrowka in a new bottle
Date: 2011-04-19 13:17:59
Starting from this April, the Polish vodka popular in Hungary, Zubrowka is available with an entirely new design. The externalities may be modern and crystal clear, but the content is...
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Nestle expands in China
Date: 2011-04-19 12:16:02
The Swiss Nestle SA bought 60 percent stake of the the Yinlu Foods Group Chinese food company, in order to emerge market expansion of its instant food business. The family-owned...
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The luxury product manufacturer focuses on the Far East and Latin America
Date: 2011-04-19 12:10:19
British Burberry is planning further expansion in the Far East – particularly in China and in Latin America. According to the company; in these regions, nearly a one-third increase occured...
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New coffeee machines at Aldi
Date: 2011-04-19 11:55:43
After having opened the 75th ALDI store in Hungary, the company is expanding their stores with a capsule coffee machine – Tibor Székács, CEO of Aldi Hungary announced on 19th...
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Coop is prepared for new challenges
Date: 2011-04-19 11:31:26
CO-OP Hungary CEO László Murányi summarises the state of play at Coop: ‘Despite economic recession Coop managed to hold on to its market position. In 2010 Coop Group celebrated the...
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Ultra’s new look
Date: 2011-04-19 10:19:54
Traditional brand Ultra, which is well known for its Ultra Detergent Powder, Ultra Derm and Ultra Szavo products, returns with a new logo. Thanks to the new look, all products...
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Penta Group's meat-group acquisitions under investigation
Date: 2011-04-18 13:08:25
An investigation has begun with the involvement of the stakeholders which will investigate the meat industrial acquisitions of Penta group in Hungary, and will – reports Kisalföld, referring to Jakab...
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Unilever Schwarzkopf and Henkel are also interested in the products of FARMOL Hungary Kft.
Date: 2011-04-18 13:07:52
The Italian-based FARMOL Hungary Kft. built an aerosol and bottle manufacturing and filling factory in the Industrial Park of Nyírbátor, with a nearly one billion HUF investment. Trial work began...
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D+D Kft. under liquidation
Date: 2011-04-18 13:06:39
The Pest County Court ordered the liquidation of D+D Kft., that is dealing with the wholesale of cereals. The Sülysáp- based company has difficulties, probably because of last summer's price...
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The investment of Pick Szeged Zrt. may be delayed
Date: 2011-04-18 13:04:24
A land ownership impedes the realization of the investment of Pick Szeged Zrt. The company needs the outlying areas to be expanded, because its Szeged-based factories are in the city,...
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Futureal builds a mall in Poland
Date: 2011-04-18 13:00:34
The Futureal Group and the Irish Caelum Development Group signed an agreement over the Gorzów Wielkopolski Nova Park project. 62 percent of the shopping center that will be opened in...
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Hungarian product on the shelves of a German drugstore
Date: 2011-04-18 09:34:42
The hundred percent Hungarian product Linom has reached GErman customers: it will be available startating from May this year in 3000 outlets of Reformhaus drugstore....
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New requirements met by the greatest paper factory of Europe
Date: 2011-04-18 07:45:58
Hamburger Hungária Ltd. is one of the greatest paper factory of Europe, and now they are commensurate with ISO 14001:2004 standards – the audit was carried out in March by...
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METRO won in two categories of “the most successful promotion of the year”
Date: 2011-04-15 14:19:22
METRO Commercial Ltd. has won in two categories at Trade Magazin's “The most successful promotion of the year” competition, which took a closer look at the FMCG-sector's promotions between 1st...
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ALDI opened their 75th store in Hungary
Date: 2011-04-15 12:13:26
ALDI Hungary has opened two stores in April: this way, there are 75 ALDI-stores in the country. The 74th outlet opened its gates on 7th April in Budapest in the...
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Nestlé: 20.26 billion Swiss francs revenue in the first quarter
Date: 2011-04-15 12:10:39
The world's largest food company, the Swiss Nestle reported 20.26 billion Swiss francs revenue in the first quarter. This is 9.29 percent less, than the 22.34 billion of the first...
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Pál Sárközy signed his autobiography in CBA Príma Corvin
Date: 2011-04-15 11:22:50
Pál Sárközy, father of French president Nicolas Sarkozy signed his freshly released autography Tant De Vi in the CBA Príma store located in Corvin Shopping Mall on Frriday 15th April...
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Diabette from Karamell
Date: 2011-04-15 10:36:50
Karamell-Snack Kft. is a Hungarian-owned company that employs 170 people. Their products are probably more well-known than the company itself: it is enough to mention Diabette diabetic sweets, Ame countline...
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Double gold medals for grapefruit vodka
Date: 2011-04-15 10:10:29
In 2011, for the third time since 2007, Finlandia Grapefruit won double gold medals and the title of the World's best tasting flavoured vodka at the San Francisco Worlds Spirits...
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Tesco is looking for new regional suppliers
Date: 2011-04-15 09:17:41
Tesco is about to move on to learn about even more Hungarian suppliers within the compass of their Regional Suppliers' Forum. The next forum will take place in Visegrád, on...
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Henkel takes over Purbond joint venture
Date: 2011-04-14 14:36:06
The Swiss-based Purbond AG is now owned 100 percent by Henkel. Initially established as a 50:50 joint venture with Collano AG, also based in Switzerland, Purbond is a leading global...
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Debrecen-based Ave exports mineral water to China
Date: 2011-04-14 13:01:58
Debrecen-based Ave fulfills the first major Chinese market order of 300 thousand pieces of mineral water. The company received marketing approval for China in May 2010. A Chinese trader and...
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Danone increased its revenues by twenty percent in the first quarter of the year
Date: 2011-04-14 13:01:20
French Danone, the world's largest yogurt producer reported about better-than-expected first-quarter results on Thursday. The manufacturer of Activia, Actimel and a wide range of other products reached a turnover of...
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