Company and Personal News
Declining profits at Zwack
Date: 2010-05-31 00:00:30
The profits of Zwack Unicum Plc. decreased by nearly 25 percent: In the 2009-2010 fiscal year the company reached 2.3 billion HUF after-tax profit, according to the International Financial Reporting...
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INTERSPAR , Health roadshow' for the eight time
Date: 2010-05-28 00:00:40
SPAR Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft organizes the INTERSPAR , Health roadshow' between May and September 2010 at the country's 17 major cities of at the sites of the Interspar stores. The...
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SPAR sent 10 thousand liters of mineral water to the city of Miskolc
Date: 2010-05-28 00:00:30
The storms and flood of May made ther country’s life difficult, especially in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county. In the north-eastern region of Hungary many people lost their homes, due to flood and...
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Praktiker is optimistic, despite recession
Date: 2010-05-28 00:00:20
Praktiker reached a 41.8 billion HUF gross revenues in Hungary, in the 2009 business year. Despite the decline in purchasing power, Praktiker opened a new business in Esztergom and developing...
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Henkel among the super brands
Date: 2010-05-27 00:00:20
Four of the brands of Henkel Hungary Ltd. have received the Superbrands excellence status. The company, has now a superbrand status within each business lines. Vademecum in the Beauty business,...
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Young woman in the lead of Hungarian McDonald's
Date: 2010-05-27 00:00:10
In May 2010, Horváth Ágnes was appointed as the Managing Director of McDonald's Hungarian Restaurant Network Ltd.. The 36 year old Horváth Ágnes joined to McDonald's, after graduated from the...
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Törley: Rain of medals in England
Date: 2010-05-26 00:01:12
Törley Group's products gained success this year, in three very prestigious international wine competitions. On the Decanter World Wine Awards, International Wine Challenge, the products of Törley Group won 8...
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The Poznan International Fair for sale
Date: 2010-05-26 00:00:30
The Polish government plans the privatisation of the organising company of the Poznan International Fair. The Treasury Ministry will start the negotiations with the potential investors, later this year or...
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PEDIGREE ® again the most reliable pet food brand in Hungary
Date: 2010-05-25 00:01:00
The Hungarian readers of Reader's Digest voted for the Pedigree ® brand as the best in the pet food category of the “European Trusted Brands”. The brand has received the...
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Nestlé recals three of its coffees
Date: 2010-05-25 00:00:50
Nestlé Hungária Ltd. recalls the Alta Rica, Cap Colombie and Espresso instant coffee product lines – published the Hungarian Food Safety Office, on its website. The reason of the recall...
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SIÓ: Twenty pallets of Fruit juice for the volunteers
Date: 2010-05-25 00:00:42
The SIÓ-ECKES Ltd. offered several millions HUF worth of fruit juice to the professionals and the volunteers, who are fighting against the flood in Northern Hungary. Friday afternoon, with the...
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Metro continues its Asian expansion
Date: 2010-05-25 00:00:30
German trading group Metro is massively expanding in China and at other growing markets in Asia. In long terms Asia, and in particular China always played an important role in...
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Tesco supports the introduction of minimum alcohol prices to combat against abuse
Date: 2010-05-25 00:00:20
Tesco supports the prohibition of the distribution of alcoholic products below cost prices in Britain. The new British government would impose minimum prices for drinks in order to discourage excessive...
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The PepsiCo also invests in Chinese agriculture
Date: 2010-05-25 00:00:10
The U.S. PepsiCo. will invest 2.5 billion USD in China in the next three years – announced Indra Nooyi, president and CEO of the company in Friday in Shanghai. The...
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We can trust only in certified organic products
Date: 2010-05-21 00:00:50
The Biokontroll Hungária Nonprofit Ltd. will install mobile laboratories in order to test organic food production and the products. The three vans will carry out at least 500 checks in...
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The Hungarian Food Bank Association surprises 28 thousand children
Date: 2010-05-21 00:00:30
As the result of the fundraising initiative of the Hungarian Food Bank Association a total of 28 thousand needy children will receive gifts on the occasion of children’s Day. The...
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Recognized artists in the national jury of Henkel.Art.Award 2010
Date: 2010-05-21 00:00:20
Henkel Hungary Ltd. invited four artists to assess the works of Hungarian artists who take part in the Henkel.Art.Award 2010 competition, and to select three of them who can participate...
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The most popular women’s handball team in League 1 receives one million Forints
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
From 8 April, those supporters who buy Arany Ászok can vote on their favourite women’s handball team for a month. The team with the highest number of votes receives HUF...
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The source of fresh and safe products
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
József Surányi, the head of METRO’s quality assurance department says: – Our major goal is providing partners with quality, fresh products. Our customers can be sure that fresh food products...
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Wage increase at Kométa
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Kométa ’99 Zrt. was the first meat-industry company to start negotiations with trade unions and to increase the wages of employees by 3.5-4.5 percent as of 1 March. The average...
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Personalised rejuvenation
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Cosmetics manufacturer Skin Mood offer perfectly personalised cosmetics products to consumers. They employ dermatologists, chemists and geneticists who create face creams based on consumers’ own genome; it takes 20 days...
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Bestillo is the favourite of Gyula dwellers
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Bestillo Pálinkaház’s raspberry pálinka was the spectators’ favourite at the 11th Kisüsti Pálinka festival in Gyula, where the jury tested 851 pálinkas and distillates. Boldogkő Fruit Kft., the manufacturer of...
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Puskás Öcsi is the face of Szentkirályi in Australia too
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
At the end of April, Szentkirályi launched its new advertising campaign that uses the image of Puskás Öcsi – not only in Hungary, but in Australia and the US as...
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Riceland’s prize game continues!
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
This year started well for one participant of Riceland’s loyalty programme – players only had to collect 5 Riceland logos – as in both January and April one lucky winner...
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Design and brand building the P&G way
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
The significance of in-store marketing keeps growing. According to a report by Nielsen, in-store tools are more influential in shaping awareness than television. So Phil Duncan, the head of P&G...
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New CEO at Cerbona
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
From 6 April, Gábor Gosztonyi is the new CEO of Székesfehérvár company, Cerbona Zrt. His predecessor, Tivadar István Szabó will remain a member of the Board of Directors. Gábor Gosztonyi...
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It removes stains and preserves colours
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
DunaPro Zrt., a Hungarian-owned company is the distributor of the Clorox brand, they supply 7,500 stores directly. In 2008, they introduced chlorine-free stain remover Clorox Color to the Hungarian market....
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STI Packaging RO Srl officially opened its gates
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
On 15 April 2010, STI Group’s 13th plant was officially inaugurated in Cluj-Napoca (production already commenced in January). Dr. Tom Giessler, the group’s chief financial officer and a managing director...
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The world has been drinking Nescafé to wake up for 70 years
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Nestlé Hungária Kft. celebrated NESCAFÉ’s 70th birthday from 14 May until 1 July in 2009, with a series of promotions. In SPAR, Coop, Tesco and Penny stores there were several...
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Pampers and UNICEF continue the battle against newborn tetanus
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
In 2010, Pampers and UNICEF keep fighting for eliminating newborn tetanus by 2012. This year Gabriella Jakupcsek will represent the campaign in Hungary. After every Pampers product bought from 1...
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