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Thermal water heats the MARS plant

In the Csongrád-Bokros plant of Mars Magyarország Kisállateledel Gyártó Kft. the heating system uses thermal water. With this modernisation, the plant substitutes the annual natural gas consumption of 30 family...

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Special shoppers’ forum in INTERSPAR

At the INTERSPAR in Allee shopping centre in Buda there was a special shoppers’ forum on 18 February for gluten- and lactose-sensitive people, who shared their opinion about the chain’s...

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Thank you, SIÓ! in 2010 too

This is the third year that the Thank you, SIÓ! Schoolbag Programme is launched: every year about 1,000 primary school pupils are given schoolbags. The programme aims to help 6-10...

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Lidl prepares to conquer Romania. The German supermarket chain will open 20 stores in Hungary’s eastern neighbour; the first department stores will be in Bucharest. German group Tengelmann sold its...

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SPAR shopping bags support charity

SPAR collected more than HUF 13 million for the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service by donating 1 Forint after each plastic shopping bag sold. On 27 January 2010, Péter Feiner, the...

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New flying record with support from Red Bull

Red Bull supports a new world record attempt: Felix Baumgartner intends to break the sound barrier by jumping off from a hot-air balloon at a height of 36,500 metres, wearing...

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Another petrol station chain in the portfolio of POS Media Hungary

POS Media Hungary signed an agreement with Shell Hungary Zrt., the operator of 250 petrol stations in Hungary. Now POS Media can reach 3 million customers per month at petrol...

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Burn Shot

Burn Shot creates a new, innovative segment (Energy Shot) in the energy drink category in Hungary. The product’s advantage is that it stimulates as much as the 250-ml versions, but...

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SPAR – all year round campaign

SPAR Magyarország Kft. launched a year-long campaign called ‘Our Hungary, our SPAR’, with the aim of promoting excellent Hungarian products from domestic producers and suppliers. In 2009, 68 percent of...

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Schwarzkopf Essential Color tartós krémhajfesték

Cindy Crawford reveals the secret of her beautiful hair colour: Essential Color, the first permanent colour from Schwarzkopf which contains natural ingredients and no ammonia. White tea and lychee extracts...

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New customer and marketing manager joins METRO Cash & Carry International’s team

Diego Bevilacqua, formerly the vice president of the Unilever group, was appointed METRO’s customer and marketing manager and member of the board. He will be responsible for marketing and brand...

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Syoss hajformázó termékek

Professional hair styling at an incredibly favourable price. Agency: BBDO Budapest Customer: Henkel Magyarország Kft. Product: Syoss hajformázó termékek Apperance: RTL, TV2 és kábelcsatornák Period: February–March...

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GROW Group becomes independent

GROW Group, one of Hungary’s leading human and organisation development groups ended its cooperation with TMI International and became an independent Hungarian brand as of January 2010. The Group won...

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MIRSA continues with a new name and even higher standards

The company bought the MIRELITE brand and from the end of February carries on under this new name : MIRELITE MIRSA Zrt.. MIRELITE is an acronym for: ELITE product of...

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‘Together for kindergartens!’ was a great success

On 27 January, Tchibo Budapest Kft.’s managing director and Zsuzsa Csisztu presented each of the six winner kindergartens with HUF 600,000. Tchibo’s ‘Together for kindergartens!’ campaign lasted from 1 September...

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400-million donation from Tesco

Tesco donated eleven truckloads of clothes and other products to the Hungarian Food Bank Association at the end of February in Budapest. The association, together with the Hungarian Red Cross,...

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Univer’s triumphant ‘Kitchen Virtuosos’ prize game

The main prize of the game was drawn on 15 January 2010, in the presence of a notary: Róbert Beke from Besenyőtelek won the HUF 1,000,000 dream kitchen. Participants had...

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Gold medal of honour for Borsodi Sörgyár Zrt.

Early March the Hungarian Football Association awarded Borsodi Brewery with a Gold Medal of Honour for their support of the professional league, the national team and the U-21 national team....

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Defibrillator in the kayak-canoe boathouse

Henkel Magyarország Kft. purchased two defibrillators: one for Lágymányosi Spari Kayak-Canoe Club and the other for the company headquarters in Dávid Ferenc Street. Managing director Dieter Knoll and Gyula Molnár,...

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Paprika Gourmet is looking for franchise partners

Paprika Gourmet, a Hungarian deli store chain opened its first unit in Barcelona. Owner Veronika Fazekas told our magazine that the first two weeks proved there is great interest for...

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Great music in Fressnapf stores

Europe’s No.1 pet food and accessories chain commissioned Mood Media with establishing an in-store radio and scent marketing service. Fressnapf realised the importance of conscious audio communication and the importance...

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Unilever gathers speed

On 4 February, Unilever published its annual global results and the report on the last quarter of 2009. Last year the company’s turnover improved by 3.5 percent, equalling a 2.3-percent...

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New Executive Director at Danone

From the 16th of March, a new Executive Director took over the management of the Danone Dairy Production and Distribution Ltd. The Italian expert, Paolo Maria Tafuri (49) arrived with...

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DREHER 24 Everest Expedition: To the summit

Klein Dávid and Várkonyi László aim to reach the summit of the Mount Everest without the help of oxygen supply and sherpas, in the scope of the Dreher 24 Everest...

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McDonald's for sustainable growth

McDonald's has been seeking for years to use less and less natural resources in its restaurants. Thanks to the company's energy conservation program, the water usage significantly decreased, despite the...

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Pepsi withdraws its sugary soft drinks from the schools

PepsiCo.having regard to the success of its similar American programs and continues to withdraw its sugary soft drinks from the schools all around the world. The world's number two soft...

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Majority of the firms in the Czech Republic are domestic-owned

Nearly 57 percent of the 2.1 billion crowns capital of the companies in theCzech Republic is in the hands of Czech-owned companies – reports Čekija. The largest foreign shareholders are...

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Coca-Cola expands in Russia

The world's largest soft drinks producer, Coca-Cola wants to buy the Russian OAO Nidan Juices company, in order to strengthen its presence in the country. Nidan is owned by a...

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Kraft explaining in the British parliament

On Tuesday, the British House of Commons, summoned the CEO of Kraft, to give an explnation; why they had to close Cadbury’s somerdale plant, despite they promised not to close...

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The METRO Group is optimistic

METRO Group will continue on its profitable growth course and thus expand its position as one of the leading international retail groups over the next few years. METRO Group maintains...

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