Company and Personal News
Late evening store visit with gluten-and lactose-sensitive customers
Date: 2010-02-25 00:00:59
The SPAR highlights the importance of customer opinion. On the occasion of the regularly and country-wide organized customer forums, the customers of the Interspar stores can personally share their experiences,...
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Three young men's dream may come true from 7 million forints
Date: 2010-02-25 00:00:35
Dreher Breweries Ltd. handed over the “Young Entrepreneur of the Future” awards, The young entrepreneurs can launch their businesses with 7 million HUF initial capital and also can receive professional...
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Gastronomy is important for METRO
Date: 2010-02-24 00:04:21
METRO is the key supporter of the Hungarian gastronomy. Metro supports winner of the Bocuse d'Or Hungary with 5000 euros, and also supports this year's Junior Confectioner World Championship. METRO...
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The manufacturer of Pedigree operates with thermal water
Date: 2010-02-24 00:01:11
Mars Hungary Pet Food Manufacturer Ltd., which is the manufacturer of the Pedigree ® product family – carried out specific plant upgrade in the recent months, in its Csongrád- Bokros...
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Henkel donated defibrillators
Date: 2010-02-24 00:00:40
Henkel Hungary Ltd. placed two defibrillator devices in Vác. One can be found at the glue factory, while the other equipment at the Karacs Teréz College of 1st Géza King...
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Carlsberg triplered
Date: 2010-02-24 00:00:19
The fourth quarter profits of Carlsberg Brewery nearly tripled, increasing to 383 million Danish crowns from 111 million Danish crowns, while sales revenue decreased to 14.52 billion from 13.62 billion...
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Csányi Sándor’s food industrial company group breaks for decisive regional role
Date: 2010-02-23 00:02:18
Csányi Sándor’s Bonafarm Agri-Food group was officially introduced on Monday afternoon, at the Foodapest fair, in the scope of a press conference. Csányi Attila, the Chief Executive Officer of Bonafarm...
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The first Pepper Gourmet has opened
Date: 2010-02-23 00:01:39
A completely new business was launched in Barcelona, with the opening of the first store of the Paprika Gourmet Hungarian Delicatessen chain of stores. The chain of stores is committed...
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Slovakia: debut at Burger King, expanding at McDonald's
Date: 2010-02-23 00:01:10
Within a few weeks the first Burger King fast food restaurant will be opened in Slovakia. According to the plans of McDonald's five new restaurants will be opened, this year....
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Metro: one million euros donation to Haiti
Date: 2010-02-23 00:00:25
The members of the Metro Group were united to send the largest donation in the history of the group, to the earthquake victims of Haiti. In the package was launched...
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SuperShop points are over ten billion
Date: 2010-02-22 00:03:25
According to SuperShop’s press conference; The recent period brought SuperShop loyalty cards a particularly high success. The number of cardholders is 1.8 million, soon they reach 2 millions. Szabó Szergej,...
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Nestlé profits over 10 billion swiss francs
Date: 2010-02-22 00:03:02
Nestlé’s net profit in 2009 was 10.4 billion Swiss francs. The company expects stronger growth this year, than last year. Nestlé's sales volume increased by 4.1 percent, to 107.6 swiss...
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Auchan, will not stir up the moor
Date: 2010-02-22 00:01:02
Whether Auchan’s investment in Dunakeszi, will be materialized or not, the company will let the moory areas intact – said Jean-Paul Filliat, CEO of the Auchan Hungary Ltd. In recent...
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Lidl bought the Romanian-Plus network
Date: 2010-02-22 00:00:39
The German Tengelmann group sold its Plus networks in Bulgaria and in Romania to Lidl. With this, a total of 119 Plus stores changes hands. The purchase price was not...
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Greenpeace protests against GMO dairy products
Date: 2010-02-22 00:00:05
On the weekend, Greenpeace activists in about 39 cities of Germany protested against the dairy products of Nestlé and Danone Group’s Milupa, that are containing GMO ingredients. According to the...
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Wal-Mart: Impressive gains beside decreased revenues
Date: 2010-02-19 00:02:01
Wal-Mart reported larger-than-expected profits in the fourth quarter, besides its revenues were slightly under the expectations of the analysts. The company, in its Thursday report published 1.17 USD per share...
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Online coupons becoming more and more popular
Date: 2010-02-19 00:00:35
A huge increase has been occured in coupon usage in the United States. While in 2008, 2.6 billion coupons were used, in 2009 this figure increased to 3.3 billion. This...
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Tchibo chosen PR agency
Date: 2010-02-19 00:00:02
Tchibo has chosen Morpho Communications as partner, to the support the company’s total PR activities. The agency will be in charge for Tchibo shops and the communication of Tchibo, Eduscho...
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Fornetti – foreign developments in Hungary lead to dismissals
Date: 2010-02-18 00:02:07
Due to the result of the investments in Bulgaria and Romania, Fornetti Ltd. does not transport products to these subsidiaries from Hungary. Therefore, redundancies will take place at the Kecskemét...
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The purple cows arrived to Britain
Date: 2010-02-18 00:01:05
It may be surprising for many people, but until 2009, one could not get Milka chocolate in Britain, and even now Milka chocolate can be found only in a few...
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Kraft Foods quadrupled
Date: 2010-02-17 00:01:25
Kraft Foods increased its after-tax profit nearly fourfold in the last quarter of 2009, particularly by the impact of price increases in the emerging countries. The profit after tax was...
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Generali Providencia gave the “Partner of the Year” title to GROW Group
Date: 2010-02-17 00:00:02
On the 4th of February, the Generali Providencia Partner ceremony was held for the second time. On the event, the insurance company awarded its external sales partners and its partner...
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METRO supermarket chain supports the victims of the Haitian earthquake
Date: 2010-02-16 00:03:00
METRO provides the raw materials and refreshments for the charity gala dinner, which is organized to help the victims of the Haitian earthquake. METRO, as the committed supporter and partner...
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Czech retail sales are getting more and more lower
Date: 2010-02-16 00:00:01
The Czech retail sales declined in December, due to the still weak private consumption. Annual sales, decreased by 1.9 percent after the 4.7 percent of November. The decline is lasting...
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The latest products of Szintézis ZRt.: SZIKE and Cronis Cashier – information is power (x)
Date: 2010-02-15 00:03:01
The basis is a trade system that supports trade instruments to cover the whole network from cashiers to the central control unit. The SZIKE Trading System and the Cronis Cashier...
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Lidl expands in Romania
Date: 2010-02-15 00:00:59
Lidl prepares to conquer Romania. The German supermarket chain will open 20 stores in Hungary’s eastern neighbor, the first department stores will be in Bucharest. The first Lidl stores were...
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SPAR is committed to quality
Date: 2010-02-15 00:00:30
The SPAR Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. operates an SGS certified – the world's leading certification organisation – Integrated Management System (IIR) since December 2009. This system has two elements; the ISO...
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Environmentally conscious shopping bags in the METRO stores
Date: 2010-02-15 00:00:02
METRO Trade Ltd. is strongly committed to environmental awareness in many areas, for several years. METRO would like to decrease pollution with its environmental-friendly, several times usable, long lasting and...
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New communications director at Henkel
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
From 1 March 2010, Carsten Tilger will assume the position of head of corporate communications at Henkel; he will succeed Dr Marcus Kuhnert. 42-year old Carsten Tilger holds a Master’s...
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