Company and Personal News
A good Christmas for Tesco
Date: 2010-01-14 00:00:05
Tesco had the best Christmas season over the past three years, despite the crisis. The world's fourth largest retail network increased its turnover by 7.5 percent, in the three weeks...
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BKV’s Public Transport strike affected badly CBA
Date: 2010-01-13 00:03:11
The traffic in CBA outlets decreased on Tuesday, due to the impact of the Public Transport strike, while in Spar stores did not cause a reduction. More consumers were in...
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Cadbury continues to reject Kraft Foods
Date: 2010-01-13 00:02:19
According to the announcement of Cadbury Confectionery made on 12th January 2010; the company's 2009 results became significantly better than expected. The company's revenues increased about 11 percent, the company's...
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Metro overtakes
Date: 2010-01-12 00:02:14
The German wholesale chain overtook Tesco in 2008 and became the world's third largest trader behind Walmart and Carrefour. According to the study of Deloitte and Touche; Metro sold goods...
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Mediobanca supports Ferrero in the fight for Cadbury
Date: 2010-01-12 00:01:28
According to Italian newspaper Il Messaggero; The Mediobanca commercial bank will organise a 4.5 billion USD loan for Ferrero, in order that the Italian chocolate manufacturer can make an offer...
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The hundred HUF Meatballs returhed to IKEA stores
Date: 2010-01-12 00:00:45
From the 11th of January 10 pieces of Swedish Meatball with garnish and sauce will cost 100 HUF for a month in the IKEA stores. Last year a similar campaign...
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Heineken bought a Mexican brewery
Date: 2010-01-12 00:00:05
Heineken has contracted over the purchasing of the brewery department of Fomento Economico Mexicano. The transaction value worth of a 5.3 billion euros shares package. In exchange for the sale...
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A new Austrian supermarket in Transdanubia
Date: 2010-01-11 00:00:59
After the opening of the Sopron mall two years ago, in March 2010 Austrian majority-owned Alphapark will open its second unit in Keszthely – stated the investor’s (the APK Ltd.)...
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Innovative SMEs can apply at Invitel
Date: 2010-01-11 00:00:38
The organizers of Invitel InnoMax Award are waiting for the application of those SMEs that would like to compete for the Invitel InnoMax Award, until 15th January. Despite dozens of...
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The Mátra Cukor Zrt. is trading again
Date: 2010-01-11 00:00:27
The revenues of Mátra Cukor Zrt. cansignificantly increase this year, after its parent company Nordzucker AG. integrated back the independently operating commercial activities into the company's core activities. Horvát Klára,...
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Other companies interested in Cadbury
Date: 2010-01-11 00:00:18
The management of Cadbury confectionery try to include Hershey and Ferrero to buy the British company, instead of Kraft. The Kit Kat chocolate bar maker Hershey and Ferrero, known for...
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Internet vote over the Young Winemaker of the Year
Date: 2010-01-11 00:00:08
Konyári Dániel and Bolyki János became the Young Winemaker on the internet vote, that was organized by the Bor-agora club. The organizer, Ruck Levente told that the two young winemaker...
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Auchan would break down the competition with cheap hypermarkets
Date: 2010-01-11 00:00:02
Auchan would create competition with cheap hypermarkets against discount start-specialists – such as Aldi and Lidl. After successful tests in Russia, the company is opening a cheap hypermarket in Mulhouse,...
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Hypermarket prices on twitter
Date: 2010-01-08 00:03:08
The most important informations are already available on twitter at the www.hiperarak.hu website, that was launched in August – states the website’s operator, the Auchan Hungary Ltd. The hypermarket price...
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SGS against climate change
Date: 2010-01-08 00:02:08
SGS, which is the world's leading quality control, testing and certification company, is aware of social responsibility. Committed to the cause of environmental protection, supports the awareness programs, dealing with...
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Women and alcohol is the theme on Dreher's website
Date: 2010-01-08 00:01:18
Dreher Breweries’ informative website, the www.alkohol.info.hu. has a new issue. From January, site visitors can read about the relationship of women and alcohol. It is important to approach alcohol consumption...
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Tesco shares are not recommended to buy from now
Date: 2010-01-08 00:00:20
The analysts of Jefferies International investment group downgraded Tesco shares from buy to hold. The experts justified the move, that British sales are still not promising. The analysts also added,...
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Buffett also arrived into the Kraft-Cadbury match
Date: 2010-01-07 00:03:02
Warren Buffett, the world's most successful investor – whose holding company is the largest owner of Kraft Foods with a 9.4 percent share – criticized the company's takeover bid for...
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Successful Christmas at Marks and Spencer
Date: 2010-01-07 00:02:11
According to the communication of the British food and clothing company; sales improved, due to the Christmas season. In the 13 weeks lasting for 26th of December, Marks and Spencer's...
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Tesco and the POS Media Hungary will continue to collaborate in 2010
Date: 2010-01-07 00:01:12
Under the agreement between POS Media Hungary and Tesco Global, POS Media Hungary is still entitled to the exclusive sale of three communication tools in Tesco hypermarkets. According to the...
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Reviczky returned to Praktiker
Date: 2010-01-07 00:00:02
After a few years break, the face of Praktiker in Hungary is Reviczky Gábor actor again. The blue and yellow DIY chain want to achieve people friendly marketing communication from...
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The Hungarian Wine Marketing Non-profit Ltd. is under liquidation
Date: 2010-01-06 00:02:11
The owners of The Hungarian Wine Marketing Non-profit Ltd. decided on liquidation. The company's management indicated even in the summer, that their operational resources are not sufficient for 2009. Support...
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Kraft Foods sold one of its pizza division
Date: 2010-01-06 00:01:54
Kraft Foods Inc. sold one of its pizza division to Nestlé SA, for 3.7 billion USD. With the selling of the business sector, Kraft Foods further improves its bid for...
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SPAR: 118 tons of food in the ”To Give is a joy” campaign
Date: 2010-01-06 00:00:58
Between 15th and 20th December 2009, SPAR supermarket’s stores gave place to the ”To Give is a joy” campaign of the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service for the 14th time. The...
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Asda came up with the “action of the decade”
Date: 2010-01-06 00:00:35
Asda made another step, in the race of the British supermarket chains, when the company announced the action of the decade. It is a further pressure on Tesco, which will...
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New sales manager at Metro Commercial Ltd.
Date: 2010-01-06 00:00:02
From the 1st of January 2010, Óvári György is the new marketing director of METRO Commercial Ltd. His predecessor, Zsombor Tibor continues his career as the Central and Eastern European...
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New CEO at Metro
Date: 2010-01-05 00:00:12
According to the company's press release; from the 1st of January 2010, Peter Schweighofer is the CEO of Metro Commercial Ltd. Previously, for a half year, Jeroen de Groot led...
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Milk exports to Slovenia
Date: 2010-01-04 00:01:09
From January, daily 25 thousand liters of fresh Zala cow milk will be transported from Füzvölgy and Miklósfa to Slovenia. The Fűzvölgy Agricultural Production Co. has signed a one year...
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New commercial director at Wrigley Hungária
Date: 2010-01-04 00:00:05
From the 1st of January 2010, Walter György will be the new sales director of the sales team at Wrigley Hungária Ltd. Hungary's leading chewing gum distributor, the Wrigley starts...
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Retail expansion at the Frankfurt airport
Date: 2009-12-30 00:00:05
The Hamburg based Heinemann company plans to invest 20 million euros at the Frankfurt international airport until 2012. The company would like to expand its retail space from 9000 to...
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