Company and Personal News
The Koppány National Store network expands
Date: 2010-04-15 00:01:41
The Koppány National Store network opened its seventh store yesterday, in Budaörs. Only Hungarian products can be found in the stores of the network. Megyesi Zoltán, the owner of the...
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Developments at Nádudvari Food Ltd.
Date: 2010-04-15 00:01:30
150 million HUF investment completed at the Nádudvari Food Ltd., 25 percent of the development came from EU supports. Volosinovszki János, Executive Director, told that the company which has 170...
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New Subway fast food restaurants
Date: 2010-04-14 00:02:40
Subway plans developments in the Central and Eastern European region. The franchise based network, plans to open restaurants in Slovenia and Romania as well. Subway has restaurants in in Poland,...
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Listeria monocytogenes infected ham in the Reál and the reaction of Pick
Date: 2010-04-14 00:02:10
According to Reál Hungária’s statement; The Pick Szeged Zrt. produced ham may be dangerous to health. Pick Szeged Zrt. informs its customers and consumers that the company withdraws its Reál...
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The recent scandal of Lidl
Date: 2010-04-14 00:01:10
Worker advocacy organizations attacks the Lidl stores. According to the serious charges, the ads of the major German supermarket chain contain misstatements. The supermarket chain a few weeks ago campaigned...
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Henkel published its Sustainability Report 2009
Date: 2010-04-14 00:00:50
Henkel Sustainability Report provides an overview of the major environmental and social developments of the 2009 financial year. Henkel is constantly working to make its own procedures more energy saving,...
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Antibiotic found in honey again
Date: 2010-04-14 00:00:30
The Magyar Nemzet found antibiotics infected honey in the sores again. The honey are poisoned by such agents that are banned in Europe. The Bremen Applica laboratory found nitrofuran in...
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Nordsee opens its flagship
Date: 2010-04-13 00:03:10
Within days, Nordsee will open a new restaurant in Budapest. The restaurant, famous for its fish dishes will open a flagship restaurant in the downtown Budapest. One and a half...
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Refreshing cherry Milli Mia cottage cream for the summer months!
Date: 2010-04-13 00:02:10
The summer novelty of Milli Mia dessert family the Cherry cottage cream arrives on the 1st of June 2010. The cottage cream dessert family is the best-known member of the...
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The STI Group acquired the Line Packaging & Display factory
Date: 2010-04-12 00:01:00
Europe's leading POS solutions, and high-quality packaging materials company the STI Group acquired UK retail display company, the Line Packaging & Display Limited, on the 31st of March 2010. The...
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The staff of Carlsberg strike for beer
Date: 2010-04-12 00:00:40
The staff of the world's fourth largest brewery began to strike, because after the 1st of April, the management of Carlsberg limited lunchtime beer consumption. Hundreds of drivers and warehouse...
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Pizza Hut to close two-thirds of its restaurants in Iceland
Date: 2010-04-12 00:00:20
Except for one, the Pizza Hut closes its restaurants in Iceland, because due to the crisis the demand decreased towards its products – stated the company on Friday. In Iceland...
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Hundred million HUF investment in Oroszlány
Date: 2010-04-12 00:00:10
The Kolcsár bakery in Oroszlány doubles its holding area with a hundred million HUF investment. The Central-Transdanubian Regional Development Agency supports the investment, with a fifty million HUF non-refundable support....
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Pernod Ricard loses lawsuit on Bacardi's Havana Club Rum
Date: 2010-04-09 00:30:00
A lawsuit by Pernod Ricard SA had been rejected to stop rival Bacardi Ltd from selling “Havana Club” branded rum in the United States. Both companies sell rum under the...
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Mars, Incorporated committed to using sustainably sourced fish
Date: 2010-04-09 00:22:34
Mars, Incorporated’s Petcare business has announced its commitment to using only sustainably sourced fish by 2020. Set against a backdrop of dwindling global fish stocks, Mars, which operates one of...
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Unilever to buy palmoil from sustainable sources by 2015
Date: 2010-04-09 00:19:21
Unilever announced that it has secured enough GreenPalm certificates of sustainable palm oil to cover the requirements of its European, Australian and New Zealand-business. This announcment means that they will...
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1 million HUF to the most popular female handball team from Arany Ászok
Date: 2010-04-09 00:09:10
Popular beer brand Arany Ászok – in collaboration with the Hungarian Handball Association – is beginning a fan-game from 8th April, in which handball fans can vote for their favourite...
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Szentkirályi remains the best-known Hungarian mineral water brand
Date: 2010-04-08 00:05:20
The company increased its market share both in volume and value last year. According to the research of Szonda Ipsos; Szentkirályi remains the best-known mineral water brand in Hungary, and...
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Hungarian Innovation Director, at Europe's leading fruit juice manufacturer
Date: 2010-04-08 00:05:00
Zarándy Katalin will be the Innovation Director of Eckes-Granini Group at the company’s headquarters in Nieder-Olm, from the 1st of May 2010. Zarándy Katalin graduated at the International Business School...
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Eight million HUF fine for Tesco
Date: 2010-04-08 00:01:40
The Competition Authority fined Tesco, to 8 million HUF, because the company used unfair trade practices in certain actions between the 1st of September 2008 and the 16th of March...
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Tesco pays back the price of the contaminated baby foods
Date: 2010-04-08 00:01:00
Contamination was found in other products of the manufacturer, so the chain withdraws these products from the market – informed the chain MTI. The communication of the company says, that...
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New Hungarian products in the Tesco
Date: 2010-04-07 00:06:55
New Hungarian specialties were added to the offer of Tesco. Tesco, launched a dialogue last November with the domestic small and medium sized enterprises. As a result of this dialogue,...
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The Pöttyös Túró Rudi is the strongest Hungarian brand
Date: 2010-04-07 00:04:50
The B & P, Braun & Partners Hungary and the GfK Hungária Market Research Institute compiled the ranking of the domestic brands, for the first time. As the gold medalist...
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Becherovka novelty
Date: 2010-04-07 00:02:50
Spring is the period of renewal, refreshing, the period of vivid moments. The Jan Becher Becherovka Karlovarské company developed a new product, under the name: Becherovka Lemond. The product is...
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Tesco sold 3.5 million chocolate eggs
Date: 2010-04-07 00:01:18
Ten million eggs and 3.5 million chocolate eggs were sold in the Tesco before the Easter Holidays. Among the meat products the most popular were Hungarian products. Beside ham, the...
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Tesco sold carcinogen baby food
Date: 2010-04-07 00:00:15
The Plant and Soil Conservation Directorate of the Budapest and Pest County Agricultural Office forbidden the marketing of carcinogenic baby foods in the stores of Tesco Global Co. Slovak origin,...
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Fizzing air in Kékkút
Date: 2010-04-06 00:05:40
Nearly two hundred elementary school students could study about the protection of natural waters and a healthy hidratatation, on the occasion of World Water Day celebrations, on the 2nd of...
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Hungexpo renews its exhibitions and its own-organised events
Date: 2010-04-06 00:04:00
Hungexpo Co. renews its traditional exhibitions, and puts a greater emphasis on their own organized cultural and sports events at the Budapest Fair Centre – said Ganczer Gábor CEO to...
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The Ezermester network is expanding in the countryside
Date: 2010-04-06 00:02:50
So far, thirty-six stores joined to the Hungarian DIY purchasing association. Until the end of the year, the number of members can reach one hundred. "Currently, thirty-six stores are operating...
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“Big Fresh Price Cuts” at the Malaysian Tescos
Date: 2010-04-06 00:00:10
The Tesco hipermarket chain announced a huge price reduction campaign in Malaysia, in a total value of 30 million Malaysian ringgit (about 9.2 million USD). The campaign named "Big Fresh...
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