Company and Personal News
Captain Pöttyös returns to the Children’s Island
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Captain Pöttyös will return to the T-Home Children’s Island on the Óbudai Island every weekend, for four weeks starting on 5 June. This series of exciting free programmes lines up...
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The tale of the long wiener
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
It was 60 years ago that a 3-year old little boy invented a tale about a king, who made such a long wiener that it fed the whole country. This...
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Henkel becomes a superbrand
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Four of Henkel Hungary’s brands earned the Superbrands qualification. A jury of independent experts chose the four brands from nearly 95,000 brands. Henkel Hungary also won a Business Superbrands award....
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Play with Detki!
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Detki’s first promotion game ended on 1 May 2010 when 10 weekends for 2 in Vienna were drawn. The biscuit company launched its new game straight away: its slogan is...
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Balaton: attack!
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
BALATON ATTACK – this name does not designate a summer heavy metal festival, but an in-house initiative by Borsodi Brewery: those who do office work go out and do some...
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New in-store opportunities in three CO-OP chains
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
POS Media Hungary signed an in-store media agreement with the CO-OP Star, CO-OP Szolnok and Mecsek Füszért chains. The company will also use a new in-store communication tool in these...
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Tesco launches nationwide waste collecting campaign
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Tesco Hungary is a champion of selective waste collection, therefore from 11 June until 29 August 2010 they run a campaign for collecting PET bottles and aluminium boxes, in cooperation...
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Tchibo’s new commercial director
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Attila Sófalvi is the new commercial director of Tchibo Budapest Kft. from 1 May 2010. The new executive is 37 years old and started his career at Nestlé Hungary. Later...
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Colgate-Palmolive’s new managing director
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
From 1 April 2010, a new managing director supervises Colgate-Pa lmolive’s business activity in Hungary: Péter Juhász returned from London where he worked as sales director of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare....
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Responsible leaflet issuance in the spirit of sustainability
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
SPAR decided to substantially reduce the size of its weekly published INTERSPAR leaflets. This means that paper usage will be reduced by 800 tons and ink usage will diminish by...
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HELL capitalises domestically on its market success
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
HELL Energy expanded by 32 percent in 2009, realising a domestic sales revenue of HUF 2.8 billion – the company practically doubled its market share in Hungary. Presently Hungarian-owned HELL...
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METRO to build a unique Customer Academy in Hungary
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
The founding stone of METRO’s Customer Academy was laid at the end of June, near the company’s headquarters in Budaörs. With the 1,200 m² new complex METRO intends to offer...
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The distribution of Rézangyal will be strenghtened by a strategic partnership
Date: 2010-07-06 00:01:59
Under the agreement of Rézangyal Ltd. and Coca-Cola HBC Hungary Ltd., from the 5th of July, beside the 11 tastes of Rézangyal Classic Selection, Coca-Cola HBC became the exclusive distributor...
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Penam can obtain Multi bakery and Ceres Bakery Inc.
Date: 2010-07-06 00:00:58
Penam can obtain all shares of Multi bakery and 100 percent control over the Ceres Bakery Inc. – decided the Competition Authority (GVH). The dominant Czech firm, the Penam produces...
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New commercial manager at Friesland
Date: 2010-07-06 00:00:25
Commercial manager change will take place at Friesland Campina Hungária Zrt. The current commercial manager, Sípos Judit leaves the company from the 1st of August. She will be replaced by...
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Danone: “Together for the Children”
Date: 2010-07-05 00:01:00
The “Together for the Children” program, this year supports the construction of the Bakonybél Education Center, which financially supports the rehabilitation and healthy clinical nutrition of children with cancer for...
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Tesco and Öko-Pannon: joint roadshow for selective waste collection
Date: 2010-07-05 00:00:09
Tesco Global Stores Ltd. and the Öko-Pannon Non-profit Ltd. in the scope of a joint roadshow aims to raise awareness of the importance of selective waste collection. During the summer,...
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CBA and Procter & Gamble: köszi (thanks)
Date: 2010-07-05 00:00:07
“The heart of the community” (köszi) charity initiative program is a program created by CBA and the Procter & Gamble: Since 2006, the program supported the important goals of the...
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A new Tesco Express opened in Miskolc
Date: 2010-07-05 00:00:05
On the 2nd of June, a new Tesco Express store opened its gates in Miskolc, under 29 Széchenyi street – reports www.tesco.hu. Tesco Expresses are waiting their customers with much...
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Glass parts were found in the baby food of dm
Date: 2010-07-05 00:00:02
In Germany, two glass parts were found in two babylove bio baby dessert (yogurt and mixed fruit, from 7 months of age). As a precautionary measure the dm Ltd. recalls...
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Trigranit develops in Poznan
Date: 2010-07-02 00:01:21
The mostly Hungarian-owned TriGranit, the third biggest commercial real estate developer in Europe signs a contract with PKP Polish Railway Company to construct a transport and trade center. Along with...
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Szentkirályi’s new logistics center has been handed over
Date: 2010-07-02 00:01:02
The two patrons, Dr. Becsey Zsolt Secretary of State for Foreign Economic Relations and dr. Bábel Balázs archbishop of Kalocsa as well as Lezsák Sándor, vice president of the National...
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Red Bull Mobile to come
Date: 2010-07-02 00:00:02
Telenor markets three device and two subscription types in a marketing cooperation with Red Bull, the energy drink company. Telenor and Red Bull introduce together in Hungary Red Bull Mobile...
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Lánchíd Klub called on the companies to pool
Date: 2010-07-01 00:01:35
For the surviving families of natural disasters, resumption and claim adjustment carries tremendous difficulties. In case one becomes a victim under more modest circumstances, without savings and insurance, the tragedy...
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Possible shortage of potatoes – domestic production halves this year
Date: 2010-07-01 00:01:11
There might be problems both with the quantity and quality of this year’s potatoes. The greater part of the harvest will be less tenable partly because of the improper potato...
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Zwack closed down its financial year with a profit of two and a half billion forints
Date: 2010-07-01 00:00:05
On its general assembly, Zwack Unicum Plc. consented to pay a dividend of 1000 forints per share. Last year a dividend of 2300 forints per share was payed, the amount...
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British supermarkets are put in pawn by TESCO
Date: 2010-07-01 00:00:01
Nearly a billion pounds worth mortgage debentures have been issued by TESCO on its supermarkets in Great Britain. This is not the first such transaction and even the Hungarian subsidiary...
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Henkel won Walmart’s prize for the second time
Date: 2010-06-30 00:02:59
The American commerce giant, Walmart has given Henkel the Sustainability Award for the second time. As members of the international Walmart task forces, German, Central-American and North-American employees of Henkel...
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Danone attacks with ten-cent yoghurt
Date: 2010-06-30 00:02:25
Danone turns to the markets of developing countries, because it has exhausted the growth opportunities of wealthy countries according to the Wall Street Journal. The company therefore aims to conquer...
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Gösser beer is 150 years old
Date: 2010-06-30 00:00:55
For this occasion, the Gösser Breweries in Leoben held a beer festival to celebrate the anniversary. The thousands of people celebrating, but they could also taste Gösser’s anniversary beer. The...
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