Company and Personal News
Kraft Foods has won the struggle for Cadbury
Date: 2010-01-20 00:02:55
Cadbury has adopted by the U.S. confectionery giant for a 18.9 billion USD bid, despite the fact that the company had fought for weeks against Kraft’s hostile manoeuvres. The 186...
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SPAR supermarket modernisation continues
Date: 2010-01-20 00:01:01
The SPAR Hungary Ltd. completed the redesign in 2009, on the 174 stores of the Plus network taken over in 2008. The stores opened again as SPAR Supermarkets. The biggest...
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The Bonduelle would acquire France Champignon
Date: 2010-01-20 00:00:33
The Bonduelle Group and Butler Capital Partners announced, that negotiations are taking place, over the purchase of the France Champignon group. As the result of the 1997 fusion of the...
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METRO’s website renewed
Date: 2010-01-20 00:00:30
METRO’s website the http://www.metro.hu was given new look and occurs with new features from the 18th of January. Thanks to the innovations, the appearance of the site, the novelties in...
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Csányi’s company purchased feed manufacturer
Date: 2010-01-20 00:00:22
The Competition Authority (GVH) granted to the CSIM Pte. Ltd belonging into the interest of Csányi Sándor to buy the Tendre Ltd. dealing with animal feed. The CSIM is a...
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Tesco denies, that its Ózd unit sinks
Date: 2010-01-20 00:00:05
The Tesco Store of Ózd will not be closed – states Hackl Mónika, head of communication at Tesco. According to the news spread in Ózd, the mall is constantly sinking,...
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Metro has fed up with price war
Date: 2010-01-19 00:00:59
Metro retail chain's leader demands the cessation of increasing price reduction war in food trade. According to Eckhard Cordes; the price war is contrary with the original intention and has...
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NetPiac.hu was annexed
Date: 2010-01-19 00:00:33
According to the agreement between the Bookline.hu and NetPiac Ltd., the NetPiac.hu online store will be absorbed into Bookline.hu’s own web store and will take over the operation from the...
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Diego Bevilacqua joins to the METRO Cash & Carry International team
Date: 2010-01-19 00:00:22
With the appointment of Diego Bevilacqua, the company's international team expands with a new Customer Marketing Leader and the German METRO Cash & Carry will further strengthen its customer orientation....
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Sunflower instead of beer
Date: 2010-01-19 00:00:07
Already this year, a Belgian group can start the production of high oilacid sunflowerm, in the building of the former brewery, in Komárom. It is planned, that every year, 20...
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Hershey can buy Kraft Foods
Date: 2010-01-18 00:02:51
The Hershey can make a bid of 17.9 billion USD next week, for British Cadbury, baffling the buying intentions of Kraft Foods. The Hershey will finance the acquisition partly by...
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German raid because of cartel of suspection
Date: 2010-01-18 00:00:38
The German Federal Cartel Office raided at 11 German retail companies and at 4 manufacturers, due to the suspicion of illegal price coordination. Raid took place at the largest German...
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New Persil sensitive skin products
Date: 2010-01-18 00:00:21
The consumers with sensitive skin have high expectations for the products used for washing up. The clothes are continuously in contact with the skin, so detergents should be skin-friendly. Henkel’s...
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Henkel brands are the official suppliers of the Dakar Rally
Date: 2010-01-18 00:00:09
Two Henkel brands (The Loctite ® and the Teroson) was elected as the official supplier of the Dakar Rally for the sixth year. The most sensational rally race of the...
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Giants’ struggle for costumers
Date: 2010-01-15 00:03:17
Deloitte made the ranking of the most powerful commercial chains. The great surprise is that Tesco slid down from the podium. The British Tesco was overtaken by the German Metro...
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Cartel suspect – Metro is under investigation
Date: 2010-01-15 00:02:07
The German Cartel Office put under investigation several trade and production chains, because of the suspicion, that they coordinate their prices. The Metro is one of the companies, that are...
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Green warehouse from SPAR: environmentally friendly solution without fossils
Date: 2010-01-15 00:01:07
At the planning and construction of the Spar warehouse in Üllő, environment protection was a priority as part of the company's basic philosophy. The energy-efficient solutions in the warehouse, serve...
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Defibrillator in the kayak-canoe boathouse
Date: 2010-01-15 00:00:22
In the Spari kayak-canoe boathouse, situates in the Lágymányosi-bay, one can find defibrillator from now. The Henkel Hungary Ltd. – as 11th District firm – purchased two defibrillators. Annually the...
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New owner for the half of Allee
Date: 2010-01-14 00:00:58
ING Real Estate Development and Allianz Real Estate Germany GmbH signed an agreement on the selling of the 50 percent share of Allee shopping center in Budapest. The transaction worth...
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METRO’s turnover decreased in 2009
Date: 2010-01-14 00:00:38
Last year, METRO Group’ turnover was reduced, particularly because of the negative currency effects. On the basis of the company's preliminary datas, the revenue decreased by 3.6 percent to 65.5...
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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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