Company and Personal News
MIRSA continues with a new name and even higher standards
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
The company bought the MIRELITE brand and from the end of February carries on under this new name : MIRELITE MIRSA Zrt.. MIRELITE is an acronym for: ELITE product of...
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‘Together for kindergartens!’ was a great success
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
On 27 January, Tchibo Budapest Kft.’s managing director and Zsuzsa Csisztu presented each of the six winner kindergartens with HUF 600,000. Tchibo’s ‘Together for kindergartens!’ campaign lasted from 1 September...
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400-million donation from Tesco
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Tesco donated eleven truckloads of clothes and other products to the Hungarian Food Bank Association at the end of February in Budapest. The association, together with the Hungarian Red Cross,...
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Univer’s triumphant ‘Kitchen Virtuosos’ prize game
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
The main prize of the game was drawn on 15 January 2010, in the presence of a notary: Róbert Beke from Besenyőtelek won the HUF 1,000,000 dream kitchen. Participants had...
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Gold medal of honour for Borsodi Sörgyár Zrt.
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Early March the Hungarian Football Association awarded Borsodi Brewery with a Gold Medal of Honour for their support of the professional league, the national team and the U-21 national team....
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Defibrillator in the kayak-canoe boathouse
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Henkel Magyarország Kft. purchased two defibrillators: one for Lágymányosi Spari Kayak-Canoe Club and the other for the company headquarters in Dávid Ferenc Street. Managing director Dieter Knoll and Gyula Molnár,...
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Paprika Gourmet is looking for franchise partners
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Paprika Gourmet, a Hungarian deli store chain opened its first unit in Barcelona. Owner Veronika Fazekas told our magazine that the first two weeks proved there is great interest for...
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Great music in Fressnapf stores
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Europe’s No.1 pet food and accessories chain commissioned Mood Media with establishing an in-store radio and scent marketing service. Fressnapf realised the importance of conscious audio communication and the importance...
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Unilever gathers speed
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
On 4 February, Unilever published its annual global results and the report on the last quarter of 2009. Last year the company’s turnover improved by 3.5 percent, equalling a 2.3-percent...
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SNICKERS® Team finished fourth at the 2010 Budapest-Bamako
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Members of the team, Kálmán Lukács Tóth and Norbert Lehotzky competed well and the charity truck managed to deliver the donations offered by Mars Magyarország to Mauritania and Mali. The...
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Non-food categories perform well at Henkel
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Henkel group’s washing-household cleaner and cosmetics branches did well last year: the former expanded by 2.9 percent, while the latter realised a 3.5-percent growth. Due to the economic crisis, the...
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A real treat from Milli Mia Piruet
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
The new year brought something new at Milli Mia: from January the Milli Mia Piruet cream pudding is also available in cappuccino flavour. Cappuccino-cocoa Piruet will also appear in shops...
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New trade fairs in Düsseldorf in 2010
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Messe Düsseldorf GmbH will organise two brand new trade fairs this year: with the international glass production, processing and product fair Glasstec they will hold Solarpeq, a solar production equipment...
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New meat sales director at Kométa
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
From 1 January 2010, András Lengyel is the new sales director of KOMÉTA ’99 Zrt.’s meat branch. András Lengyel (40) started his career at Unilever Magyarország Kft. in 1994 and...
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SPAR’s further expansion in 2009
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Last year SPAR turned the 177 acquired Plus stores into SPAR shops. 2 INTERSPAR and 5 SPAR supermarkets were also built. The company’s consolidated turnover was HUF 397.3 billion –...
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RAUCH opted for new agency
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
RAUCH Hungária Kft. chose a new creative agency: Grey Advertising won the two-round invitational tender. Grey Budapest prepares and manages RAUCH’s complete ATL and BTL activities from February 2010. According...
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Environmentally friendly shopping bags in METRO stores
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
From February, as a result of cooperation with Friends of the Earth Hungary, environmentally friendly shopping bags are available in every Hungarian METRO store. The bags are made of canvas...
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Unstained donation – the first laundry opened in the country
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
The second ‘Unstained donation’ programme ended on January 27, when the first laundry employing homeless people was inaugurated in Veszprém. Vanish supported the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service’s laundry with HUF...
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1 million-Forint main prize won
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Maspex Olympos Kft.’s 4-month prize game ‘Play for a million!’ ended – consumers had to send in 3 LaFesta, Brumi, Ekland or Coffeeta barcodes to participate. Besides the main prize,...
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Thermal water heats the MARS plant
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
In the Csongrád-Bokros plant of Mars Magyarország Kisállateledel Gyártó Kft. the heating system uses thermal water. With this modernisation, the plant substitutes the annual natural gas consumption of 30 family...
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Special shoppers’ forum in INTERSPAR
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
At the INTERSPAR in Allee shopping centre in Buda there was a special shoppers’ forum on 18 February for gluten- and lactose-sensitive people, who shared their opinion about the chain’s...
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New Executive Director at Danone
Date: 2010-03-22 00:01:36
From the 16th of March, a new Executive Director took over the management of the Danone Dairy Production and Distribution Ltd. The Italian expert, Paolo Maria Tafuri (49) arrived with...
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DREHER 24 Everest Expedition: To the summit
Date: 2010-03-22 00:00:59
Klein Dávid and Várkonyi László aim to reach the summit of the Mount Everest without the help of oxygen supply and sherpas, in the scope of the Dreher 24 Everest...
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McDonald's for sustainable growth
Date: 2010-03-22 00:00:39
McDonald's has been seeking for years to use less and less natural resources in its restaurants. Thanks to the company's energy conservation program, the water usage significantly decreased, despite the...
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Pepsi withdraws its sugary soft drinks from the schools
Date: 2010-03-19 00:02:24
PepsiCo.having regard to the success of its similar American programs and continues to withdraw its sugary soft drinks from the schools all around the world. The world's number two soft...
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Majority of the firms in the Czech Republic are domestic-owned
Date: 2010-03-19 00:01:59
Nearly 57 percent of the 2.1 billion crowns capital of the companies in theCzech Republic is in the hands of Czech-owned companies – reports Čekija. The largest foreign shareholders are...
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Coca-Cola expands in Russia
Date: 2010-03-19 00:01:02
The world's largest soft drinks producer, Coca-Cola wants to buy the Russian OAO Nidan Juices company, in order to strengthen its presence in the country. Nidan is owned by a...
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Kraft explaining in the British parliament
Date: 2010-03-19 00:00:08
On Tuesday, the British House of Commons, summoned the CEO of Kraft, to give an explnation; why they had to close Cadbury’s somerdale plant, despite they promised not to close...
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The METRO Group is optimistic
Date: 2010-03-19 00:00:02
METRO Group will continue on its profitable growth course and thus expand its position as one of the leading international retail groups over the next few years. METRO Group maintains...
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Declining revenues and profits at the Metro-group
Date: 2010-03-18 00:03:12
Last year, Metro Group's revenues and profits both reduced. According to the Wednesday report of Germany's largest commercial chain revenue decreased by 3.6 percent to 65.5 billion euros, primarily due...
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