Company and Personal News
SPAR transformed 14 Plus department stores into SPAR stores
Date: 2009-05-04 09:22:11
The SPAR Hungary Ltd. took over the Plus’ network in the past year. In January 2009 the transformation af the Plus stores into SPAR stores has been started. New SPAR...
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Törley won gold medal at Wine competition
Date: 2009-05-04 05:00:00
The Törley group was the most successful participant of the 11th National Takarékszövetkezet (Savings Bank) wine competition held in Hotel Agro in Budapest. 212 wines and champagnes of domestic wineries...
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Hungarian champagne’s success in Sweden
Date: 2009-05-04 05:00:00
BB-Balatonboglár Borgazdaság Ltd’s Chapel Hill champagne won further prizes, at Winordic Wine Competition Stockholm. The goal of the competition held between April 11-13 was to find the best price-performance ratio...
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The new Nestle R & D center in West Africa
Date: 2009-05-04 00:00:00
With the presence of representatives of the Government of Côte d'Ivoire, Nestlé inaugurated a new research and development center in Abidjan. The new center, will focus on the improving of...
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Mecsek Füszért and Nyírzem resists to the crisis
Date: 2009-04-30 00:49:40
Mecsek Füszért Ltd. and Nyírzem Ltd. which aquired Mecsek Füszért’s majority ownership in 2007 performed well last year. Mecsek Füszért Ltd. last year's turnover reached 16 billion forints – said...
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Exhibition for the Hungarian Program of Responsible Consumption of Alcohol
Date: 2009-04-30 00:42:45
The Dreher Breweries Ltd. is the only Hungarian exhibitor with it’s Program of Responsible Consumption of Alcohol at the European Alcohol and Health Forum in Brussels. The European Alcohol...
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Lekkerland’s turnover increased
Date: 2009-04-30 00:33:23
The Lekkerland AG & Co. KG convenience wholesale company increased its in turnover with 3.5 percent to 11.6 billion euros. The contract-extensions in 2008 with the key clients are...
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STI Petőfi won the Oscar Prize of Packaging
Date: 2009-04-30 00:28:52
STI Group is Europe's largest display designer and manufacturer. The Group’s Hungarian creative team has won three Worldstar Award in packaging in 2008. The international jury awarded 224 competitor...
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Solar energy cools Tesco of Budaörs down
Date: 2009-04-29 00:58:05
Unique, gigantic solar collectors, has been submitted on Monday, by Tesco-Global Stores Ltd. The solar heat that is collected by the summer cooling, winter heating is used to. Solar...
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International competition of Henkel with 7 thousand euros to win
Date: 2009-04-29 00:48:55
The 8th time this year, Henkel Central Eastern Europe (Henkel CEE) announced an international competition in painting, graphics, photos, video and installation category in 31 countries in Central and Eastern...
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Smurfs in Spar
Date: 2009-04-29 00:00:00
After previous years succesful loyalty point actions SPAR launches new point collection campaign. From 23rd April and 11th June 2009, customers of Interspar, SPAR, Kaiser's Plus stores, depending on the...
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Szobi-syrups in Nyárszentlőrinc
Date: 2009-04-28 09:49:56
The production of Szoby-syrups is going to restart soon by Szikszai Borásztati Ltd. in Nyárszentlőrinc. The previously liquidated factory has been purchased by SÁ-VA Drink Ltd. The new owner plans...
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Henkel’s Loctite glue breaks World Record
Date: 2009-04-28 09:38:10
Henkel has brought the Guinness World RecordTM of the “heaviest vehicle lifted with glue” to a new level. Loctite Superglue can now justifiably claim to be the strongest glue in...
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Eco-friendly Tesco bags
Date: 2009-04-28 09:34:23
Beside the building up eco-smart, environmentally friendly “green stores” Tesco also offers a number of environmentally-friendly bag. Such products are the returnable bags, which are free re-replaceable if breaks or...
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POS Media Hungary has appointed a new director of sales
Date: 2009-04-28 09:27:59
Since March of 2009 the previous sales manager Nikolett Neff occupies the sales director's post.at POS Media Hungary. The expert joined the firm in June 2004 as a junior sales...
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Fire broke out in a store in Orosháza
Date: 2009-04-28 07:34:56
At least a $ 100 million HUF damage was caused to the store which caught fire Monday night in Orosháza. The fire was in the highest degree of alert, and...
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Production cut at Herz
Date: 2009-04-27 04:56:53
Production has been cut by Budapest-based salami-factory Herz Ltd. in the past few months – Endre Nagy, CEO of the company said in one of the dailes. According to certain...
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Tesco in the city-centre?
Date: 2009-04-27 04:49:25
Tesco Express is the name of the new small units to be opened in the citycentre of Budapest, the first store would open in Nagykörút – the news by Népszabadság...
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Nestle, Unilever, Pepsi and Danone are among Alpro Soya bidders
Date: 2009-04-27 04:41:58
The European market-leader soya brand is for sale since the beginning of the year, Nestle or Unilever seem to have offered the most so far. Belgian media has said that...
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Heineken's digital campaign proved to be successful
Date: 2009-04-24 05:13:05
“Know the signs” is part of the succesful “Enjoy Heineken responsibly” marketing plan through which Heineken aims to provide comprehensive information about the effects of alcohol consumption. The campaign has...
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Praktiker's operating loss widened more than expected
Date: 2009-04-23 03:45:23
German home improvement chain Praktiker's first-quarter operating loss widened more than analysts' had expected, in Hungary the decrease is over 20 percent. Its first-quarter loss before interest and amortisation widened...
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Wal-Mart boosts rooftop solar
Date: 2009-04-23 03:40:27
Wal-Mart plans to double the amount of solar power generated from rooftop panels on its California stores. Solar panels already installed on 18 Wal-Mart stores produce about 16,000 megawatt-hours of...
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Addel Webstore purchased by Habostorta Ltd.
Date: 2009-04-23 03:25:48
Habostorta Ltd. purchased the 100 percent ownership of Addel.hu which had a 170 billion HUF traffic per year. E-commerce is a cost-effective solution on the market. Using the page launched...
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Herz salami is part of the European elitclub now
Date: 2009-04-22 04:52:10
The official productname „téliszalámi from Budapest” has been listed on the protected, geographically indexed productlist of the European Comittee. According to an announcment by the European Comittee, the Hungarian product...
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Nestlé Nespresso's 2008 results surpassed their own expectations
Date: 2009-04-22 04:49:46
Nestlé Nespresso S.A., the premium quality coffee company reached 2.262 billion Swiss francs in sales in 2008, more than two times more than in 2006. The growth of the company...
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Coca-Cola reported a solid first quarter
Date: 2009-04-22 04:44:12
The Coca-Cola Company today reported solid first quarter 2009 results despite a challenging economic environment, with unit case volume increasing 2 percent, successfully cycling 6 percent growth in the prior...
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Interspar Road Show starting in mid-May
Date: 2009-04-22 04:33:04
„INTERSPAR Road Show” is the name of the project organized by Spar Hungary Ltd. and Just A Bit of Attention Foundation which is about to start on 16th May and...
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Unilever reducing salt-content of its entire food-portfolio
Date: 2009-04-22 04:24:08
In the next few years, Unilever is going to undertake a worldwide effort to reduce the salt content of almost its entire food portfolio, covering 22,000 products. Unilever’s aim is to...
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Central-Europe loves Tesco
Date: 2009-04-21 07:58:23
Tesco has closed its worst year in 2008 as its profit has barely reached a 5 percent increase in the UK – however, the company is being amazingly successful in...
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Univer opening new possibilities for the market og agricultural ingredients
Date: 2009-04-21 07:22:24
Food produced in the new, Kecskemét-based factory of Univer is going to be more up-to-date and a greater amount than before, which opens a new gate to the market of...
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