Company and Personal News
Coop Szolnok allowed to purchase Héliker
Date: 2009-06-24 00:08:00
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) gave Coop Szolnok the permission to purchase Héliker Commercial Ltd. Coop Szolnok has entered into a contract with Héliker on 5th March 2009 to obtain...
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Danone's 123 million new shares are of great interest
Date: 2009-06-24 00:07:00
France-based Danone had sold 123.2 million new shares for 24.73 euros each, now 5.5 billion bookings have been counted at the auction in Paris. The company had raised 3.05 billion...
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GfK Hungária is a Business Superbrand yet again, for the second time
Date: 2009-06-24 00:06:00
GfK Hungária has become a Business Superbrand yet again in 2009: the market research company has been selected to be among the best brands of the business sector (B2B) for...
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Pasta-factory in Verpelét for French and Italian export
Date: 2009-06-24 00:03:00
French-owned ASIAFOOD Ltd. is planning to open a factory in order to produce frozen pasta in Heves county, in the village of Verpelét – as announced by MTI. According to...
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Wage boost at Kométa
Date: 2009-06-24 00:01:00
More than 500 employers are affected by the wage boost taking place from July at Kométa Ltd. The wage boost is of 3-4 percent, depending on the basic wage and...
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The winners of Rauch Hungária's prize game go to Croatia
Date: 2009-06-24 00:00:20
Rauch Hungária Ltd. has launched two great customer promotions and now – in co-operation with a number of retails – organizes a prize-game, offering interesting, exciting gifts. The Rauch IceT...
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Cadybury's success: chocolate getting more popular in Britain
Date: 2009-06-23 00:07:00
Britain's major chocolate producer Cadbury is very likely to fulfill its business plans for the year as Brits are buying more and more chocolate, while US traffic is about to...
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Ocado launches automatic re-order software
Date: 2009-06-23 00:06:00
Online grocery delivery firm Ocado is currently in the process of developing software that can predict when a household needs to re-order a particular product and will add it to...
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Tesco with a debt of net 10 billion pounds
Date: 2009-06-23 00:05:25
Tesco Plc’s decade of international expansion has pushed debt ratios at the U.K.’s largest retailer to record levels, endangering the company’s credit rating and sparking a backlash from fund managers...
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Carrefour entering Russian market
Date: 2009-06-23 00:04:00
Carrefour has established its first outlet in Russia. The company opened a hypermarket in a shopping centre in the capital Moscow. The grocery retailer has leased 14,300 square metres of...
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Sensation – departing client contact director
Date: 2009-06-23 00:02:00
László Farkas, former client contact director of Sensation Event Marketing is leaving his poisition starting from 19th June and starting his new position as the manager of Claybird Group. Fazekas...
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La Festa prize game is over
Date: 2009-06-23 00:01:00
La Festa cunsomers' prize game came to an end and the big Voga Hunt is over too, in which La Festa took part as a collaborative partner. Within the Compass...
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New Tesco-hipermarket in Hajdúszoboszló
Date: 2009-06-22 00:21:00
The newest member of the Tesco retail-chain has opened on 19th June. The new, 5 thousand square metre building is open ever day of the week. The new store in...
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Sió Prémium brand communicated by Creative Partners
Date: 2009-06-22 00:20:00
Sió-Eckes Ltd, producer of Sió fruitjuices, has launched a creative tender to communicate the brand Sió Prémium. The winner of the tender is Creative Partners agency. The brand Sió Prémium...
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Smurf-success by Spar
Date: 2009-06-22 00:13:00
The SPAR point-collecting game and the smurf-figures have been rather successful in the past few months, they are now even available for auction on various community portals. This shows that...
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Wal-Mart opens high-efficiency store in California
Date: 2009-06-22 00:01:00
Wal-Mart has opened a new store in Sacramento, California which is said to be one of their most energy efficient stores in the U.S. With the opening of this new...
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Five buyers interested in Borsodi Brewery
Date: 2009-06-19 00:47:15
There's a great interest towards ABInBev brewing industry group's Eastern European breweries offered for sale, including Borsodi Brewery. ABInBev wants to sell eleven breweries in Bulgaria, in the Czech Republic,...
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Turnover increased by six percent at Auchan
Date: 2009-06-19 00:36:05
Both Auchan Hungary Hypermarket chain and its French parent company increased its turnover in 2008. The company's own branded products can be purchased from autumn on the domestic market. Auchan...
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SPAR opens a new supermarket in Mosonmagyaróvár
Date: 2009-06-19 00:35:05
SPAR Hungary Ltd. opens a new supermarket 18 June in Mosonmagyaróvár at AD Flexum department store. Meanwhile the company continues to expand its own branded products. The SPAR supermarket is...
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Meat business branch of Globus bought by Czech buyer
Date: 2009-06-18 00:39:52
Hamé of the Czech Republic has acquired the French-owned meat-processing department of Globus in Budapest, which had a turnover of 5 billion HUF last year. Because of the economic crisis,...
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Season starts at lake Balaton
Date: 2009-06-18 00:12:52
The staff of Borsodi Brewery Ltd. have visited the points of consumption, to strengthen personal contacts and consider the deployment of products and mapped the preparedness of the restaurants and...
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Tetra Pak expects growing milk consumption all over the world
Date: 2009-06-17 00:37:00
One of the world's largest food processing and packaging company expects that by 2012 milk consumption will increase by 2.2 percent all over the world. The company's Tetra Pak Dairy...
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Optimistic German investors: the ZEW index reached 44.8 points
Date: 2009-06-17 00:18:00
German investor confidence in the economy increased to a three-year peak in June. The analyst did not expect such a good data. The ZEW has been index increased to 44.8...
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The turnover of Tesco increased by ten percent
Date: 2009-06-17 00:15:00
Tesco's turnover increased during the first quarter, primarily due to the increase in foreign sales. According to the the financial director of the largest UK network it is early to...
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New promotional offense of Házi Piros Paprika Kft.
Date: 2009-06-17 00:09:00
Using the experiences of the past years Házi Piros Paprika Kft uses integrated promotion campaign during the summer of 2009. A new creative design targeting a more modern target group...
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Amway did not affected by the crisis last year
Date: 2009-06-17 00:05:00
Amway distributor of household chemical goods and beauty items closed last year with a 15 percent increase with a 8.2 billion USD on international level. In Hungary, the traffic growth...
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Nestlé expands in Southeast Asia
Date: 2009-06-17 00:03:00
Nestlé plans an investment around 260 million Swiss franc in Southeast Asia. The world's largest food company plans to expand trade and production activities in the high-potential region. According to...
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The Kubu for health competition ended successfully
Date: 2009-06-17 00:01:00
The competition for primary school classes organized by the Kubu carrots and fruit nectars manufacturer Maspex Olympos Kft had been successfully ended. The aim of the competition held between 13...
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Borsodi Brewery for sale
Date: 2009-06-16 00:25:53
The Belgian-Brazilian Inbev is selling 11 beer breweries in 7 Central European countries including the Borsodi brewery. The companies are producing 15 million hectoliters of beer per year. Inbev bought...
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Tesco expands in China, in Central Europe, discount actions succeeds
Date: 2009-06-16 00:05:00
Tesco bulids its first Chinese Shopping Centre as part of its expansion in China in Fushun city which has one million inhabitants. The discount actions in Central Europe succeeded. The...
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