Company and Personal News
Lidl called back champagne because of glass splinter
Date: 2009-01-08 00:00:00
The retailer removed from the shelves the Moscato Spumante Dolce sweet champagne with serial number L2485W1 content 0,75l and called back the product. Other Moscato's champagnes with different serial number...
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Tchibo voted for Lewis PR
Date: 2009-01-08 00:00:00
From January the London based PR company's Budapest office works on the Hungarian communication task of Tchibo. Tchibo called for tender last year in November, three PR agencies got the...
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Hungerit works on quorter capacity
Date: 2009-01-08 00:00:00
When the gas problem can't be solved in short periode, next week we can't process the contracted live poultries – said Jozsef Magyar, company's CEO to business daily Vilaggazdaság. Instead...
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Pick Szeged decreased producing
Date: 2009-01-08 00:00:00
In company's Baja plant mashines work with 50% capacity, in Pécs and Alsómocsolád and Szeged the total producing were stoped. Because of limitation of usable gas the company must to...
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Interposed closure of some Tesco supermarkets
Date: 2009-01-08 00:00:00
The retail chain is looking for import in fresh milk and meat, after the producers of the sector said, because of the gas usage limitation they can't delivere to the...
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This year Maspex Olympos distributes Plusssz
Date: 2009-01-07 00:00:00
The plusz brand belongs to Maspex Wadovice, the parent company of Hungarian Maspex Olympos. The manufacturing and the product developing remains in Poland, only the distribution will be made by...
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Saxoo to open on new markets
Date: 2009-01-07 00:00:00
There are 32 Saxoo stores in Hungary and four in Slovakia. But the franchise aims to start expanding in Austria, France and Czech Republic. Swiss-owned Hungarian “club wear” franchise Saxoo...
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Plus stores will be SPAR supermarkets
Date: 2009-01-07 00:00:00
From 1th of January started the rebanding of the formel Plus stores. Spar Hungary singed an agreement for buying 174 Hungarian Plus stores in March 2008. After Bruessel”s green light...
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Carrefour Market to open in Milan
Date: 2009-01-07 00:00:00
Carrefour opened its first Carrefour Market store in Italy in suburban Milan in December. While it is the 1,599th store in Italy, this is the first time the multi-format, single-banner...
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COOP declares price war in Switzerland
Date: 2009-01-07 00:00:00
The retailer has lowered the prices of 600 branded goods by 12% on average to compete with prices offered by the discount chains. COOP has declared a price war against...
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TESCO announces GBP100 million in price cuts
Date: 2009-01-07 00:00:00
The supermarket chain said this took its total investment in price cuts over the last fortnight to GBP200 million. Tesco, the UK retailer has announced a further GBP100 million of...
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Bonduelle don't supply Intermarché
Date: 2009-01-07 00:00:00
Intermarché in France has refused to accept price rises of 7.5% for vegetables manufactured by Cassegrain-Bonduelle. As a result, the brand is temporarily unavailable in Intermarché outlets. Commenting on the...
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Winter specialists from Nespresso
Date: 2009-01-06 00:00:00
Building on its expertise of delivering highest-quality coffees, Nestlé Nespresso S.A. introduced an exclusive collection of fine, luxury sweets for its Hungarian customers. Nespresso has just introduced the seasonal flavors...
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Asda presents supermarket clinic
Date: 2009-01-06 00:00:00
Wal-Mart-owned Asda is offering customers blood tests in one of its UK stores in a bid to cut hospital waiting times. The instore clinic, funded by the Health Service will...
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Marks & Spencer 5.5% sales decreasing
Date: 2009-01-06 00:00:00
UK retailer Marks & Spencer is expected to report its worst Christmas sales figures for 10 years. The UK press has reported that the retailer is expected to report like-for-like...
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Pepsi and Beckham Finish the Relationship
Date: 2009-01-06 00:00:00
PepsiCo Inc said it is ending its endorsement relationship with English soccer star David Beckham after 10 years in a move described as mutual by both sides. Terms of Beckham's...
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ALDI US opens units in NYC
Date: 2009-01-05 00:00:00
According to a report in the Financial Times, Aldi hopes to open its first store in New York City in the course of 2009, as it continues its steady US...
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Asda cuts prices on 1,000 essential items
Date: 2009-01-05 00:00:00
The range of reduced items includes 200 health & beauty items, 100 frozen food lines and three-packs of selected fresh meats or bottles of wine. In the UK, Wal-Mart owned...
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Award for Coca-Cola HBC's healthcare program
Date: 2009-01-02 00:00:00
The drink giant started its „Weak up your body!' program in 2006, the aim was to popularise the healthy life style and help employees to protect their healthy. The American...
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Pay-as-you-go computing by Microsoft
Date: 2009-01-02 00:00:00
Microsoft is trying to patent a method that lets users pay for software and hardware based on how much they use. The method tracks hardware usage of disk storage space,...
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Optimistic COOP leaders in Switzerland
Date: 2009-01-02 00:00:00
The Swiss retailer expects the company to grow by between 2% and 3% over 2009. The CEO of Swiss retailer Coop, Hansueli Loosli, is positive about the company’s performance in...
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MOL expands its petrolstation chain in Austria
Date: 2009-01-02 00:00:00
Hungarian petrol company MOL has signed a deal to acquire 26 gas stations in Austria from Italian fuel retailer ENI in exchange for 10 of its own stations in Romania....
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ALDI plans to expand in US
Date: 2009-01-02 00:00:00
Germany-based Aldi is looking to grow its portfolio of stores in Memphis in the US. The discount retailer recently purchased a site in Collierville for USD1 million where it will...
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KFC opens 200th Store in Beijing
Date: 2009-01-02 00:00:00
The company had earlier announced that it plans to open 500 KFC stores in China in 2009. In China, Yum! Brands-owned Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has opened its 200th store...
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Tesco donated clothes
Date: 2008-12-31 00:00:00
The retailer donated clothes in value of HUF 60 million for aid organisations before Christmas. According to Tesco the donation came to poor families with more children or families only...
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WAL-MART soon starts in Russia
Date: 2008-12-31 00:00:00
Wal-Mart has joined the Russian retail association, the lobby group said, the latest in a series of moves indicating the world's largest retailer's interest in expanding into Russia. Members of...
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Prénatal to open shop in Budapest
Date: 2008-12-31 00:00:00
The French based chain is specialized in the sale of products for mothers and children, now is looking for Hungarian partner. The Prénatal brand, established in 1947 in France, has...
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Nestle Nutrition to Invest USD 75 Mln in US
Date: 2008-12-31 00:00:00
As part of the investment, the baby food producer will upgrade the facility in Fremont and will add new production lines, the company will create 200 jobs over the next...
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Unilever to Hire New Workers in the UK
Date: 2008-12-31 00:00:00
The company is expected to create at least 40 new jobs at its ice cream plant in Barnwood, Gloucester, report local sources. The Gloucester ice cream factory has an annual...
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YUM! offers fitness
Date: 2008-12-30 00:00:00
Yum! Brands, known in Hungary by KFC and Pizza Hut, has announced that it is launching a free online fitness programme starting January 1, 2009. As part of the company’s...
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