Company and Personal News
A Belgian won the 12. Stella Artois® World Draught Master world championship
Date: 2008-10-31 00:00:00
The best was Tommy Goukens, the second place has a chineese lady Claire Dong, the 3th place is for Volodymyr Vavryk from Ukraine. The Stella Artois® World Draught Master is...
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SWISS expands its routes from/to Hungary
Date: 2008-10-31 00:00:00
SWISS will be keeping its route network at its present extent in the coming 2008/09 winter schedules, and is even adding further frequencies on certain routes. SWISS's Geneva-based network sees...
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All Starbucks Coffee Will Be „Green” and Ethically Traded by 2015
Date: 2008-10-31 00:00:00
Starbucks announced 13 goals, to be achieved by 2015, as part of its Shared Planet(TM) programme. The company stated that, by 2015, 100% of its coffee will be responsibly grown...
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TESCO cuts sales guidance in UK
Date: 2008-10-31 00:00:00
According to reports in the Financial Times retailer is cutting its sales growth guidance for the UK business for the first time in years. Tesco's former Finance Director Andrew Higginson...
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Carrefour France fined EUR1.3 million
Date: 2008-10-30 00:00:00
The retailer was fined for paying salaries below the minimum wage for France to 429 employees. Carrefour has been fined EUR1.3 million for infringement of workers' rights, a local police...
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Mirital wins the 2008 BEST OF PACKFORUM AWARD
Date: 2008-10-30 00:00:00
International chief editors of retail publications were invited to vote for the best Packforum® packaging amongst 15 innovative European retail packs. Editors are asked to evaluate each pack, giving a...
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Ambient – 2,000 DS from one hand
Date: 2008-10-29 00:00:00
Ambient signed agreements with the biggest domestic Digiatal Signage (DS) firms in Hungary, a huge digital indoor chain were instituted. Ambient Media Kft. increased its offer with Infirio Retail's 32...
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25 new stores at DM Hungary
Date: 2008-10-29 00:00:00
In the business year, ended 30. September 2008. , company increased the sales by 18.4%, from HUF 51 billion to HUF 60.4 billion. The Austrian firm started 15 years ago...
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Hervis to expand in Romania
Date: 2008-10-28 00:00:00
According to reports in the local press, Austrian grocery retailer Spar (Austria) will soon open its first Hervis sport/leisure store in the Romania’s capital Bucharest. Hervis's 5th store will be...
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Rewe Group to rebuild wholesale business
Date: 2008-10-28 00:00:00
According to a report in Lebensmittel Zeitung, Rewe is considering completely rebuilding its international wholesale business. Company plans under discussion to bundle all wholesale operations and integrate them into the...
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Japenese pizza and sausage poisened by cyanid
Date: 2008-10-28 00:00:00
Itoham Foods Inc. announced it had recalled 2.67 billion packs of goods after it came out, that the water used at the producing food containes cyanogen compound exceeding the accepted...
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Car insurance from Tesco
Date: 2008-10-28 00:00:00
From November Tesco's costumers can choose from the offers of the Hungarian insurance companies. The new service – provided by Hyper Project Biztosítási Szolgáltató Kft. – will be avalaible in...
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Finalist at Internet Retailer of 2008
Date: 2008-10-27 00:00:00
More than 11,000 votes from the public decided on the best 10 Hungarian internet store. Over 1,000 of stores went to the prize. The TOP 10 are: bookline.hu, cherryon.hu, depo.hu,...
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Penny Market's second Logistic Center to open
Date: 2008-10-27 00:00:00
Discount chain's new logistic center in Karcag gives work for almost 100 people. The new 18,300 sqm basis serves company's 58 units in east Hungary, the old logistic center in...
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New liqueur from Zwack Sandor Nemes serie
Date: 2008-10-27 00:00:00
The unique palinka was bottled in October, only 549 flasks. The Honey Kernel Essence liqueur is based on pure fruit palinka. The palinka contents apricot and plum kernels, the drink...
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Carrefour says hypermarkets improve in Q3
Date: 2008-10-27 00:00:00
The sales for the group grew by 8% at constant exchange rates over the first 9 months of the year with organic growth of 5.8% over the year. Carrefour has...
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Friesland Foods to Sell Ice Cream and Milkshake Activities
Date: 2008-10-27 00:00:00
From 31 December 2008 Friesland Foods Professional will transfer part of its sales and marketing activities for ice cream and milkshake mixes in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany to Briceland....
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Spar developing its chain
Date: 2008-10-27 00:00:00
Untill year's end company opens 5 other supermarkets, one of them in the new mall of Debrecen. In August and September Spar opened five supermarkets in size of 700-100 sqm....
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New brand manager at Ceres
Date: 2008-10-27 00:00:00
Karola Albrecht joined to Ceres marketing team. The 27 years old specialist gratueted at Daniel Berzsenyi Collage, she started her carreer at Cerbona in 2002 as marketing assistant, from 2004...
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Polagra winner thanks packaging
Date: 2008-10-27 00:00:00
AGROHURT is a well established Polish dairy processor specializing in the production, curing, packing and wholesaling of high quality smoked cheese, supplied by the best cheese plants in the region....
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Subway forced to close outlets in Venezuela
Date: 2008-10-22 00:00:00
Sandwich chain Subway, which has 125 outlets in Venezuela, has been ordered to close 69 restaurants in the country by the National Integrated Service of Customs and Tax Administration (Seniat)....
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HUF 40 million donation by drogerie markt
Date: 2008-10-22 00:00:00
The drogerie chain made tender for schools, they organised sport or health days, not only for children, but for their relatives and the teachers also. 340 schools sent their program...
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A fresh spoiling novelty from Friesland
Date: 2008-10-22 00:00:00
After the success entering of Milli Light creamy curd, this year in the autumn a new curd dessert, – Milli Mia with coconus and almond- enchants the fried of curd....
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SPAR Vital for the whole life
Date: 2008-10-22 00:00:00
Every 27 member of SPAR Vital product family were developed with help of Austrian doctors and dieteticans. Company also plans to wide the offer with Hungarian products. Soon we can...
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Common developing by ALDI and Travelodge
Date: 2008-10-21 00:00:00
In the UK, discounter Aldi is teaming up with Travelodge to launch a series of hybrid hotel-supermarket developments. The two companies are developing sites in Newquay and Middlesbrough which will...
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Delhaize confirms new discount concept in Belgium
Date: 2008-10-21 00:00:00
At the end of last week, Delhaize confirmed that it is opening a new discount store concept in Belgium. A spokesman for the retailer said that the new “concept store”...
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SPAR Austria to enter Serbia
Date: 2008-10-21 00:00:00
As Trade Minister Slobodan Milosavljevic has reported in his presentation of Serbia’s trade strategy through to 2012, foreign retailers, namely SPAR Austria and Migros Türk-owned Ramstore, will enter the Serbian...
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TESCO accused by suppliers of making “aggressive” demands
Date: 2008-10-21 00:00:00
According to reports in The Sunday Times, Tesco is locked in a battle with suppliers after allegedly demanding one-off cash payments and keener terms to help fund its price war...
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