Company and Personal News
Sales At Britvic Jump 29%
Date: 2008-10-17 00:00:00
UK’s second-biggest soft drinks manufacturer, reported total sales of £926.5m, while sales in its GB & International division rose 4.8% to £725.8m. The company, whose brands include Tango, Robinsons squash...
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Edeka To Continue Hiring Staff
Date: 2008-10-17 00:00:00
German food major Edeka has announced that it plans to hire an additional 25,000 employees by 2010, to add its existing staff levels. The group currently has about 253,000 employees...
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Storck's sweets for donation
Date: 2008-10-17 00:00:00
It is the third time that Storck Hungária Kft. gives products in value of HUF one million for protecting Food Bank programs. On 16th October, on World Food Day, Food...
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New type of Tesco Hypermarket in Miskolc
Date: 2008-10-17 00:00:00
The 83. Tesco store was built on the place of a former silo. The unit is 3,000 sgm big and give work for 120 people. The interior design of the...
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Coca-Cola's profit grow by 14%
Date: 2008-10-16 00:00:00
The company reported a 10% growth in sales of uncarbonated drinks, including juices and bottled water. Sales of fizzy drinks, which include Coca-Cola, Dr Pepper and Fanta, rose by 3%....
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Lidl to sell low cost energy in Italy
Date: 2008-10-16 00:00:00
The retailer has signed an agreement with local energy company MPE Energia to enable it to deliver the service. Lidl Energia envisages three types of cover including ‘Energia Low Cost’...
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SABMiller's slow increase in Europe
Date: 2008-10-16 00:00:00
British brewer SABMiller plc said its financial performance for six months was in line with the group's expectations. Additionally, the company warned that the prospects for the rest of the...
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SPAR chain to grew by 10-15 units
Date: 2008-10-16 00:00:00
Because of the aqusitions and developing SPAR Hungary will be SPAR's biggest subsidiary in abroad. According to Napi Gazdaság SPAR doesn't stop to increase after buying the Plus disqount chain,...
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Subway surpasses 30,000 outlets
Date: 2008-10-16 00:00:00
The sandwich chain has 30,021 in 88 countries. The company said it reached the milestone with the opening of nine outlets all within the same day, including locations in the...
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Tengelmann's CEO Karl-Erivan Haub is satisfied
Date: 2008-10-16 00:00:00
The retailer has announced the full-year results from its European operations for the 2007/08 financial year ended 30 April 2008. Sales in Europe increased by 2.5% to reach almost EUR20...
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18 yes – campagne at the Hovente exhibiton
Date: 2008-10-15 00:00:00
Borsodi Brewery wants to call attention of the specialist, that the beer is a drink for adults. This campagne is a part of company's CSR activity, this time the focus...
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Buy Samsung mobile and give money against breast cancer
Date: 2008-10-15 00:00:00
2007 saw over half-a-million pounds for breast cancer charities raised by Samsung throughout Europe, which signalled the start of a four-year plan by the manufacturer to support the cause. In...
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Auchan to expand in Portugal
Date: 2008-10-15 00:00:00
Auchan plans to invest EUR60 million in the expansion of its Pão de Açúcar supermarket chain in Portugal. The retailer plans to open 13 Pão de Açúcar stores over the...
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Intermarché for online supermarket
Date: 2008-10-15 00:00:00
Intermarché has launched a major marketing campaign for its grocery ecommerce site. The campaign includes leafleting and a TV spot advertising the low prices of its online supermarket. It is...
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Asda to build first wind turbine
Date: 2008-10-15 00:00:00
Asda is to build its first UK wind turbine at its Falkirk distribution centre to generate three quarters of the energy required for the depot. The retailer has been granted...
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800 m2 METRO stand on HOVENTA Exhibition
Date: 2008-10-15 00:00:00
Over the technical tangible assets, machinery this year Metro introduces to the professional public company's „Fresh product concept” in fish, flesh and vegetables-fruit categories. The METRO stand is avalaible at...
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Brutal profit loss by LG Display
Date: 2008-10-15 00:00:00
World secon display producer reported a 44 percent drop in third-quarter net profit to $244.1 million. The flat panel market could recover from the second quarter of next year when...
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A modular fridge won Electrolux's Design Lab 2008
Date: 2008-10-14 00:00:00
Stefan Buchberger, from the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria, has been chosen winner for inventing Flatshare. Flatshare is a modular fridge with individual compartments for people who live with...
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BAT Hungary Award an actor from Pécs
Date: 2008-10-14 00:00:00
British American Tobaco founded the „Actor of the year” award in 1994. This year Béla Stenczer won the badge of honour. Since 14 years the public of the Theater Pécs...
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Lidl acquires new HQ plot in Netherlands
Date: 2008-10-14 00:00:00
Schwarz Group's Lidl has acquired a 1.3-hectare land plot in the Dutch town of Huizen for its new headquarters in the Netherlands. Distrifood Holland supermarket magazin reports that, apart from...
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New design for Pepsi
Date: 2008-10-14 00:00:00
Company said it is making a major multi-year investment in its soft drink business to restore growth in a business that has declined as U.S. consumers seek drinks they view...
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HUF 15 million penalty for Vanish
Date: 2008-10-14 00:00:00
According to the Hungarian Competition Authority Reckitt Benkiser Kft. imposed upon the consumers. In spite of the tv ads, Vanish whiteners aren't applicable for every color clothes and aren't abble...
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ALDI cuts prices
Date: 2008-10-13 00:00:00
Following dropping commodity prices, Aldi has repeatedly slashed prices for a broad variety of products across Europe. Permanent price cuts mainly apply to dairy products, flour and pasta with discounts...
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Optimistic turnover predictions at Profi in Romania
Date: 2008-10-13 00:00:00
Delhaize subsidiary has said that it expects turnover in Romania to rise to EUR135 million in 2008 from EUR110 million last year as a result of the expansion of the...
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European Commission has cleared the sole control change at Metro Group
Date: 2008-10-13 00:00:00
Haniel is already a large shareholder in Metro and intends to acquire control by way of a pooling arrangement with another shareholder, Schmidt-Ruthenbeck. The Commission concluded that the transaction would...
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Sainsbury sales increased thanks to privat label products
Date: 2008-10-10 00:00:00
Sales from its online operation grew by over 25% in the quarter and it now operates from 165 stores. UK supermarket chain J Sainsbury announced that its second quarter sales...
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EU To Protect Online Shoppers
Date: 2008-10-10 00:00:00
The European Commission adopted a proposal on to strengthen consumer rights and make it easier and safer to shop online across borders. Consumers are to be given new rights when...
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Slovakia's Penta eyes meat co. Pápai Hús
Date: 2008-10-10 00:00:00
Liquidation of Hungarian meat processor Pápai Hús is about to be completed. The tender close at end of October, the asking price is HUF 5 billion. According to business daily...
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(HU) Új internetes portál segít tájékozódni a német gazdaságról
Date: 2008-10-09 00:00:00
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