Company and Personal News
EMPERIA allowed to take controlling stake in Lewiatan
Date: 2008-08-26 00:00:00
Emperia Holding, one of the largest wholesale companies in Poland, has received the green light from the antitrust authorities for the takeover of a controlling stake in Lewiatan. Emperia Reveals...
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New Food Packaging Laboratory opens in Sealed Air Cryovac Italian premises
Date: 2008-08-26 00:00:00
The Food Packaging Lab is run by a team of specialists from the Ready Meals application support group. It is an ideal complement to the newly launched Ready Meals training...
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H1 – HUF 2890 billion sales volume, decreasing tendency
Date: 2008-08-25 00:00:00
Specialized and non-specialized food, beverages and tobacco (53%) furniture and household goods (18%), book, newspaper and other (11%) stores played a major role in retailing. According to calendar adjusted...
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ALDI to launch in Florida
Date: 2008-08-25 00:00:00
In the US, Aldi will open its first stores in Florida on 23 September. The four outlets are located in Orlando, Daytona Beach, Sanford and Winter Park, followed by another...
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Selver To Open Two Stores in Latvia
Date: 2008-08-25 00:00:00
Estonian supermarket chain Selver plans to open two stores in Latvia before the end of the 2008. AOne of the stores will be situated in the city of Rezekne, while...
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Wanted – Hungary's most popular Pub partner !
Date: 2008-08-25 00:00:00
People can vote from 25 August to 19 September about with whom should they drink their favour beer. Three from the registrated beer freinds could win a VIP Beer Travel...
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Old-new Metro store in Debrecen
Date: 2008-08-22 00:00:00
The renovated Metro Cash & Carry store in capital of Hajdú-Bihar region has an extended offer from fishes, a special Electro-Gastro counter and sommeliers help costumers to find the best...
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Nespresso by George Clooney
Date: 2008-08-21 00:00:00
What else? Who else! Academy Award winner and Nespresso enthusiast George Clooney will make his third appearance as the Company's ambassador in a new Nespresso film produced in Milan in...
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Metro Donation in Debrecenben
Date: 2008-08-21 00:00:00
On the reopen's event of the Metro Cash & Carry in Debrecen, the company started two donation action. The guests of the event could buy special wines from the Hungarian...
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Tesco Facing Industry Opposition Over Milk Prices in UK
Date: 2008-08-21 00:00:00
Farmers worrying that they will eventually have to bear the cost, even though they have been pushing for a higher ex-farm price. Tesco may be set to face strong opposition...
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Kofola Fined over EUR 500,000
Date: 2008-08-21 00:00:00
Central European soft drinks company Kofola has been fined CZK13.5 million (EUR 554,779) by the Czech competition authorities after being found guilty of price fixing. The Office for the Protection...
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Muller Dairy Enters Romanian Yoghurt Market
Date: 2008-08-21 00:00:00
German dairy group Muller has entered the Romanian market with plans to become a leading brand in the country by the end of 2009. The company has started its operation...
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REWE GROUP looks at small acquisition in Russia
Date: 2008-08-21 00:00:00
According to press informations Billa,Austrian unit of Germany's second-largest food retailer REWE Group, has agreed to buy Russian retail chain Nyam-Nyam for $100 million. Vedomosti, business daily reported that...
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Starbucks, Pepsi and Unilever Partnership
Date: 2008-08-21 00:00:00
Starbucks Coffee Company, PepsiCo, Inc. and Unilever announced a licensing agreement for the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of Starbucks super-premium TazoTea ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages in the U.S. and Canada. Tazo's...
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Amstel Pulse wins GOLD at the Cannes Lions
Date: 2008-08-19 00:00:00
Amstel Pulse bottle won the Gold Lion at the prestigious 2008 Cannes Advertising Awards. The bottle was selected from over 1,000 entries for best Packaging Design. The design of Amstel...
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Farmers sell in front of CBA stores
Date: 2008-08-18 00:00:00
The Members of Hungarian Growers and their Associations could offer their products direct to the consumers. According to the agreement the farmers sell their fresh fruits and vegetables outside of...
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Hungarian design works at Electrolux Design Lab 08
Date: 2008-08-18 00:00:00
Two Hungarian students are in the final, the winner will be named on 9th October in Zurich. The winner get 5,000 euros and a job as practicant in one of...
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Winner at Arena Gold Medal Competition
Date: 2008-08-18 00:00:00
The game began at 1. June, everybody who bought over HUF 2,000 get a ticket with a number, what could open the huge Arena safe with the Arena Gold Medal...
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Brewer Carlsberg to Unify Its Ex-Soviet Ops
Date: 2008-08-18 00:00:00
Danish brewer Carlsberg wants to unite its operations in the CIS, including major East European asset and top Russian brewer Baltika. Carlsberg this year hooked up with Dutch peer...
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Record profit at Wal-Mart
Date: 2008-08-15 00:00:00
The world's largest retailer, said second-quarter profit rose 17% to USD 3.45 billion, the sales was 10% higher as a year before. Second-quarter net income climbed to $US3.45 billion, revenue...
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Tesco plastic bags go under the counter in green move
Date: 2008-08-15 00:00:00
The retail giant has introduced a “bag on request” scheme at its larger “Extra” hypermarket stores, where bags are kept out of sight under the tills and only given out...
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GfK Expands European Network
Date: 2008-08-14 00:00:00
The GfK Group has acquired a 26% stake in UK agriculture and animal health research specialist dmrkynetec, increased its holding in GfK Danmark in Denmark, and formed GfK Albania to...
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Mastercard B2B campagne in 25 Hungarian cities
Date: 2008-08-14 00:00:00
The credit card company's ad campagne started in August and try to increase the numbers of card accepters with DM and PR tools. After a short phone call about...
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The Czech shopping centre boom comes to end
Date: 2008-08-13 00:00:00
The boom in shopping centre construction in the Czech Republic is coming to an end, according to the international consultancy firm DTZ. The shopping mall market in Prague and many...
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SPAR Èeská open 4 new stores
Date: 2008-08-13 00:00:00
SPAR Ceska, operates 27 Interspar hypermarkets and 4 Spar supermarkets in the CzechRep, last year reduced loss to Kc412.2m from 2006's Kc574.7m on sales Kc1bn higher on the year at...
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Special birthday presents by Auchan in Russia
Date: 2008-08-13 00:00:00
French retailer Auchan, operating in Russia since 28 August of 2002, has sent out a letter to all its contractors inviting them to celebrate the 6th birthday of Auchan in...
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Drink sales throughout the country by Reál Hungaria Drink
Date: 2008-08-13 00:00:00
The new company was estabilished by 8 biggest Hungarian Drink Whole retailer and the Reál chain, from 15th September its leader is Istvan Seregély, formal domestic and import supplier manager....
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New Leader at CBA
Date: 2008-08-12 00:00:00
Zoltán Noszlopy works for CBA since 2001, last year's end he became supplier manager, this year in February sales manager and from now he is the new chief executive officer...
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Danish Netto to build up internet business in UK
Date: 2008-08-12 00:00:00
The discount supermarket chain is considering launching a limited online offer within two years as part of plans to create a £1 billion UK business. The Danish grocer is mooting...
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Tesco Kipa opens store in Istanbul
Date: 2008-08-12 00:00:00
A joint venture of supermarket chains British Tesco and Turkish Kipa, opens its first store in Istanbul. Tesco Kipa's store is the chain's 28th hypermarket in Turkey. The new...
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