Company and Personal News
                    A new competition by Coke Club for artists
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-16 03:47:20
												                    
				
                Coke Club launches a new competition for enthusiastic amateur artists who get the chance to do a show in front of thousands of people. The main purpose of Coke Club...
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                    New brandfamilies by Tesco
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-15 10:09:42
												                    
				
                Tesco is about to launch new brandfamilies under the name Family Brands. The brands consist of hundreds of products and aim to offer high quality for fair prices, as a...
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                    New concept by Metro Group
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-15 09:52:25
												                    
				
                Delivery system, HoReCa and advice center for small-traders – Metro Group is trying to boost its traffic with a new concept all over Europe. If the new cash &...
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                    Mars spending millions on sustainable cocoa-production
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-15 09:39:10
												                    
				
                Cocoa is a volatile commodity. Companies want to secure their long-term sourcing, so Mars has pledged to produce a significant proportion of its cocoa supply in a sustainable manner by...
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                    Lidl organizing special offer-trips
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-15 09:01:00
												                    
				
                Lidl Hungary offers new travel service from now on, well below the prices available on the market at the moment. It is mainly the popular destinations the journeys are organized...
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                    New premium-category coffee-drink by Illy and Coca Cola
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-14 09:20:30
												                    
				
                Coca Cola and Italian coffee firm Illy are launching a ready-to-drink luxury coffee in parts of Europe and the US, hoping it would claim 30 percent of the market by...
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                    Campari is doing better than the rest of the market
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-10 10:01:27
												                    
				
                Italian drinks company Campari is „going very well”, in fact better than the rest of the market – CEO Bob Kunze-Concewitz pointed out in Milan this week. He was speaking...
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                    One billion euro rights issue by Pernod Ricard to get out of debt
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-10 09:49:58
												                    
				
                Pernod Ricard is putting debt-cutting at the top of its agenda as it refinances last year's acquisition of Absolut vodka maker Vin & Sprit in still tough credit markets, and...
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                    The finest Stella Artois beer is being produced by Borsodi Brewery Plc
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-09 03:38:19
												                    
				
                Borsod Brewery Plc., Hungarian factory of AB-InBev has won an international quality prize for beer-producing developments realized in 2008. The prize awards the company for producing premium-category global trades like...
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                    Royal vodka introducing their new lid and bottle design
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-09 02:11:00
												                    
				
                Starting from April this year, Royal Vodka is coming out with a new design. Besides the new lid, the bottle is going to get a new form too, commensurate with...
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                    Tesco collecting PET-bottles and alu-boxes in 50 stores
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-08 04:08:50
												                    
				
                In January this year, Tesco introduced the taking back of used PET-bottles and alu-boxes in 37 stores. Now, the system is available in 13 other stores as well. The main...
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                    SOS-stores selling cheap food in Belgrad
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-08 03:43:30
												                    
				
                Grocery store chains launched the so-called SOS-stores, grocery store for low-income individuals in Belgrad, Serbia. The outlet features prices 20-50% lower than regular retail rates. The freshly opened stores are...
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                    Chocolate-producers are selling more during the Easter-season
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-08 02:14:00
												                    
				
                Retail-chains have increased by 14 percent within February 2008 and January 2009 which means a 70 billion HUF increase. Seasonal Easter-candies are being sold in great numbers: over 967 tons,...
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                    Győri Keksz Ltd. moving to the industrial park of Győr
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-08 00:12:12
												                    
				
                Győri Keksz Ltd. is changing its location by moving to the industrial park of Győr, the constructions of the new building started on Tuesday. The company has brought a 10...
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                    Tesco, CBA and Coop are the most successful
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-07 04:04:15
												                    
				
                Tesco, CBA and Coop have ended up on the top of Nielsen's 2008 list of the greatest grocery and general merchandising retail chains. Nielsen has also pointed out that CBA...
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                    National Starch integrated by Henkel successfully
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-07 03:42:01
												                    
				
                Henkel’s acquisition of the National Starch businesses in April 2008 has brought about a substantial increase of sales. After adjusting for foreign exchange, sales rose by 11.6 percent. Organic sales...
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                    Borsod Brewery Plc. chose  Publicis Consultants │ Budapest
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-06 02:29:16
												                    
				
                Borsod Brewery Plc. has chosen the PR agency Publicis Consultants │ Budapest within the compass of an invitational tender to perform external communication tasks. Borsod Brewery Plc. wishes to continue...
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                    Nestle benefiting from recession
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-06 01:14:45
												                    
				
                While the world's top food groups battle a slowdown this year, Nestle SA has the credentials to exploit the recession. In spite of the crisis, Nestle seem to have closed...
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                    Customer friendly solutions in Székesfehérvár METRO store
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
												                    
				
                The new store concept of METRO has been introduced in their Székesfehérvár store first. The new concept is based on the “everything in one place, quickly and conveniently” principle and...
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                    SPAR ending excellent year
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
												                    
				
                Consolidated revenues of the group totalled HUF 374,17 billion in fiscal year 2008, which was 31.53 percent more than in 2007. Overall floor space of SPAR, Kaiser’s, City SPAR super...
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                    Growth in revenues and profit for Henkel in 2008
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
												                    
				
                Total revenues generated by Henkel in the fiscal year 2008 were up by 8.1 percent, exceeding EUR 14 billion. This growth was mainly due to the acquisition of National Starch...
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                    Successful debut by the Nordsee chain in Budapest
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
												                    
				
                The first Hungarian unit of the Nordsee chain has produced dynamic growth and attracted more guests than previously anticipated in its first six months of operation. The first restaurant located...
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                    As many gifts as reasons to unwrap a Kinder milk bar!
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
												                    
				
                The first round of Kinder Hűtött Finomság prize game has ended recently. The main prize, a HUF one million IKEA voucher has been won by Lívia Gilicze from Komló. The...
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                    Update bakery-health shops opening by the dozen
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
												                    
				
                32 units of the Update bakery chain have already been opened, with negotiations about another one hundred on the way. The objective is to bring the total number of units...
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                    Pedigree campaigning for stray dogs
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
												                    
				
                Pedigree® has launched an Adopt a Stray Dog Program recently. This initiative was first launched by Mars in the US in 2006 and has been continued in 11 other countries...
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                    SIÓ helping children in need
                    
                        
																								Date: 2009-04-05 08:00:00
												                    
				
                The Thank you SIÓ! Schoolbag Program will help 1000 children in 2009. The program is composed of two parts: a description of the children nominated and a drawing competition. A...
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