Company and Personal News
Heineken announced today a 23% organic growth in net profit for 2007
Date: 2008-02-21 00:00:00
Organic growth in revenue was 7.3%, driven by strong organic volume growth and a positive price and sales mix. Consolidated beer volume grew 7.1% to 119.8 million hectolitres of which...
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Last year the modern retail channel would be stronger
Date: 2008-02-21 00:00:00
It was a fall at the Hungarian retail – published Gfk Research Company in the newest Retail Analyses. The sales in hyper- and supermarket growth to 43%, the middle and...
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9th brand campagne to start in February
Date: 2008-02-21 00:00:00
This year the budget is HUF 360 Million, ten well known brands are to see on 3300 posters and citylights. In 2008 Beiersdorf, EVM, Henkel, Kométa, Magyar Cukor, Procter&Gamble,...
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Asda plans to create 9,000 jobs
Date: 2008-02-21 00:00:00
The comments came as Asda outlined plans for a £400 million store opening programme through 12 new superstores and ten more Asda Living nonfood stores. Asda plans to double its...
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Costa Coffee to focus on Poland
Date: 2008-02-21 00:00:00
By end of 2011 company wants to get 100 coffee stores. It means monthly one store must to open. Nowadays the company has 13 stores in Poland, for opening suppliers...
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Barilla to sell Kamps AG
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
The company , bought for 1.8 billion eur six years ago, is now waiting new investor. Italian food producer Barilla wants to sell its German baker Kamps and has already...
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30% more earnings before interest and taxes at Carlsberg
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
Eastern Europe helped Carlsberg to post higher-than-expected 2007 operating profit. The world's fifth-biggest brewer reported earnings before interest and taxes of 5.3 billion Danish crowns ($1.04 billion). The figure...
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Succesful year behind Lego
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
Profit before special items, financial income and expenses and tax amounted to 1,471 million, sales rose by 3 percent to 8.03 billion kroner (US$1.58 billion). The biggest increases were...
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Tesco apologized to the blind man
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
From now the stores's inner regulation fixs, that guide-dog can go into the supermarket. A blind man tried to shop with his guide-dog in Tesco in Papa. The supermarket employee...
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Since 2004Theodora is the Market leader
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
The bottler company Kekkuti is one of the strongest player on the Hungarian Mineral Water market. Last year the company's sales enriched HUF 12 billions, Kekkuti's 3 brands: Theodora,...
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In the face of recession in the USA Wal-Mart's profit rose
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
Wal-Mart, though, said net profit in the quarter ended Jan. 31 rose to $4.096 billion, or $1.02 per share, from $3.94 billion, or 95 cents a share, a year earlier....
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Innovative Shelf-Ready Packaging by STI
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
The company presents its solutions at ‘Innovationparc Packaging’ at Interpack. The 2008 Interpack exhibition in Dusseldorf is staging, for the first time, Innovationparc Packaging. It is supported by the EHI...
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New President at Danone Hungary
Date: 2008-02-19 00:00:00
The specialist – who won the „Marketinger of the year” in the US – joined the Hungarian company from 11 February. The German nationality Andreas Ostermayr learned in Augsburg, the...
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Tesco Will Sell GBP 400 Mln of Local Products in 2008
Date: 2008-02-19 00:00:00
Tesco and other supermarket chains have been criticized for sourcing cheaper products from abroad, rather than supporting the local farming industry. Since launching "Local Sourcing" just over a year ago,...
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OTC pharma products at dm stores
Date: 2008-02-19 00:00:00
Dm chain sell and collect drugs after expiry of the validity periode, independent of place of buying. Dm started drugs selling in September, but now in whole chain sells 150...
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11% sales growth at Sio-Eckes
Date: 2008-02-19 00:00:00
Last year 9 tons fruit were processed, the sales enriched the HUF 16 billions. According to market informations the Hungarian fruit juice market didn't growth in volume last year, but...
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GDA labels on products of CHIO Hungary
Date: 2008-02-18 00:00:00
The bags printed with GDA dates came out from the plant in Gyor on 13 February, up August every CHIO products will signed with GDA labels. Since 2007 summer 8...
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Sweet Point to wind up
Date: 2008-02-18 00:00:00
The confection industry company debits almost HUF 3 billions to its obligees. Sweet Point stands under liquidation since January, 56 firms claim HUF 2 Billions, the tax authority HUF...
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HUF 5 Million prize from Tolnatej
Date: 2008-02-18 00:00:00
The winner needs three barcode of Tolle Light and a bit of lucky to get the big prize. By end of January 10,000 competition arrived from the whole country to...
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New leaders at Maspex Olympos Hungary
Date: 2008-02-18 00:00:00
New CEO and plant general director from January. The new CEO of Maspex Olympos Hungary, the Polish Marek Bucior, who works since 8 years at the group. He started...
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Tesco building in Becsi street started
Date: 2008-02-15 00:00:00
The new store opens its gates probably in July, several small shops will be rent in the hypermarket. Under the store garage with 300 places waits the costumers. The British...
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Britain's favourite fakes
Date: 2008-02-15 00:00:00
According to a survey made for BBC Money Programme one fifth of Britains bought fakes. A Money Programme survey, conducted by Ipsos Mori, suggests that the most popular fake product...
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Warren Buffett became the largest shareholder in Kraft Foods Inc.
Date: 2008-02-15 00:00:00
The Billionaire bought Kraft's shares for USD 4.32 billiards. Buffett believes in Kraft he think "Kraft's a portfolio of iconic brands in a company that was undermanaged for quite...
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Beer Etiquette report by SABMiller
Date: 2008-02-15 00:00:00
The report has certainly highlighted some interesting idiosyncrasies about European culture and how, where and with whom we enjoy a beer.” The report surveyed 7,500 men and women across 15...
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Heart beat by Milka
Date: 2008-02-15 00:00:00
On 14. February on Valentin-day thousands of people went to SYMA hall to make a heart live at the event organised by Milka. The record didn't come into existence, not...
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The Hungarian Competition Authority won legal action against Colgate-Palmolive
Date: 2008-02-15 00:00:00
According to authority the chemical company's ads in 2006. February said untruth, so Colgate had to pay HUF 257 Millions fine. The company couldn't accept the decision, and went...
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Two new SPAR stores in two weeks
Date: 2008-02-14 00:00:00
On end of January SPAR supermarket was open in Gyongyos, and from today the people in Szazhalombatta can enjoy, the modern way of shopping.The supermarket in Gyongyos is 835 m2...
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Nestle Invests 25 Mln Euro in New Generation Baby Food
Date: 2008-02-14 00:00:00
Nestle Nutrition Infantile France saw its 2006 turnover amount to 361 million euro. Nestle is the leader in the global baby food market. In France, the second market after the...
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Coca-Cola Co. reporting a 79 percent increase in fourth-quarter net income
Date: 2008-02-14 00:00:00
World's largest beverage company's profit growth to $1.2 billion. Along with the jump in fourth-quarter net income, revenue in the final quarter was up 24 percent to $7.3 billion. The...
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