Company and Personal News
Why was it important for your company to be among the first signatories of the Declaration?
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Jack Castelein, CEO of Friesland Hungária Zrt.: – We are committed to actively participating in improving the quality of life for consumers. We launch innovative and healthy products to help...
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Honour for Péter Feiner from Austria
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Péter Feiner, managing director of SPAR Magyarország and chairman of the board has been awarded the Grand Order of the Republic of Austria by the by the President of the...
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Coffee with art
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Creators of the works named „ERNO” and „Enjoy it while flying” finished in joint first place in the Hungarian round of the international design competition organised by NESPRESSO under the...
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Less carbon dioxide from Nestlé
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Last year, the Nestlé group used up 28 per cent less water and emitted 16 per cent less CO2 than it had ten years ago. According to a report published...
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New joint venture in the coffee-drink market
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
The Coca-Cola Company and illycaffè SpA. has established a global joint venture for the sale of ready to drink coffee. The first three premium category coffees of Ilko Coffee International...
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Stores opening
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Spar City, Budapest Open: 3 april Chain: Spar Store space: 550 m2 SKU: – Spar, Nyíregyháza Open: 15 april Chain: Spar Store space: 1031 m2 SKU: – Aldi, Debrecen Open:...
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You are organic, but is your detergent as well?
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Pioneer of bio-detergents in Hungary. Ladies & Gentlemen Hungary Kft. began wholesale distribution of environment-friendly ECOVER detergent products in the autumn of 2007. ECOVER offers perfect solutions for the everyday...
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Hungarian Succes at Sunday Times Wine Club
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
Hungarian offer stands from several white and red wine and a champagne of Torley, together with withe wine from Winery of Nagyrede and the Royal Tokaji. Hugh Johnson – author...
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Danone to Spend EUR 220 Million in R&D
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
In 2008, Danone plans to conduct 50 clinical studies, as the company shifts its strategy from biscuits and dairy products to health food products. French dairy and baby food company...
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Carlsberg's majority ownership in Estonian Beer Company
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
75% of the Shares of Saku Õlletehase AS went to the Carlsberg, the rest are freely tradable on Tallinn Stock Exchange. The previous owners of BBH AB were Scottish &...
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Hungarian Industrial Producer Sales Price Rose by 10 % in One Year
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
Domestic sales prices of the whole industry grew by 0.8% in March 2008 compared to the previous month, which figure was slightly higher than the monthly increase rate measured in...
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New Milli drink yoghurts on the shelves
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
The new products are to buy in two tastes: strawberry-raspberry and peach-maracuja. The drink yoghurts have 10% fruit content. Friesland Hungaria developes several healthy foods, under the name Milli too,...
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Four new Aldi store to open in Mai
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
The German discount chain started with 5 unit in midle of April, one week later other 4 stores were opened. According to Aldi website, after the 2th of Mai...
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Metro Q1 Loss Widens, But Sales Up The Metro Group
Date: 2008-04-29 00:00:00
Net loss for the quarter amounted to E4.0m, from E1.0m last year; while EBIT amounted to E152m. However, sales rose 7.3% to E15.6bn, helped by strong growth in Eastern Europe....
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Lactalis Enters Romanian Dairy Market
Date: 2008-04-24 00:00:00
The French dairy giant completed its takeover of the Romanian LaDorna group in a deal reportedly worth up to EUR 100 million. Lactalis acquires all shares of LaDorna, which is...
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Lidl chain with 260 units in Poland is looking for buyer
Date: 2008-04-24 00:00:00
Polish daily Rzeczpospolita reported, citing unnamed sources, that Schwarz is seeking a buyer for its Lidl stores in Poland, which are potentially worth around 250 million euros. The Polish paper...
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Heineken's giant investment in Sopron
Date: 2008-04-24 00:00:00
The new watercleaner system costs EUR 2.2 million. The plant was built from 100 tons of steel, 800 qm beton and 1,000 meter steinless steel. The company use the same...
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Big success at Gyermelyi Paste Wednesday
Date: 2008-04-24 00:00:00
Almost 300 restaurants offered paste specialities on half price. 40,000 guests taste the dishes. According the new researches Hungarian likes pastes, people eaten yearly 6-7 kilos from it. Paste...
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Refreshing the Zsolnay Cafe at Béke
Date: 2008-04-23 00:00:00
The Radisson SAS Béke Hotel has inaugurated its new catering facility, the Zsolnay Cafe & Bar Lounge. The new facility brings together the offers of the former Zsolnay Café and...
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Luxury hotel with monolithic towers for Esztergom
Date: 2008-04-23 00:00:00
Plans have been revealed for a 230-room, 5+1-star hotel to be located in Esztergom's Prímás-sziget. The complex was designed by Gábor Zoboki, award-winning architect of the Palace of Arts, who...
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(HU) Elkészült a második aszeptikus palackozósor Dunaharasztiban
Date: 2008-04-21 00:00:00
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Israel's Strauss Buys Russia's Cosant Coffee Brands
Date: 2008-04-15 00:00:00
Chornaya Karta and Kaffa brands will be integrated into Strauss's coffee activities in the region. Strass to pay $93 million. Israeli food and beverage maker Strauss Group said in a...
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Danone sales grow by 18.7% in First Quarter Sales 2008
Date: 2008-04-15 00:00:00
According to company's consolidated report sales increased to Euro 3,760 million, thanks to Activia and the purchase of Dutch baby-food maker Royal Numico NV. Sales rose to 3.76 billion euros...
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New users of Mood Media Services
Date: 2008-04-15 00:00:00
In the last months Mood Media has several new domestic and international partners. Cora signed a 3 years agreement with the company, in its supermarkets Cora can change daily the...
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Austrian home improvement chain opens in Bulgaria
Date: 2008-04-15 00:00:00
BauMax AG, an Austrian home improvement retailer, is opening its first two stores in Bulgaria this week, the company said . The stores in Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second-largest city after the...
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TV hurts Philips profit, weak economy looms
Date: 2008-04-15 00:00:00
Philips Electronics reported a bigger-than-expected 28 percent drop, to 219 million euros in quarterly core profit on. First-quarter earnings before interest, tax and amortization (EBITA) fell to 265 million...
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