Company and Personal News
Praktiker Do it self chain for the environment
Date: 2008-06-19 00:00:00
The employees of the 10 years old company in Hungary, renovated park and football ground in Budapest. In the frame of the company's CSR program employes renewed several parks and...
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Törley success also over the sea
Date: 2008-06-19 00:00:00
Sélections Mondiales des Vins Canada, the most important international wine competition in North America, where Törley Group won three silver medals. In 2008, the organization received 2 131 products from...
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Zwack Palinkas won in London
Date: 2008-06-19 00:00:00
Sandor Zwack's Blackcurrant Palinka won gold medal „Best in Class” at International Wine and Spirits Competition. The company won several silver medals with other fruits palinkas, also Unicum Next won...
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Adidas to sue Wal-Mart for alleged copying
Date: 2008-06-19 00:00:00
German sportswear maker Adidas said it had initiated legal proceedings against US retailer Wal-Mart in relation to the selling of shoes bearing similar markings to the three-stripe Adidas trademark. A...
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Hennes & Mauritz AB reported a 14 percent increase in net profits
Date: 2008-06-19 00:00:00
The company said the continued weak U.S. dollar led to lower buying costs. This was partly offset by slightly higher discounting and increased transportation costs. Europe's second-largest clothing retailer...
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New Strawberry Palinka from Zwack
Date: 2008-06-18 00:00:00
Only 900 flasks were bottled from this unique drink. The strawberry palinka taste as the fresh strawberry with blackberry and some spices. It's creamy and thick together. ...
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Dreher's ad campaign for responsible alcohol consumption
Date: 2008-06-18 00:00:00
Gábor Talmácsi, the famous motorcyclist is the face of the campaign, how accentuates the individual resposibility. Dreher Brewery in part of its CSR program started this ad campaign to call...
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Coca-Cola since 40 years in Hungary
Date: 2008-06-18 00:00:00
Hungarian first met the product at the National Fair in Budapest in 1967, the first in Hungary bottled flask leaved the factory in 17th June 1968. In 1991 Coca-Cola Amatil...
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BWG invests €100m in Spar chain in Ireland
Date: 2008-06-18 00:00:00
Retail group currently operates 471 Spar stores in Ireland under the Spar, Spar Express and Eurospar brands. BWG Retail – established in 2006 – is part of the BWG Group....
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Solar power ad by PepsiCo
Date: 2008-06-18 00:00:00
PepsiCo to convince consumers that the companies care about the environment. The newest demonstration of solar power (figuratively) is coming from the Frito-Lay division of PepsiCo, which is using the...
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Electrolux's hugh investments in Poland
Date: 2008-06-18 00:00:00
Swedish kitchen, cleaning and outdoor appliances manufacturer may invest up to 300 million euros in Poland.Electrolux will receive half of the investment funds from the European Investment Bank (EIB). According...
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SABMiller To Buy Stake In Ukrainian Brewery Holding
Date: 2008-06-17 00:00:00
The Ukrainian Antimonopoly Committee has cleared SABMiller's proposal to buy over 50% of Ukrainian Brewery Holding. The UK-based brewer had earlier bought the Sarmat brewery, which had been part of...
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Tesco to expand beyond the West Coast US
Date: 2008-06-17 00:00:00
The British retailer is investing up to £250m a year in the next four years on the West Coast. Tesco is due to open its first U.S. store in three...
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Hungarian POP Icons in Coke Club
Date: 2008-06-17 00:00:00
In the second season of Coke Club today rockbands sing their icons's (LGT, Neoton Familia, Tankcsapda) songs.In the MTV Icon program bands inspired by the Icon performed some of their...
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Unilever's price increase also in Hungary
Date: 2008-06-17 00:00:00
A sharp price hike for vegetable oils necessitated a higher-than-average price hike for margarine, ketchup, mayonnaise and ice cream. Unilever Hungary said it will raise prices by less than 10%...
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Stolichnaya to Be Put up for Sale
Date: 2008-06-17 00:00:00
Vodka label Stolichnaya is to be put up for sale after Russian company SPI asked Lehman Brothers to find a buyer. French wine and spirits group Pernod Ricard was linked...
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New Swiss Owner by Buitoni Pasta Plant
Date: 2008-06-17 00:00:00
Nestle's Italian subsidiary has selected Swiss investment group TMT Finance SA to take over its Buitoni dried pasta and crisp bread plant in San Sepolcro. The plant, which employs 450,...
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French Cheese Firm Bel to Acquisite two Czech companies
Date: 2008-06-16 00:00:00
The Czech antitrust office UOHS has given the green light for French dairy company Fromageries Bel to buy Jaromericka and J+R. Fromageries Bel will take over 71.34% of shares in...
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Carrefour to rebrand all Champion shops
Date: 2008-06-16 00:00:00
French supermarket giant will rebrand all 1,021 of its Champion shops as Carrefour by the end of 2009, La Tribune reported. The company will transform around 150 of the shops...
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ASDA won Three Tops Prize At Grocer Gold Awards
Date: 2008-06-16 00:00:00
The British retail company picked up the Best for Service Award and the Best for Availability Award and the also the Best of Business Initiative . The Grocer Gold Awards...
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Bosch may transfer production to Hungary?
Date: 2008-06-16 00:00:00
According to Swedish evertiq.com internet site the German based Bosch may transfer production from its plants in France to Hungary or Spain. The plant that is most threaten is...
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Herendi China Manufacture open a shop in Harrods
Date: 2008-06-16 00:00:00
The company is present with exclusive shops in Germany and China, but now it opened an elegant unit in London famous mall. The unit take place on the II. floor...
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Metro Cash&Carry to build three new stores in Bulgaria
Date: 2008-06-16 00:00:00
Metro Cash&Carry Bulgaria plans to invest 150 million leva within the next three years, company representatives told reporters in Varna, at the opening of the first expanded and modernised store...
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Nordzucker to Bid for Danisco Sugar
Date: 2008-06-13 00:00:00
Germany's second-largest sugar refiner Nordzucker is interested in buying the sugar arm of Danish group Danisco and “has the money to pay whatever it costs,” its CEO told financial daily...
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Giant beer aquisitaion on the horizon
Date: 2008-06-13 00:00:00
Anheuser-Busch Acknowledges Receipt of Unsolicited Proposal from Inbev Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. in value of USD 46.3 billion. The $65 per share in cash for Anheuser-Busch is 24% higher than the...
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Drogas To Open More Stores in Baltics
Date: 2008-06-13 00:00:00
In Region Drogas, the largest cosmetics and household goods retailer in Latvia, reportedly plans to open four new stores in Latvia and three new stores in Lithuania. Local reports...
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Starbucks Teams Up With SSP To Expand In Europe
Date: 2008-06-13 00:00:00
The world's largest coffee-shop chain, is planning to open more than 150 outlets in airports and train stations across Europe during the next three years via an agreement with UK...
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The first Tchibo Store Outside of the Capital is open in Pécs
Date: 2008-06-13 00:00:00
In the unit at the Árkád mall in Pécs customers can choose between the best coffeemix from South- America and Africa. Tchibo is present with the brand in Hungary since...
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KiK Textil discount soon in Hungary
Date: 2008-06-13 00:00:00
The German KiK (Costumer is the king) is now looking for its Hungarian employers. According its plans yearly 300 new stores will be open. The German company has several stores,...
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Procter & Gamble outsources its IT works for 650-million-dollar
Date: 2008-06-12 00:00:00
BT announced today they have signed a five-year contract with Procter & Gamble. Under the agreement, the company will provide and manage a broad and integrated portfolio of services...
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