Company and Personal News
Bloom Energy – a drink for women
Date: 2007-05-16 00:00:00
Del Monte Foods is branching into the energy_drink sector in the US.The food company said that it has lined up Bloom Energy, a drink aimed at women in the country,...
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Magners cider eyeing Europe expansion
Date: 2007-05-15 00:00:00
C&C Group, the Irish owner of Magners cider, said it was looking to expand the brand in mainland Europe after breakthrough success in the UK last year.C&C said it was...
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Carlsberg has sealed the purchase of its first brewery in India
Date: 2007-05-15 00:00:00
The Danish brewer bought a ten-year-old facility in the state of Himachal Pradesh, north of the capital New Delhi.The brewery, bought from "local investors", has an annual capacity of 150,000...
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CCHBC finishes bottling in Bucharest
Date: 2007-05-14 00:00:00
Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottle Company has confirmed the closure of the bottling operations at one of its plants in Romania. The Greece-based Coke bottler told that it is transferring production from...
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Sara Lee income nearly triples
Date: 2007-05-14 00:00:00
The company also raised its full-year forecast.Third-quarter income was $116 million, compared with $42 million, for last year's quarter. Sales were $3 billion vs. last year's $2.75 billion. Last...
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The Leader Beear manufacture in Hungary is the Borsodi
Date: 2007-05-11 00:00:00
Last year the company sailed 2.3 million hl beer, the revenue was HUF44.3 billion. The greatest share has the Borsodi, but the sale of Beck's expanded with 48%, although...
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Campari unveils strong growth and new CEO
Date: 2007-05-11 00:00:00
Campari-Milano has reported solid growth in its first quarter 2007, while at the same time unveiling the appointment of its new CEO Bob Kunze-Concewitz. Group sales totalled EUR196.6m (US$266.5m) in...
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InBev has posted a strong lift in profits for its first quarter
Date: 2007-05-11 00:00:00
The global brewer said that net profit for the first three months of this year leapt by 69% year-on-year, reaching EUR280m. Revenues rose 8.9% to EUR3.05bn from EUR2.79bn. While total...
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Contactless payments in autumn
Date: 2007-05-11 00:00:00
The Visa Europe officially reports the beginning of a contactless payments facility in the UK's capital.The wireless technology allows of secure payment data transmit between a point–of–sale (POS) terminal and...
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Cofola – the coke-tasting soft drink
Date: 2007-05-11 00:00:00
The new bohemian soft drink is first available in Cora and Metro. Cofola is a coke-tasting soft drink, what is unique because it contents third less sugar and 14 herbs,...
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Marks & Spencer – after clothes, food can come
Date: 2007-05-11 00:00:00
In the next two years Marks & Spencer will enter into the hungarian market with its food-unit too. The English company, – which for the present trades in Hungary only...
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(HU) A vártnál is jobban zárta az első negyedévet a Carlsberg
Date: 2007-05-10 00:00:00
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(HU) A Campari megvásárolta a Cabo Wabo többségi tulajdonjogát
Date: 2007-05-10 00:00:00
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Starbucks's profit rises
Date: 2007-05-09 00:00:00
The Seattle-based coffee shop operator reported that its fiscal second-quarter profit rose more than 18%. Starbucks realized $2.26 billion revenue. The company opened 560 stores in its second quarter; it...
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Top revenue, over HUF 10 billion by Univer
Date: 2007-05-09 00:00:00
The turnover by the UNIVER Co-operative Stock Company exceeds the last year's result with 10,3 %. Total group's revenue by Univer without taxating, according to the International Financial Reporting Standards...
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Coca-Cola Company enriches with two new products
Date: 2007-05-09 00:00:00
With the until no named drinks the company will achive all generations. The last listed product, the calorie free Coke Zero were circulated in UK and 14 other country....
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A new leader at HPS Experience
Date: 2007-05-08 00:00:00
Until this period under the events director's controll standing promotion division would be set up in business at HPS Experience.The new leader by the premium HORECA product communication events organiser...
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Oracle is the winner on the Relational Database market
Date: 2007-05-08 00:00:00
IDC's vendor market share information for the worldwide relational and object-relational database management systems (RDBMS) software market in 2006 reports that Oracle is the biggest. According to IDC's last information...
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Procter & Gamble profit rises
Date: 2007-05-08 00:00:00
Procter & Gamble Co. said its fiscal third-quarter profit rose nearly 14%, boosted by strength in detergents, razors and baby care products, and tightened its forecast for current year. The...
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Cheers! with Pernod in China
Date: 2007-05-08 00:00:00
Pernod has recorded a lift in Q3 sales, thanks in part to a strong performance during the Chinese New Year.The France-based wine and spirits company said that consolidated sales in...
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Diet Pepsi has “more cola taste”
Date: 2007-05-08 00:00:00
In line with its new advertising campaign Diet Pepsi has undergone a “slightly more masculine” makeover. The advertising campaign, meanwhile, will run on american television and radio, communicating the "more cola taste"...
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US: Nestlé targets children with fruit and veg drink
Date: 2007-05-08 00:00:00
The new juice will be available US wide in three flavours – orange mango, grape and tropical.The juice provides two combined servings of fruits and vegetables – two-third serving of...
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Two aspirants for Gauloises maker
Date: 2007-05-07 00:00:00
Private-equity houses CVC Capital and PAI Partners gave a €12.8bn (£8.6bn) preliminary offer for the Franco-Spanish cigarette maker Altadis. CVC are offering €50 a share in cash, €3 higher than...
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(HU) A METRO Cash & Carry átadta átalakított szegedi áruházát
Date: 2007-05-07 00:00:00
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DM to expand by some dozen of stores annually
Date: 2007-05-07 00:00:00
In order to maintain its pace of development to date, over the next three years Drogerie Markt (DM) plans to open 12-14 drugstores a year in Hungary. Within the next...
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EC approves Rewe Group's takeover of Delvita
Date: 2007-05-07 00:00:00
Rewe Group runs around 240 Billa supermarkets and Penny Market discount stores in the Czech Republic. The EC came to the conclusion that the merger would not affect competition in...
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