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Vilmos… not easy for him either

Five men in rubber boots, each with a small glass in his hand, form a circle. This is the third round. Their faces are red from the cold and the...

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Competition to encourage outdoor activities

drogerie markt launched a competition for primary schools on 10. April. It is intended to encourage children to focus on sport and outdoor activities when the weather is good.. Creative...

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AXE3

AXE3 – Mix in order to get noticed! The essence of Axe3 is that two aerosols with different fragrances are packaged together, which should be used simultaneously to get a...

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Revenues up by 20 per cent for SIÓ-ECKES last year

The net revenues of SIÓ-ECKES Kft. were up by nearly 20 per cent last year and reached HUF 17.6 billion in 2007. They continue to remain the market leaders in...

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Kalinka Premium Vodka

Slava is a 27 year old Russian, who has been living in Hungary for 6 years. He likes to live here. He sends video messages to his friends in Russia...

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Hungarian Succes at Sunday Times Wine Club

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Luxury hotel with monolithic towers for Esztergom

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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Refreshing the Zsolnay Cafe at Béke

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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Rossmann to open shops in Albania

The first unit will open in autumn in Tirana, the next in port Durres. Rossmann has 570 foreign shops all over the world, some units are operationed together with A.S....

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Tesco Express rolls into China

Chinese consumers have taken to “big box” retailers, such as America’s Wal-Mart, France’s Carrefour, and Tesco itself, which has 55 hypermarkets across China from Beijing to Shenzhen.   But now...

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Israel's Strauss Buys Russia's Cosant Coffee Brands

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

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

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

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

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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New creamy dairy by Milli

From beginning of March Milli productfamily has a new member. Milli Janga Kaukazusi Kefir+ is a unique dairy product with pre and pro biotics.  The new product suits well to...

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