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Magazine tests find Red Bull “lacking”

Red_Bull has taken a hammering from a consumer magazine in Germany. The energy drinks brand was found to contain too much sugar, too much caffeine, unnecessary vitamins and some questionable substances...

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Aldi starts to build the first store in Region Baranya

German-based company Aldi, the world's tenth-largest retailer comes amid the aggressive expansion of discount retailers within the past two years in Hungary. Pécs will be one of the region centers....

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Profi stores in Romania

Die belgian Louis Delhaize Group's discount chain Profi bought 9 supermarkets in Bukarest from lithuanian Maxima Lt. Chain. The supermarkets' last year's income was 23 million euro, 30% more than...

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Lidl'll get share in a german bio store chain

The discount store chain wants to get 23% share in the Basic, customers and suppliers protest. Lidl would to increase the number of bio products in its own shops too....

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16% sales' increase at Lindt & Sprüngli in H1

The excellent growth in sales during the first half of 2007 has seen operating profit (EBIT) rise substantially by CHF 16.2 million to CHF 31.7 million or +104%, while the...

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Mood Media Makes Changes At The Top

Stepping down as Group Executive Chairman at Mood Media concentrate on strategic growth opportunities for the Group and other investments, Philippe G von Stauffenberg has named Jean-Marie Noizet, previously Group...

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Nike Inc. has won lawsuits against fakers and dealer

The Shanghai Court awarded the world's largest sports apparel company, a total of 350,000 yuan ($46,100) in damages. The Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate Court awarded Nike, the world's largest sports...

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Lebedyansky pays dividends for 2006

The company paid US$22.5m at $1.1 per share.  The Russian juice company hit the headlines last week, when local reports claimed it was in talks with PepsiCo over a possible takeover....

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Nestle Waters is set to buy a water production facility in the US

The US unit of the water company is thought to be around two months away from acquiring Blu Springs Farm in Oswego County in New York.   The unit will...

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Cake of Hungary at six Szamos Marcipan confectionery

The Floating Island Cake's recipe was made by Association of Hungarian Confectioners, at the suit of the Hungarian Prime Minister's Office.The birthday cake of Hungary is a fancy cake, a...

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Mueller-Milch and Coca-Cola Israel Group made joint venture in Romania and Bulgaria

The German family-owned dairy group's product will distribute by Coca-Cola Israel in Bulgaria and Romania.  Coca-Cola Israel currently distributes brands such as Tuborg, Carlsberg, Orangina and Granini in both markets, the news...

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Sara Lee Corp. reported 32% operating income

The Chicago based company announced net sales for fiscal 2007, ending June 30, 2007, were $12.3 billion, an increase of 7.1 percent. Net sales grew in all six business segments,...

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Tetra Pak aims 10 per cent cut in CO2 emissions by 2010

The company, holds 80% share of the carton market, said it had reduced its CO2 output to 373,000 tonnes in 2006 from 390,000 tonnes in 2005.  The group added that...

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H.J. Heinz Co. introduced about 100 new products in the past 12 months

The company plans to add 200 items in the year through April. The company spent 25 percent more on marketing to promote healthier products in the U.S. and U.K  but...

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Despite high raw material prices, the margin on operating profit rose

Nestle, the world's largest food company by sales said half-year net profit rose by 18% to CHF4.92 billion from CHF4.16 billion in the year-ago period, beating analyst expectations of around...

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Frappé recall is not neccessery in Hungary

According to importer Store Ltd., there wasn't any dioxin tainted Jede product in the hungarian shops, so there will be not a recall.  Jede Ab, owned by Neste Sweden said...

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Mastercard is popular in Europe

The credit card company worldwide purchase volume rose 14.3%, on US dollar basis in the second quoter 2007.  As of June 30, 2007, the company's consumers had issued 164 million...

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Pepsico may aquire Russian juice firm

Pepsico has agreed to buy top Russian juice maker Lebedyansky for $1.5 billion to $2 billion according to reports today.  It was reported the deal would take place before the...

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A new Diet Coke with vitamins on the european market

Diet Coke has unveiled a $13.7m marketing campaign to back the launch of Diet Coke Plus ahead of the brand's launch in Europe. The campaign, the first for the Coca-Cola...

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