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Leading Brands launches new energy drink

Leading Brands North America plans to launch its new energy_drink by using the video games industry.   The company said that its new energy drink, entitled Stoked, will be launched...

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Globe Trade Center to build €77 mln mall in Bulgaria

The mall in the Black Sea port of Varna will have a net rentable area of 37,000 square meters and will be finished by end-2009. The Galeria Varna mall would...

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First Tesco retail test lab in India

The 7000 square feet lab is equipped with five store formats, has 27 tills deployed along with a host of peripherals.  Tesco Hindustan Service Centre (HSC), a global services arm...

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Vivatis comes to Eastern Europe

The chief countries targeted by the Austrian company are Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia.   Vivatis, one of the leading players on the Austrian charcuterie market, has two...

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Decreasing growth tempo at Tesco

The group today announced a shock downturn in UK sales growth as slowing non-food revenues held back continuing strong demand for food. That sent Tesco shares tumbling by 3%. The...

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Harvey Miller lines up nut liqueur for market

The company confirmed that Pisa, a nut liqueur imported from Italy, will be available in the UK, Ireland. The packaging takes inspiration from the region's Leaning Tower, by "adding a...

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Cadbury sells 7Up

Cadbury Schweppes said it would probably sell its Dr Pepper and 7Up soda brands in order to expand the company. The company would force the layoff of up to 7,500...

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Five million HUF penalty for Lidl

The food retail chain's action on his 2. Birthday, could deceive customer said GVH, Hungarian Competition Authority. The Hungarian Competition Authority didn't think that it was only a short action,...

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Leaf International moves into Eastern Europe

The Dutch confectionery producer Leaf International recently announced that production has started at its newly-built plant in Levice, Slovakia. The factory, which cost around €30m, will supply sweets to the...

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Old brand talks to young people

The WU2 haircare products get a new website for a younger targetgroup, made by Carnation. This year WU2 opens to a younger target group and decided to make an online...

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Payed for Parmalet

Parmalat settles for EURO 72M from Merrill Lynch, ING Bank, Banca Monte Parma. After the bankroupt in 2003 the company is renewed and its paper can buy and sell on...

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Kellogg checks up its marketing practices to kids

The Kellogg Company announced it will adopt nutrition standards for the products it markets to children, pledging to reformulate those products that fall short of the criteria.The company said it...

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Successful year at Storck Hungary

Altough there are several negative tendencies in the hungarian food industry Storck had a spectacular growth. The sales increased with 22%. On hungarian market the company has a revenue of...

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Tesco opened in Sümeg

On 15 of June a new store opened in Sümeg, near to 84 roadway. There are 25 employes in the 1,000 sm store. The customer can shop 3-4,000 kind of...

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From July medicines from Agip Gas Stations

Now the call centers are built, when finishing the company submits for permissions. According to Agip Gas Company they will start to selling medicines at beginning July on several gas...

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Renewed Metro Store in Pécs

After a short time renovation there was a reopening ceremony in Pécs, with a successful charity wine caution, the revenue was donated for cancer ill children. On 14 of June...

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Kaiser Food reckon with a good business year

The company plans 10% revenue growth this year. Facing last year's HUF 4.8 billion incomes, Kaiser Food wait for HUF 5.2 billion. As result of last years plant modernizations, what...

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Heineken has acquired a brewery in the Czech Republic

The global brewer said that it has bought Krusovice Brewery from Germany's Radeberger Gruppe for an undisclosed fee. The transaction is expected to complete in September, subject to clearance from...

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STI on Growing Path: Takeover of Petöfi, Hungary

After a strong increase in turnover in 2006 of more than 10%, STI Group Lauterbach, Europe´s number 1 producer of displays and a major player in the packaging sector, announces...

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Miller targets “Latinisation” with new beer

Miller Brewing is rolling out a new beer across the US in an attempt to capitalise on the “Latinisation” of the country's culture. Following test marketing in five markets over...

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Auchan Hungary targets 7% sales rise, network expansion for this year

The Hungarian subsidiary of French retail chain Auchan will keep expanding its network and operate a chain of 17-20 units within five to six years. Last years revenue was  HUF...

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Payment of the dividends in August by Hungary Zwack AGM

Hungarian distiller Zwack has announced that to pay HUF 2 bn as dividend from the 2006 after-tax profit. The remaining HUF 626.794 m into profit reserves. The HUF1,000 payment of...

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Anheuser-Busch can use the brand name Budweiser

US brewer Anheuser-Busch has won the latest round in the legal fight over the Budweiser trademarks. The dispute between them goes back for decades and there have been many court...

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Cobra beer focus on new markets

Cobra is eyeing annual sales growth of 50% over the next three years and has earmarked India as key to meeting that target. UK based Cobra Beer, founded by an...

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Summer attack in Tesco

In only one weekend run out some many bikinis in the Tescos, as normally in a whole week. 200% increase in the sale's tatistics.  There were more than 900,000 customer...

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SPAR Sponsorship for european athletic

European Athletics and SPAR International are pleased to announce that the world's largest voluntary food retail chain has extended its commitment to athletics for a further four year period, until...

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New line in Szentkirályi plant

The capacity will be double, from 220m liter to 450 million liter per year. Ending of the development, starting last year, the Szentkirályi's new manufactory hall and Hungary's most modern...

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Chio-Wolf protest against fat labelling

According to the company the labelling would make the customer cranky, and at the end the consumption would decrease dramatically. The snack manufacturer Chio-Wolf Kft. thinks, that the proposal of...

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Fast expanding russian snack market

PepsiCo will build a second snack manufacturing plant in Russia to meet the growing demand in the country.   The new plant will be based at Azov in the Rostov...

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Cadbury gets sweet on Romania

Cadbury Schweppes has bought a 93 per cent stake in Romanian sweets maker Kandia-Excelent, from Kandia, a private equity investment holding company managed by Meinl Bank. Kandia-Excelent is the second...

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