Company and Personal News
Investor of the year in Samokov – Billa Bulgaria
Date: 2008-02-06 00:00:00
The Austrian hypermarket chain opened its 26th store in Samokov last year in November, in the city with 30,000 inhabitants, the investment enriched the 5,3 million euros. Billa Bulgaria opening...
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Surpassing sales in Latin-America and Europe
Date: 2008-02-06 00:00:00
Whirlpool Corp. said its fourth-quarter profit climbed to USD 187 millions, helped by its Maytag acquisition and an improved product mix and the weak dollar. Quarterly revenue grew seven...
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International Boost Sweetens Wrigley Sales
Date: 2008-02-06 00:00:00
The Chicago-based company's fourth-quarter profit totaled $155 million, or 56 cents a share, for a dime-a-share leap vs. last year.Revenue got pushed 16.4% higher to a better-than-expected $1.42 billion, primarily...
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Two digits growth at Coca-Cola Beverages Hungary
Date: 2008-02-05 00:00:00
The company increased its market shares and get now 20 pct, one third of the sales came from the new products. The growth is thank to the fact too,...
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Imperial Tobacco's Altadis takeover offer
Date: 2008-02-05 00:00:00
UK's Imperial Tobacco Group pays 50 eur per Altadis share, valuing the manufacturer of Gauloise and Fortuna cigarettes at 12.8 bln eur. The board of the Franco-Spanish company Altadis...
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Mihaly Hardy leaved Tesco
Date: 2008-02-05 00:00:00
The specialist was the retail chain's communications director since 2006, former he worked 20 years as television reporter, editor and news director. There is no news about his successor at...
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Unilever Acquires Leading Russian Ice Cream Company Inmarko
Date: 2008-02-05 00:00:00
The acquisition will further strengthen Unilever's position as the world's number one ice cream business. It will also strengthen Unilever's portfolio and competitive position in Russia, one of its priority...
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Tesco opened a new front in the ongoing supermarket price war
Date: 2008-02-04 00:00:00
In a sign that the discounters' growing popularity is starting to concern Tesco, the retail giant will start to match Aldi and Lidl's prices on over 2,000 product lines. Aldi...
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Burger King Keeps Rising
Date: 2008-02-04 00:00:00
Worldwide same-store sales, or sales at locations open at least a year, rose 4.5 percent.Americas second burger chain said its second-quarter – ended on 31 of December 2007 – profit...
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Aldi to open in February
Date: 2008-02-04 00:00:00
According to market informations giant adcampaign starts in February, but the news is not fixed by the company, it never promotes the store openings. It is unkonwn how many stores...
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dm to start in Bulgaria 2009
Date: 2008-02-04 00:00:00
The local dm stores will have an area of 400-450 sq m and could be housed in large-scale shopping centers. dm Drogerie Markt, the Austrian retailer of household medicinal supplies,...
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Mondi to develope in Poland
Date: 2008-02-04 00:00:00
International paper and packaging manufacturer, Mondi investes €305-million Swiecie. The company comannounced in a statement that its new lightweight recycled container-board machine would be situated at its Swiecie mill, in...
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Sodexho Alliance renamed Sodexo
Date: 2008-02-04 00:00:00
The evolution of the brand shows the grow and progress to become the premier global outsourcing expert. France based contract caterer and facilities company Sodexho Alliance has been renamed...
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Beer at higher level
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
The Beer Academy established by Borsodi Sörgyár Zrt. was opened on 17 December. This institution offers a training course which includes a general review of beer types, the proper tapping...
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Pápai Hús opening new wholesale outlet
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
Pápai Hús Zrt. has opened a wholesale outlet in Budapest. They do deliveries in and around Budapest at favourable rates....
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Active year for Reál
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
Many Reál stores were opened in Budapest last year, including the first Prémium Reál Élelmiszer supermarket in Lurdy ház, but the number of stores outside the Budapest region also increased....
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Police station in Tesco
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
A small police station has been set up in the Szolnok Tesco hyper market. Tesco intends to develop a similar co-operation with police forces elswhere, as well. n...
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Coop-Christmas for children
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
Fifteen hundred children attended the Christmas party held by Tisza-Coop Zrt. on 21. December in Tiszaliget. Tisza-Coop Zrt. is a regional purchasing centre of the Coop group which has already...
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Constantly high SPAR standards
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
Private label products in the premium category, many new stores and the quality Hungarian poultry trademark are all things acquired by SPAR in 2007. – The decrease in real incomes...
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Cheese promotion dedicated
to the number 3
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
Prizes from the prize game of SOLE-MIZO ZRt. promoting cheese were handed over at the end of November. 3 participants were able to win a HUF 300,000 trip with 3...
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Dreher saving energy
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
The opening ceremony for the new bio-gas and water purification plant of Dreher Sörgyárak built for HUF 0.5 billion was attended by Dr. Gábor Fodor, minister of environmental policy and...
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„Tour de Tesco” continuing
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
The minimum size for Tesco stores is 1,000 square meters. They opened 22 stores in Hungary last year, making the total 122. The price sensitivity of Hungarian consumers has become...
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On page 12 of the April 2007 edition of Trade Magazin an 1/1 advertisement was published by Zwack Unicum Nyrt. 1/1.
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
A statistical table by IWSR (International Wine and Spirit Record) for 2006 was also published as part of the ad. We have been informed by the advertiser that the published...
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Master Good keeping pace
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
In 2007, Master Good Kft. enhanced its position in the retail market by getting a number of new products listed by practically all the major retail chains and substantially boosting...
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Investment into packaging by Hungerit
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
Hungerit Zrt. has developed a unique packaging solution in co-operation with Sealed Air Cryovac. As a result of installing the new MULTIIVAC Darfresh® packaging machinery, fresh poultry will stay fresh...
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Drawings for Lapland
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
The main prize for the Santa Claus prize game of Storck Hungária Kft. was drawn on 6. December. Buying at least 200 grams of Toffifee and submitting a drawing was...
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Cheaper RFID with new platform
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
The revolutionary Sensormatic® iREAD™ technology of ADT can help to reduce the introduction costs of RFID into retail trade. Sensormatic iREAD platform, the new application of the EPCglobal Gen 2...
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The Lidl philosophy
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
Lidl was established in the 30’s, later splitting into a discount chain and a hyper market and super market chain under the name of Kaufland and Handelshof. At present, Lidl...
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