Company and Personal News
Trade marked Hungarian Poultry at Spar supermarkets
Date: 2007-07-06 00:00:00
Because of higher feeding cost, the prices of poultry and poultry products growth wit 6-8 % in autum. The Hungarian Poultry Product Board and Spar signed an agreement, that the...
Read more
Nestle opens milk powder factory in China
Date: 2007-07-06 00:00:00
Swiss food giant Nestle said it formally opened a milk powder factory in Erguna, in China's Inner Mongolia region.The company said the plant, Nestle's 21st in China, was in an...
Read more
Permira Group sell Takko
Date: 2007-07-05 00:00:00
German clothes retail chain Takko expands in Romania, Bulgaria and Poland. The american Advent International will pay €770 million for Takko and plans to open 150 new stores under this...
Read more
Nestle completes takeover in France and Spain
Date: 2007-07-05 00:00:00
The world's biggest food and beverage company Nestle won conditional approval from the European Union to buy the nutrition business of pharmaceutical giant Novartis. The European Commission said the...
Read more
Only the owner will change for Hungarian Biscuits plants
Date: 2007-07-05 00:00:00
The French food company announced that it has entered exclusive talks to sell its biscuit division to Kraft in a transaction valued at $7.2 billion. This move will allow Kraft...
Read more
Flare at Coca-Cola HBC plant in Luka
Date: 2007-07-04 00:00:00
The upgrades at the Luka plant enable Coca-Cola HBC to produce 30,000 bottles an hour. Greek Bottler Coca-Cola HBC (CCHBC) has invested 14.8 mln eur for a new bottled...
Read more
Reorganization at Food Express
Date: 2007-07-03 00:00:00
There is a hard competition between home delivery food services. Because of the cheap price of small companies, the biggest, Food Express has to make restrictions. A few years ago...
Read more
No more biscuit at Danone
Date: 2007-07-03 00:00:00
The French Danone – owner of Gyõri Keksz – is thinking about a potential sale of its biscuit business to Kraft or Kellog, its US rivals. Danone's management was expected...
Read more
20 Bauhaus unit in the next years
Date: 2007-07-02 00:00:00
Germany's do-it-yourself chain, Bauhaus, will debut in October in Dunakeszi.Bauhaus will open two further stores this year, one in Dunakeszi and another in Szigetszentmiklós, which will be followed by 18...
Read more
Food safety fine for Lidl
Date: 2007-06-29 00:00:00
One of Lidl's polish eiscream had to be get out of the circulation and must be annuled, because the production was not safe enough, and the eiscream could be tainted....
Read more
Reorganization by Zalabaromfi
Date: 2007-06-29 00:00:00
The new owner, the Dale consortium bought the company for more than 50% of a start prise, HUF 2,4 billion. Dale started to reorganize and rationalized the company in Zalaegerszeg....
Read more
Burger King will be open in Bohemia
Date: 2007-06-29 00:00:00
AmRest, the listed restaurant operator – managing, among others, Burger King,Pizza Hut KFC – ask for working permit in Czech Republic. Until now the concret start of the first bohemian...
Read more
Nike is popular in Europe
Date: 2007-06-28 00:00:00
With growth in the U.S. and abroad, plus surprisingly strong future orders, Nike allayed fears and buoyed hopes for some about the future of the world's largest athletic shoe and...
Read more
Tesco set to launch book club with UK's biggest publisher
Date: 2007-06-28 00:00:00
Tesco, the supermarket chain with more than 1200 stores in the UK, is expanding its retail empire by launching a book club in collaboration with the UK's biggest publisher, Random...
Read more
Spain Gives Nod to Nueva Rumasa's Acquisition of Parmalat's Clesa
Date: 2007-06-28 00:00:00
According to Spain's business media, the national competition authority has given food group Nueva Rumasa the green light to acquire Clesa, the Spanish subsidiary of Italian dairy firm Parmalat. The...
Read more
Charles' organic carrots rejected by Sainsbury's for being 'rotten'
Date: 2007-06-28 00:00:00
SAINSBURY'S rejected royal carrots grown at the Prince of Wales's organic farm because they were “rotten”. The supermarket giant said the quality of Duchy carrots from Highgrove had "deteriorated"...
Read more
Tricky Pöttyös
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
The TV spot made for Pöttyös last year has been enhanced using a technology, Autodesk Flame trick system which is absolutely unique and new in Hungary....
Read more
Borsodi Beer
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
Borsodi and friends save you from difficult and embarrassing situations. Agency: McCann Erickson Customer: Borsodi Sörgyár Zrt. Product: Borsodi Sör Apperance: RTL Klub, Film+, Sport1, Sport2, Cool Period: May–July 2007...
Read more
Competition about the past 30 years
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
The final of the “Who knows more about the past 30 years?” organised by Sió-Eckes Kft. to commemorate their 30th birthday took place in the beginning of June. Teams from...
Read more
Record revenues for Storck
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
Net revenues of Storck Hungária Kft. increased by 22 per cent in 2006, to over HUF 2,2 billion. Profits exceeded HUF 42 million. The introduction of merci Petits and the...
Read more
Tea for Children’s Day
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
21 tons of tea worth HUF 9 million was donated by Sara Lee Hungary Zrt. to children on Children’s day. The donation was delivered to charity organisations by the Food...
Read more
Company card
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
The wide assortment of Mona products includes practically all segments of dairy products from camembert cheese to yoghurts. Milks made using the unique ESL technology, which stay fresh longer form...
Read more
Wine and wine makers at Zwack
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
„Get acquainted with the wine maker!” was the name of the wine tasting held by Zwack Unicum Nyrt. On 14. June, where among others, the latest products from Zwack Izabella...
Read more
A cup ahead of others
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
The Hungarian subsidiary of Sara Lee has American, Dutch and Hungarian “blood” flowing in its veins. Their main strength is that they are usually one step ahead of the market....
Read more
Chevaliers of Champagne celebrating 20th birthday
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
Chevaliers of Törley Champagne celebrated the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Order on 18. May in Budafok. Törley also has reason to be proud of its wines which...
Read more
Silver medal for Kõbányai beer
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
Brands of Dreher Sörgyárak Zrt. have won five medals at the most prestigious world event devoted to quality, the Monde Selection. – In addition to the Grand Gold Medal, Dreher...
Read more
METRO in Pécs modernised
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
The most recently modernised METRO Cash & Carry Hungary store opened in Pécs, on 14. June. According to Tibor Zsombor, sales director of METRO Cash & Carry Hungary, all of...
Read more
IMIGe team expanding
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
Gábor Schwarz from Penthouse Magazin became the business development director of IMIGe Hungary in April, while two former Boomerang Media employees, Erika Farkas and András Farkas András have joined the...
Read more