Company and Personal News
Tesco has signed a £5million deal with the Spice Girls
Date: 2007-10-17 00:00:00
The band will star in two TV adverts for the company – whose slogan is Every Little Helps – in a bid to boost sales during the Christmas period. Marketing...
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Coca-Cola and Illycaffé joint venture in the RTD coffee sector
Date: 2007-10-16 00:00:00
The two company hope to take advantage of Coca-Cola's distribution network and Illy's brand reputation in an effort to reach the US$10bn international RTD coffee segment as partners. The...
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Pannon Baromfi produces again
Date: 2007-10-15 00:00:00
The company, under liquidation, has now a business plan for one year, in this time the firm grew its producing. Since 20. September Pannon Baromfi cut weekly 80,000 chicken, but...
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A capital increases at Pick Szeged
Date: 2007-10-15 00:00:00
No acquisition planed, the money is necessary to stabilize the economic situation of the firm. Sandor Csanyi, the holder of Pick Szeged made HUF 4,6 billion capital increace – said...
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Cif producing from Netherlands to Nyirbator
Date: 2007-10-15 00:00:00
It is 50% capacity increasing at the East-Hungarian plant from 2009. Unilever said it plans to close 3 factories in the Netherlands by the end of 2008, the production of...
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Triganit finished its first mall in Romania
Date: 2007-10-15 00:00:00
The multifunction building is 80,000 sm great, built in 15 months, has 200 stores and a park place for 2500 cars.At the grounding remains of buildings from the Romanic times...
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Round table speech about milk organised by Sole-MiZo
Date: 2007-10-15 00:00:00
The milk industry needs a consolidation which is accessible only with a new strategy passing for every side of the business. Dr. Imre Timar, president of Sole-MiZo invited the market...
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8th Internet Hungary Conference in Tihany
Date: 2007-10-15 00:00:00
20 presentments, 10 forums about the Hungarian Internet industry's future and the international trends. Presenters are among others: Ildiko Sarkady, member of the Hungarian government, Daniel Pataki, president of the...
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Cigar and palinka
Date: 2007-10-12 00:00:00
For its 5 years jubileum the Agárdi Distillery brought a new product called Agardi Cigar Palinka from grape marcs. This year only 1,000 bottle is served from this premium product....
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Nestlé inks Henniez deal
Date: 2007-10-11 00:00:00
Switzerland's Commission de la concurrence (Comco) has approved Nestle's acquisition of a 61.66% stake in Sources Minérales Henniez SA. In September, Nestlé Waters has signed a deal to acquire bottled...
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New head of marketing at Maspex Olympos
Date: 2007-10-11 00:00:00
Andrea Kiss further worked at Danone Group as senior brand manager of Gyõri Keksz. Hers forbear, Katalin Zarándy from September boost Sió-Eckes as marketing director. The new specialist, transfered...
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Rise in prices in autumn
Date: 2007-10-11 00:00:00
According to the research of Agrar Europe Kft., the Hungarian consumer have to face 10-15% price rising at food products in October-December period. The rise in rates came from the...
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(HU) Megnyílt az ország első integrált kereskedelmi parkja Vecsésen
Date: 2007-10-11 00:00:00
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Coke gives US$2m in Recyclebank
Date: 2007-10-11 00:00:00
The investment is part of a larger relationship with RecycleBank to increase curbside recycling rates in the US. RecycleBank motivates households and communities to recycle by financially rewarding each household...
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New mozarella and ricotta plant at Ovartej
Date: 2007-10-10 00:00:00
The investment was HUF 500 million, in the new plant yearly 3000 tons mozarella and ricotta will produce. Most of them sell in Italy. The developing comes 40% from...
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Brau Union, Spitz team up over Gasteiner
Date: 2007-10-09 00:00:00
Brau Union has turned its Gasteiner mineral water unit into a joint venture. The Austrian company, which is owned by Heineken, confirmed that it has sold 51% of Gasteiner to...
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New Nordsee restaurants in East-Middle Europe
Date: 2007-10-09 00:00:00
The German company prepares to start 150 Campo's restaurants in the region, where the fresh meal would make in front of the consumer. Hainer Kamps, the owner of the Nordsee...
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Zwack success at the First Budapest Palinka and Sausage Festival
Date: 2007-10-09 00:00:00
Costumers could meet Sandor Zwack and the Manufacture's Palinka Master Jozsef Somogyi. During the festival the Zwack Palinka Distillery in Kecskemét offers 21 kind of palinka. The Kosher line of...
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SABMiller Unit To Boost Exports
Date: 2007-10-08 00:00:00
Brewer Plzensky Prazdroj, a unit of global giant SABMiller, has said it plans to double the worldwide exports of its premium lager Pilsner Urquell within five years. Company CEO Mike...
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Coca-Cola Doubles Capacity at Russian Plant
Date: 2007-10-08 00:00:00
Coca-Cola HBC (CCHBC) has launched a third production line at its St Petersburg site to expand production by 200 million litres a year. The 20 million euro investment will double...
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Mars chocolate will be more expensive
Date: 2007-10-08 00:00:00
Because of the raw material price Mars Hungary have to increase its price with 10-10%. First of all chocolates will be more expensive, at other products MM try to keep...
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Zaitisi Catering to open an exclusive restaurant in Budapest
Date: 2007-10-08 00:00:00
The company is looking for a downtown place for its restaurant servicing 80-100 persons. Since this year's spring the famous Bohemian catering company has an agency in Budapest. It gotten...
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Baileys Mini is OK
Date: 2007-10-08 00:00:00
Europe's highest court ruled U.K. premium drinks business Diageo can continue to sell its liquor in bottles using traditional U.K. measurements. The case is part of a long-running conflict within...
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Pepsi's Operating Profit in the sky
Date: 2007-10-05 00:00:00
Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG) revenues rose by eight per cent to €2.6bn during the third quarter. The company, which is the world's largest bottler of Pepsi-branded soft drinks, revealed that...
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Tesco hasn't to pay penalty
Date: 2007-10-05 00:00:00
After Hungarian Competition Authority's inspection the Tesco is ready yearly to write out tender for shelf-service firms, so authority didn't punish to company. According to Hungarian Competition Authority Tesco's practice...
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Red wine with coke and badminton in bottle
Date: 2007-10-05 00:00:00
The typically Hungarian products, made by by Kiraly Ital Kft., are available first at Metro- chain, soon they will be on other stores' shelves too. Királyi Fröccs, popularized by actor...
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Sodexho protects families, who famish
Date: 2007-10-05 00:00:00
Sodexho together with local authorities and the Foundation of Children eating write out a tender for families. In the program 150 families will get cheques in amount HUF 15,000. The...
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Auchan waits 5-6,5% increase
Date: 2007-10-05 00:00:00
The number of consumers grow at the chain, own-branded products come next year. According to Auchan's CEO the hungarian retail sector must face with decrease until next years's August,...
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Two million HUF donation for Hungarian Special Olimpicons by Kekkuti
Date: 2007-10-05 00:00:00
More than 170,000 tenders arrived at Theodora's „Drip from the life” action, the donors cycling 3500km. Consumers had to send 6 Theodora bar codes, so they could win weekend for...
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