News and articles
One weekend, two competitions, six gold medals
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
The Nemes palinkas of Zwack Sándor received 6 gold medals in two competitions held at the same weekend, in the beginning of March. One was the World Spirits Award in...
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30–40 age group drinking fruit juice
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
According to data from the ConsumerScan of Gfk Hungária, the market expansion of fruit nectars and juices with 100 per cent fruit content came to a halt in 2007. The...
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Makes even dirty work tidier
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
Creative designers of STI group have done their best to reproduce the shape of the new Vileda sponge product line in their blue displays. Several versions of the display have...
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RFID in the refrigeration chain
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
Demand for guaranteeing food safety has been growing for years. A monitoring system would allow the origin and whereabouts of products to be identified quickly and accurately throughout their lifecycle....
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Ágyas Zwack Kosher pálinka
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
Ágyas Zwack Kosher Pálinka is available in three flavours. Fresh raspberry, rose-hip and plum make up the soul of these new palinkas, which are made using 3 kilos of fruit...
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Heineken Hungária ending a good year
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
Heineken Hungária achieved a 16 per cent increase in operating profit and 12 per cent rise in net revenues in 2007. Sales grew to 392,000 hectolitres, with net revenues reaching...
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Chocolate festival with bon-bon book
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
A chocolate festival was held by Szamos Marcipán Kft. for the second time on 5. March, under the title “Wondeful Chocolate” with the aim of promoting quality and the culture...
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Canned beer increasingly popular
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
Retail sales of beer continued to grow last year, with a 6 per cent increase in terms of quantity and 10 per cent in terms of value. Demand for canned...
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Digital Signage – the future is here!
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
– Technological progress brings about new and specialised marketing solutions like Digital Signage, usually regarded as a form of home advertising – says–Attila Csizmadia, chairman of the Digital Signage Division...
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Ladies, put on your sunglasses!
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
The cooking oil business seems to be a good one. This is why we have seen a flood of imported and private label products on store shelves in recent years,...
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SIÓ VitaTigris Gyümölcspüré
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
This fruit delicacy in 90 gram, nice and cheerful satchets is available in strawberry and pear flavours. It is also a good compromise for quelling hunger, or can be recommended...
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Ban on smoking?
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
According to Ágnes Horváth, minister of health, her ministry will submit the bill for the amendment of the law on the protection of non-smokers to parliament by the end of...
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Pasta Wednesday
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
Gyermelyi Pasta Wednesday is a promotion for restaurant guests. Pasta fans will be able to sample Gyermelyi specialities in 300 restaurants at half the normal prices on 16. April. This...
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Magnetic beer brands in hyper markets
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
Since beer sales grew last year, even though it was a difficult year for everybody, optimism regarding 2008 seems to be justified. As a result of new strategies, hyper markets...
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Store openings, online sales boost H&M
Date: 2008-03-28 00:00:00
Swedish fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB posted a 28 percent rise in first-quarter profits from strong online sales, new stores, and a beneficial exchange rate. Europe's second-largest clothing...
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Nordic Partners' buy Hame
Date: 2008-03-28 00:00:00
The Czech anti-monopoly office UOHS said it has approved Icelandic company Nordic Partners' acquisition of the largest Czech canned food producer Hame. The price of the deal was not disclosed....
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Coop-Carrefour Deal ended in Switzerland
Date: 2008-03-28 00:00:00
The former Carrefour hypermarkets will be Coop Megastores from June, so the Coop chain has now 24 big stores in the Alpen country. The Swiss watchdog approved Coop to buy...
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Toxic mozzarella from Naples
Date: 2008-03-28 00:00:00
Italy's buffalo mozzarella industry was in crisis yesterday as a third of producers faced closure amid fears that their cheese had been contaminated with cancer-causing substances. Several batches of...
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Increasing business confidence in Germany and France
Date: 2008-03-28 00:00:00
Europe economy is running, the unemployment is in 25 year low and no crisis to see at properity sector. The euro rose against the dollar, reversing an earlier decline,...
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Fourth Hungarian among the best McDonald's employees
Date: 2008-03-28 00:00:00
Agnes Horvath (33), Operations Director of McDonald’s Hungary is the youngest from the Hungarians who got this award. The McDonald’s President’s Award, the most prestigious McDonald’s employee award across the...
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Fresh products from Lekkerland
Date: 2008-03-28 00:00:00
Thanks to the new ice-romm of the company, built from 50,000 euros in Budapest, in the logistic center of the company, from 1 Marc Lekkerland can deliver 30 kind of...
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Increase at women fashion by Hugo Boss
Date: 2008-03-28 00:00:00
Fashion group's sales grow 9% to EUR 1,632 million, Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) increased by 19% to EUR 220 million. In Germany, HUGO BOSS again saw sales...
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Campagne for Eating Hungarian Poultry
Date: 2008-03-28 00:00:00
The Hungarian Poultry Product Broad propagate buying poultry growing up in Hungary. In part of the intagrated communications campagne a conference is organised. The board hopes that people will protecting...
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Slowly improve of the internal and external balances of Hungary
Date: 2008-03-28 00:00:00
By the end of the year the economy will be out of the slump it slipped into last year. Inflation, however, will start to decline more substantially only around the...
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8 new Profi stores in Romania
Date: 2008-03-27 00:00:00
Profi Rom Food, operator of the Profi and Albinuta store networks in Romania, plans to invest E8.0m in 2008 to open new Profi stores in the country. The company will...
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Heineken Makes Acquisition of Czech Drinks Union AS
Date: 2008-03-27 00:00:00
The acquisition, for an undisclosed amount, must be assigned by competition watch dog. Companies hope to close the deal until June. Brewer Heineken has announced the acquisition of Czech privately...
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Sainsbury's Sales Grow 4.1% rise in Fourth-Quarter
Date: 2008-03-27 00:00:00
Despite the slowdown in consumer spending, Sainsbury's said it continues to see strong growth from non-food sales, thanks to its investment in developing its product ranges and infrastructure as well...
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Nespresso presented Goroka Coffee from New Guinea
Date: 2008-03-27 00:00:00
Grand Cru is is perfect combination of crema, body and taste, offering distinct individual aromas and flavor notes. Senses such as sight, smell, taste, aftertaste and touch can be used...
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Lidl 'spied on staff in Germany
Date: 2008-03-27 00:00:00
Surveillance teams would arrive early on Monday mornings to install between five and 10 miniature cameras in Lidl stores, according to the German news magazine Stern. The retail chain...
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Shiny outlook for 2008 at Tiffany
Date: 2008-03-27 00:00:00
Tiffany & Co posted higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Monday as increased sales overseas and new stores helped offset the effect of a shaky U.S. economy that has strained consumer spending....
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