News and articles
Environmental Ministry offers paper bags instead of plastic
Date: 2009-01-22 00:00:00
This year the green tax has changed, retailer must to pay more after the small plastic bags. It is not necessary, that the price of fruits or bakery products must...
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Decission about Pápai Hús credit on beginning February
Date: 2009-01-22 00:00:00
Pápai Hús Kft. won the tender for Pápai Hús Zrt. „under liquadition” last year's end. The government assumed state guarantee on 80% of the loans, HUF 5.5 billion, the buyer...
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SPAR buys stores in UK
Date: 2009-01-22 00:00:00
Retail Week has reported that SPAR has bought 11 former Somerfield stores and it will convert the stores to its Eurospar format. Eurospar stores differ to SPAR stores in that...
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X. Wine Growing Viniculture Conference in Eger
Date: 2009-01-22 00:00:00
Subtitle of the four days event is 'For Marketability of the Hungarian Wines', the main menu are wine marketing and developing the technology of wine growing viniculture. The conference was...
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Tesco CEO asked for easier credit for companies
Date: 2009-01-22 00:00:00
The ECB lowered its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point last week to 2 percent, its fourth cut in as many months, reacting to the deepening euro zone...
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Award for Kométa 99 Zrt.
Date: 2009-01-21 00:00:00
Company won the „Il Ponte” Award by the Hungarian – Italian Trade Chamber, on its Christmas party last year. The traditional event was organized by the chamber and the Polis...
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Goodwill of the Hungarian wines in Africa
Date: 2009-01-21 00:00:00
Wine region Sopron supports an university team at the Budapest-Bamako Rally. The youngest team of the race, students from the „Green University” – West-Hungarian University – took also some bottle...
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Kraft makes money with IT technology
Date: 2009-01-21 00:00:00
Kraft's iFood Assistant , a 99-cent application, wich offers recipe tips and help creating custom shopping lists — while providing feedback to Kraft on what users are buying. Food giant...
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Double-digit sales increase at Hofer
Date: 2009-01-21 00:00:00
Aldi’s Austrian branch had EUR3.3 billion in turnover last year, this year company plans to expand the chain (421 units) with additional 20 stores in Austria. As known discounters have...
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Delta M Group comes out from Ukraine
Date: 2009-01-21 00:00:00
The Serbian retailer last year developed a supermarket network called Smak in a joint venture with Ritzio Entertainment Group in Ukraine, has closed down its network. RetailStudio reported the retailer...
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Metro Group launches efficiency programme
Date: 2009-01-21 00:00:00
The Group’s structures will be simplified to realise the maximum growth momentum and customer orientation while significantly reducing costs. 15,000 of staff will be fire. Metro Group in Germany has...
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Saturn to expand in France
Date: 2009-01-21 00:00:00
Metro Group-owned consumer electronics superstore banner Saturn in France is due to roughly double its store count to 60 by the end of 2011. According to Lebensmittel Zeitung the operation...
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SPAR Netherlands to increase store chain
Date: 2009-01-21 00:00:00
SPAR in the Netherlands has said it wants to open 20 to 30 new grocery stores over the year 2009. In 2008, turnover increased by nearly 25% up to EUR630...
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Penalty due to misleading ads and broken promissies
Date: 2009-01-21 00:00:00
Hungarian Compatition Authority imposed a fine on three big retailers in total value of HUF 14 million. Tesco have to pay HUF 10 million fine because misleading ads in its...
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EU restarts export subsidies for dairy
Date: 2009-01-20 00:00:00
This week the European Union restarts export subsidies for butter, cheese and milk powder to help dairy producers hurt by falling prices. The European Commission said it would also buy...
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Forrest Papír's plant developing cancelled
Date: 2009-01-20 00:00:00
Company said the reason for cancelling the investion is only partly the financial crisis, Forrest Papír see now better possibility for growth if they stain in the rent construction. The...
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Not the penalty is the cardinal goal
Date: 2009-01-20 00:00:00
According to business daily Világgazdaság, the authority leaves time for the hospitality industry to get used to the new rules of inventory. There is a panic between the caterers because...
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Wal-Mart Pulls Out Of Nielsen's PRISM Initiative
Date: 2009-01-20 00:00:00
Researcher says original marketer and agency backers of PRISM continue to support the initiative, too, including P&G, Unilever and Kraft. Wal-Mart is pulling out of Nielsen's PRISM (Pioneering Research for...
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Delhaize Group reports 15.8% sales increase
Date: 2009-01-20 00:00:00
The retail group has more than 2600 stores in the world, the sales of the company reached EUR5.4 billion in Q4 2008, compared to EUR4.6 billion for the same period...
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Packaging with laser technology
Date: 2009-01-20 00:00:00
This new Darfresh® laser technology cutting system by Cryovac brings innovative pack design and higher process flexibility to customers. Valex adopted the Darfresh® laser technology in 2007. The company packages...
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Cold-storage plant to built in Simontornya
Date: 2009-01-20 00:00:00
In the new built plant of Hungaro Berry Kft. yearly 3-4,000 tons of sour cherry and elder will be frozen. The company sells to fruits for processors in West-Europe. The...
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EU plans global food stock chain
Date: 2009-01-20 00:00:00
European Parliament call on the EU to take the lead in establishing a global food inventory regime and a global system of food stocks in order to provide adequate advance...
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New Managing Director at Friesland
Date: 2009-01-19 00:00:00
Due to the successful FrieslandCampina merger Jack Castelein has been appointed to the position of Managing Director Branded Cheese for the business group Cheese & Butter of FrieslandCampina. His duties...
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DM to open first store in Bulgaria
Date: 2009-01-19 00:00:00
Five to seven stores are reported to follow in the course of the year, the next ones in Vidin and Yambol. German drugstore retailer dm is expected to open its...
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Accelerating competition between retailers lead by discounters
Date: 2009-01-19 00:00:00
Aldi and Pennydropped their prices by up to 19% on a range of products, including vegetable oil, bread, cheese and yogurt. German food giant Edeka has announced that it plans...
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No agreement about the food codex
Date: 2009-01-19 00:00:00
The commitee, co-ordinated by Ministry of Agriculture reassemble on 26th January. Members of the commitee are specialist of the ministry, representatives of the farmers, producers and retailers. Some of the...
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Multinational retailers won the biggest at last years Christmas attack
Date: 2009-01-19 00:00:00
According to marketingcommando.hu, the best Christmas season had those entrepreneurs which have a big number of customers from business sector and in their offer the are more service as products....
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The most Hungarians don't borrow
Date: 2009-01-19 00:00:00
According to Szonda Ipsos research, made between October – December 2008, Hungarian inhabitans wait for an extending, 18 months long financial and economic crisis. 72% of the Hungarians said they...
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Trade mark for Hungarian pork
Date: 2009-01-19 00:00:00
The logo could be legal trade mark in 2009, but the introduction needs at least two years and large marketing budget. According to business daily Napi Gazdaság, first of all...
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Zwack pays interim dividend
Date: 2009-01-19 00:00:00
Hungarian distiller Zwack has unexpectedly announced that it will pay interim dividend in the amount of HUF 1,300 per ordinary and redeemable liquidation share that is altogether HUF 2.6455 billion....
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