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HUF 1 billion penalty at Sparkler II. control

In frame of the adjusted monitoring authorities reserved products in value HUF 600 million.  Supervision started on 20. November 2008, till 4. January 2009. inspectors punished in 5400 cases in...

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Dreher makes campaign for responsible alcohol drinking

Brewery Dreher Hungary made a new website under the title www.alkohol.info.hu. The aim of the site is to inform the public about effects of alcohol drinking.  Dreher started its CSR...

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People love ads weaking up disere for possession

The most FMCG ads on billboard have average perception, but because of the characteristic image and the popular products this ads have high rates in identification and activation.  Szonda Ipsos...

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Tesco redesigns former Woolworths shops

Retailer giant Tesco has confirmed it plans to buy and reopen former Woolworths supermarkets under Tesco Express brand.  The first unit will be open soon in Ulverston, near to Liverpool....

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Bizerba debuts new product at NRF Annual Convention

Bizerba is presenting its fresh produce management system consisting of a new shop scales system K, the retail framework developed by Bizerba and a comprehensive content database.  With this system...

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Iceland rebrands 51 Woolworths Stores

The frozen food chain has bought 51 of the 800 stores from the now defunct Woolworths group. Iceland will be creating in the region of 2,500 jobs across UK.  The...

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Edeka To Create 8,000 Jobs In 2009

German food discount giant plans to expand its market share in Germany to 30% by 2010 from currently 27% by opening 1,000 new stores between 2008 and 2010.  Edeka officially...

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The end of the recession is unpredictable

In 2009 the decline of GDP in the entire European Union will probably close to 2%, within this the downturn in Germany and consequently in Hungary will be somewhat deeper....

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New CEO at Tchibo Budapest

Andrzej Jackiewicz leads Tchibo's Hungarian subsidary since January 2009.  The 41 years old Polish specialist is responsible for strategic growth of the Hungarian firm. In frame of Tchibo's coffee branch...

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“The Germans’ desire for beer is continuing to fall

Beside the financial crisis a combination of an ageing population, changing drinking habits among younger people and the smoking ban which hit pubs and bars, had led to the drop...

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Consumers change product and shops to save money

According to Nielsen research last year the price of cooking oil grow by 28%, the increasing was 6% at sour cream and coffee, customers have to pay 2% more for...

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Bijou Brigitte stabilized its sales in Germany

Net income grow by 2.2% to 375 million euros, but the increase came from the new shops. The German discount jewelry retailer opened 80 new unit in 2008.  The Hamburg...

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GKI's Consumer-business confidence in new historical low

Industrial companies' assessment of production and order stock worsened. But the evaluation of stocks of their own products improved. Plans for price changes were the same as in November, but...

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Pannontej continous production

According to on-line business portal VGO the crisis were solved at Pannontej's plants in Zalaegerszeg and Répcelak.  The company get 60% of the contracted gas volue and it is enough...

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Praline and chocolate sales grow in 2008

According to Nielsen last year 7% more food were sold in the retail as a year before.  The total value of 90 categories, researched by Nielsen, was HUF 1300 billion,...

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Growing year for Spar

SPAR Switzerland has reported a 6.3% rise in sales for 2008 to CHF957 million.  The SPAR and EUROSPAR stores generated revenues of CHF533 million with a 7.0% rise. Sales of...

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Fresh & Easy sponsors schools in the US

Tesco’s US-unit Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market has launched a school fundraising programme called Shop for Schools.  In the promotion, running run from 1 February through to 31 March 2009,...

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New marketing manager at Mio Technology

From 1th January 2009 Zsuzsanna Banga joined as marketing manager to Mio Technology.  The 28 years old specialists gradueted at Miklos Zrinyi University, she started her carreer at Acer Computer...

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Lidl called back champagne because of glass splinter

The retailer removed from the shelves the Moscato Spumante Dolce sweet champagne with serial number L2485W1 content 0,75l and called back the product. Other Moscato's champagnes with different serial number...

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OKSZ calls the retailers for energy efficient operating

The organisation suggests voluntary steps for saving energy to keep out the closing or limitation of retail spaces.  Hungarian Retail Associciation launch a public appeal for gas saving operating of...

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Retailer are pessimistic, the service sector is no lower

After the bottom recorded during October and November the value of GKI’s economic sentiment index adjusted for seasonal effects dropped again in December.  According to the survey conducted by GKI...

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Tchibo voted for Lewis PR

From January the London based PR company's Budapest office works on the Hungarian communication task of Tchibo.  Tchibo called for tender last year in November, three PR agencies got the...

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Hungerit works on quorter capacity

When the gas problem can't be solved in short periode, next week we can't process the contracted live poultries – said Jozsef Magyar, company's CEO to business daily Vilaggazdaság.  Instead...

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Pick Szeged decreased producing

In company's Baja plant mashines work with 50% capacity, in Pécs and Alsómocsolád and Szeged the total producing were stoped.  Because of limitation of usable gas the company must to...

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Interposed closure of some Tesco supermarkets

The retail chain is looking for import in fresh milk and meat, after the producers of the sector said, because of the gas usage limitation they can't delivere to the...

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Daily more millions of milk will be wasted vain

If the dairy firm will not take the fresh milks because of the limitaiton of gas usage, farmers have to throw out million liters of milk. Hungarian Agriculture Chamber ask...

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Gas restrictions was lifted on category II consumers

Restrictions remain in place for “category I” consumers that use more than 2,500 cubic meters per hour.  Hungarian gas transmission company FGSz said it would reintroduce the restrictions on category...

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TESCO announces GBP100 million in price cuts

The supermarket chain said this took its total investment in price cuts over the last fortnight to GBP200 million.  Tesco, the UK retailer has announced a further GBP100 million of...

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Bonduelle don't supply Intermarché

Intermarché in France has refused to accept price rises of 7.5% for vegetables manufactured by Cassegrain-Bonduelle.  As a result, the brand is temporarily unavailable in Intermarché outlets. Commenting on the...

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This year Maspex Olympos distributes Plusssz

The plusz brand belongs to Maspex Wadovice, the parent company of Hungarian Maspex Olympos. The manufacturing and the product developing remains in Poland, only the distribution will be made by...

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