News

Use of MasterCard PayPass doubling. By the end of the third quarter of 2008, the PayPass™ service offered by MasterCard was used with a total of 44 million cards in 135 000 retail units world-wide.

Marché restaurants to open in Croatia, in Tifon petrol stations owned by the MOL group. Three restaurants have already been opened in Hungary jointly by MOL and Marché International which are to be followed by another four units in the next few months.

Innovation challenge for higher education institutions sponsored by Henkel. Universities and colleges of six European countries participated in the Henkel Innovation Challenge in 2007. This year, 11 countries will participate in the competition. The slogan of the game is: „Take a Henkel brand into the future!”

Heinz producing growth in spite of financial crisis. The American food corporation achieved organic growth of 5,8 percent in the second quarter of 2008.

InBev, owner of Borsodi Sörgyár Zrt announcing completion of merger between InBev and Anheuser-Busch. The leading brewery group and one of the top 5 FMCG companies in the world has been born. Over 200 brands belong to the new global enterprise.

Subway continuing expansion in Russia. Another 13 new units are to be opened by the fast food chain by the end of the year, bringing the total number to 61. According to Gennady Kochetkov, head of Subway Russia, the total number of units will be 100 by the end of 2009.

Lidl to open stores in Romania within two years. According to unconfirmed reports, the first Lidl store in Romania will be opened in 2010, following completion of the logistic centre.