Company and Personal News
The most popular women’s handball team in League 1 receives one million Forints
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
From 8 April, those supporters who buy Arany Ászok can vote on their favourite women’s handball team for a month. The team with the highest number of votes receives HUF...
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The source of fresh and safe products
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
József Surányi, the head of METRO’s quality assurance department says: – Our major goal is providing partners with quality, fresh products. Our customers can be sure that fresh food products...
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Young masters of the profession
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
There were no big surprises at the Star of the Profession Festival (held on 26-28 April). In the cooks contest 1. Boglárka Berei, 2. Péter Pindl, 3. Ádám Szabó was...
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Travels in the living room
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Economic recession may put off potential tourists from travelling. Some of them might be compensated by Destination Dinners, the company set up by a San Francisco chef. For USD 25-30...
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Wage increase at Kométa
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Kométa ’99 Zrt. was the first meat-industry company to start negotiations with trade unions and to increase the wages of employees by 3.5-4.5 percent as of 1 March. The average...
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Personalised rejuvenation
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Cosmetics manufacturer Skin Mood offer perfectly personalised cosmetics products to consumers. They employ dermatologists, chemists and geneticists who create face creams based on consumers’ own genome; it takes 20 days...
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There will be no new president before September
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Last year Tamás Háber, the president of the Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs (MVI) announced his resignation from the post as of this March. In February, members decided to postpone the...
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Peek-a-boo!
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Saatchi & Saatchi’s Peruvian office won gold at the Cannes international advertising awards for this clever ad, which can be mounted on a door and creates an optical illusion that...
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Bestillo is the favourite of Gyula dwellers
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Bestillo Pálinkaház’s raspberry pálinka was the spectators’ favourite at the 11th Kisüsti Pálinka festival in Gyula, where the jury tested 851 pálinkas and distillates. Boldogkő Fruit Kft., the manufacturer of...
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Puskás Öcsi is the face of Szentkirályi in Australia too
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
At the end of April, Szentkirályi launched its new advertising campaign that uses the image of Puskás Öcsi – not only in Hungary, but in Australia and the US as...
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The next generation
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Junior chefs compete at two professional contests in Hungary: the Hungarian leg of WorldSkills/EuroSkills and the Star of the Profession Festival. Both WorldSkills and EuroSkills international contests are held every...
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Facing the challenge in New York – part 8
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
From July Roland Oláh, formerly the chef of Café Erté, tries his luck in the USA. He regularly reports to our magazine: ‘I am happy – my family is here...
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Riceland’s prize game continues!
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
This year started well for one participant of Riceland’s loyalty programme – players only had to collect 5 Riceland logos – as in both January and April one lucky winner...
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Design and brand building the P&G way
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
The significance of in-store marketing keeps growing. According to a report by Nielsen, in-store tools are more influential in shaping awareness than television. So Phil Duncan, the head of P&G...
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110-year old brand
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Nordsee is a German fast food chain that specialises in seafood. They have 400 units all over the continent – the company is the third biggest restaurant chain in Europe....
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Last year’s number three stands on top of the podium
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
‘Restaurant’ magazine in the UK publishes the list of the world’s best restaurants every year. Organisers divide the world into 26 regions and the leaders of these regions pick which...
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New CEO at Cerbona
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
From 6 April, Gábor Gosztonyi is the new CEO of Székesfehérvár company, Cerbona Zrt. His predecessor, Tivadar István Szabó will remain a member of the Board of Directors. Gábor Gosztonyi...
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It removes stains and preserves colours
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
DunaPro Zrt., a Hungarian-owned company is the distributor of the Clorox brand, they supply 7,500 stores directly. In 2008, they introduced chlorine-free stain remover Clorox Color to the Hungarian market....
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We are having a McBreakfast
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
According to the McBreakfast Quick Report, more than 800,000 Hungarians start the day with an empty stomach. More than 1.5 million people have breakfast in some café or snack bar...
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Treasure hunt
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Super premium category and special beers are of moderate importance in domestic retail, but in HoReCa they are more and more present. In the past 2-3 years, a wide selection...
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STI Packaging RO Srl officially opened its gates
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
On 15 April 2010, STI Group’s 13th plant was officially inaugurated in Cluj-Napoca (production already commenced in January). Dr. Tom Giessler, the group’s chief financial officer and a managing director...
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The world has been drinking Nescafé to wake up for 70 years
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Nestlé Hungária Kft. celebrated NESCAFÉ’s 70th birthday from 14 May until 1 July in 2009, with a series of promotions. In SPAR, Coop, Tesco and Penny stores there were several...
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Hungry Americans
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Even bad publicity is publicity – goes the proverb. KFC’s Double Down sandwich is simply called ‘heart attack’ by some – instead of a bun it is made with two...
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Improving toilet room hygiene
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
The quality level of toilets in hotels and restaurants often falls below the standard guests expect. Erika Sárközi, a junior product and market manager with SCA Hygiene Products Kft. agrees...
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Tesco recruits regional suppliers
Date: 2010-05-20 00:01:20
Tesco Global Stores Ltd. invites the local producers of Győr-Moson-Sopron, Zala, Vas and Veszprém counties to a supplier meeting. The Regional Supplier Forum, that will be held on the 3rd...
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Turkey is the most popular tourist destination among the Hungarians
Date: 2010-05-20 00:01:10
The Start Travel Agency compiles the top resorts list of the most popular summer tourist destinations every year, on the basis of the pre-booked trips. Turkey became the the most...
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Cafeteria: What remained tax free?
Date: 2010-05-20 00:00:50
From the cafeteria benefits, only a few remained fully tax free this year, many popular forms are under 25 percent personal income taxation from January. The local travel ticket allocation,...
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Wal-Mart's first-quarter profit is a positive surprise
Date: 2010-05-20 00:00:40
The world's largest retail company, the Wal-Mart performed over the market expectations, primarily due to the good indicators of foreign sales, which offseted the weak domestic market performance. The company's...
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Flexibility remains the most important feature of the Cryovac ® BDF
Date: 2010-05-20 00:00:10
The new Cryovac ® BDF SOFT and Cryovac ® BDF Easy Opening solutions open up new horizons for product design, such as packaging and reducing costs. The new Cryovac ®...
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Another gold medal for the Demeter Winery
Date: 2010-05-19 00:01:33
The Demeter Winery of Eger was highly competitive at the Bordeuax-based Challenge International du Vin competition this year. The winery’s Hanga 2009 wine received Gold medal at the prestigious wine...
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