Company and Personal News
Nestlé expands in Southeast Asia
Date: 2009-06-17 00:03:00
Nestlé plans an investment around 260 million Swiss franc in Southeast Asia. The world's largest food company plans to expand trade and production activities in the high-potential region. According to...
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The Kubu for health competition ended successfully
Date: 2009-06-17 00:01:00
The competition for primary school classes organized by the Kubu carrots and fruit nectars manufacturer Maspex Olympos Kft had been successfully ended. The aim of the competition held between 13...
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Borsodi Brewery for sale
Date: 2009-06-16 00:25:53
The Belgian-Brazilian Inbev is selling 11 beer breweries in 7 Central European countries including the Borsodi brewery. The companies are producing 15 million hectoliters of beer per year. Inbev bought...
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Tesco expands in China, in Central Europe, discount actions succeeds
Date: 2009-06-16 00:05:00
Tesco bulids its first Chinese Shopping Centre as part of its expansion in China in Fushun city which has one million inhabitants. The discount actions in Central Europe succeeded. The...
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Renaissance experience estate is building in Barany county
Date: 2009-06-15 00:29:38
The consortium and support contract of the Experience Tour of Baranya was signed in the Puchner Castle in Bikal. Comprehensive tourist development will be realized in four settlements of Baranya...
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Tesco offer: “Are you thirst to win?”
Date: 2009-06-15 00:17:15
Tesco Global Stores Ltd. will start a summer campaign between 15 June and 23 August. The aim of “Are you thirst to win?” competition is to redempt the most PET...
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Recreation with the shopping list – Interspar's new action
Date: 2009-06-15 00:12:12
The SPAR Hungary Ltd. started another large-scale action to surprise its customers. Recreation with the shopping list “promotion offers discounted travel options for those who wish to relax inland. Between...
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New package of Royal Vodka gained first prize
Date: 2009-06-15 00:03:00
The new design of Royal Vodka, won fisrt prize on the first Hungarian packaging design competition called 'Pakk'. The new packaging of the specialty drink distributed by Bols Hungary was...
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Boosting tourism at the Lake Velence
Date: 2009-06-12 00:11:00
The number of guests and overnight stays had been increased in the Central-Transdanubian region, in the first four months of this year. According to the datas of KSH, in the...
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The best job in Central-Eastern Europe
Date: 2009-06-12 00:10:00
The Best Job Survey results of Central-Eastern Europe 2008-2009, was published 9 June by The Wall Street Journal Europe”. 160 000 employees and 4 000 top managers of 700 companies...
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Home-made soft drink
Date: 2009-06-12 00:08:00
The world's leading manufacturer in home made soda and soda-pop of machinery production the Israeli-based SodaStream appeared in Hungary. The company's products are used in 8 million households in 30...
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Gyöngyösi Meat Ltd. is in trouble
Date: 2009-06-12 00:06:00
The Executive Director of Gyöngyösi Meat Ltd. has not confirmed, but not refuted, that the dismissal of 40 employees is planned, after the plant stopped production. According to the announcement...
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Concerned dialogue initiated by Nestlé
Date: 2009-06-11 00:30:00
Nestlé Hungária Ltd. initiated a dialogue based on international methodology between the concerned participants of the food industry. The first concerned dialogue was held 5 June, in “Food safety and...
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The victory of Hungarian tourism in Korea
Date: 2009-06-11 00:29:00
Hungary has won the “Best Tourism promotion” on the Seoul tourism exhibition. The Korea Tourism Association, decided Hungary to be the winner on the basis of the Hungarian stand and...
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Booming bicycle tourism around Lake Balaton
Date: 2009-06-11 00:09:00
Bicycle tourism at Lake Balaton can break records this year. It is projected that traffic can increase with 40 percent. Meanwhile, the quality of bicycle paths is deteriorating. According to...
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The insolvency of Arcandor could be Germany's largest bankruptcy
Date: 2009-06-11 00:04:00
Arcandor the owner of Karstadt which is one of Germany's oldest chain of stores asked for bankruptcy protection. Fourty-three thousand jobs are at risk. Prior to this, the German Government...
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Penny Market's Birthday Action went wrong
Date: 2009-06-11 00:01:00
The Economic Competition Authority has received a dozens of complaints in connection with Penny Market's Birthday Action. The discount priced products ran out of stock in a few moments and...
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The weekend of rural tourism
Date: 2009-06-10 00:20:00
Rural tourism weekend (officially Homecoming weekend), will be held this year for the first time. Rural producers, suppliers can show their products among real farm environment on the expense of...
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Heineken and Pick became Superbrand for the fifth time in Hungary
Date: 2009-06-10 00:06:00
Pick and Heineken won each year the Superbrand title since the start of brand building program in Hungary in 2004. Pick also won the Business Superbrands title. The Hungarian superbrands...
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Bonduelle for the handball team of Békéscsaba
Date: 2009-06-10 00:03:00
Bonduelle Central Europe Ltd. has signed an agreement with Előre Ltd. which operates the women handball team of Békéscsaba. By this, the company belongs to the Bonduelle Group, became the...
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Judit Kiss will be the new Managing Director of SPAR
Date: 2009-06-10 00:02:00
From 1 July 2009, the scope of the Executive Directors of Spar Hungary Ltd. will expand with a new member. One of the Executive Directors will be Kiss Judit (40)...
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Guest traffic decreased
Date: 2009-06-09 00:22:00
According to Central Statistical Office the number of foreign and domestic visitors in 2009. January and in April decreased by 16, and 8 percentage points compared to the results of...
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Nestle News from France and Switzerland
Date: 2009-06-09 00:11:00
Nestle French unit may miss its growth targets as the company has lost market share for its powdered milk and baby food brands. In Switzerland, a new production and distribution...
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Carrefour opens DIA discount in France
Date: 2009-06-09 00:08:00
Carrefour is trialling two discount stores in France under its DIA banner. The aim is to revitalise its discount activity within France based on its successful experience in Spain. fThese...
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Lighter bottles at Kékkúti Mineral Water
Date: 2009-06-09 00:05:00
Kékkúti Mineral Water Ltd. introduced lighter bottles for the summer. Kékkuti can produce 15 bottles from the same amount of plastic than before in the cases of 1.5-liter Theodora and...
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Törley won medals in England
Date: 2009-06-08 00:20:00
Nine Törley product proved its brand at the 40th International Wine and Spirit Competition, in England. The prestigious jury awarded nine Törley product. Three products gained silver, six products have...
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Village Catering
Date: 2009-06-08 00:05:00
The government allows privateers the ccommodation of tourists visiting the village. This activity is tax free, and can carry out without any skills or authorization. According to Sipos Jánosné the...
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Discounter Wal-Mart Stores will add more than 22,000 jobs in its U.S. stores in 2009
Date: 2009-06-08 00:02:00
The world's biggest retailer Wal-Mart created 33,800 U.S. jobs last year and also included new jobs at its much smaller Sam's Club members-only chain of warehouse stores. At an October...
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New products are added to the Cappy Family
Date: 2009-06-05 00:13:00
From June the 1-liter version of Cappy is available in two new flavors. The 100 percent pulp-free version of orange juice and a new pear-flavoured product will be introduced. The...
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The Hungaria Grande Cuvée won silver medal on Sélections Mondiales des Vins
Date: 2009-06-05 00:12:00
North America's largest international wine competition the Sélections Mondiales des Vins held between 26 and 31 May 2009 in Canada. Six-hundred wine producers from 32 countries sent 1836 samples. 554...
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