Company and Personal News
New design for Pepsi
Date: 2008-10-14 00:00:00
Company said it is making a major multi-year investment in its soft drink business to restore growth in a business that has declined as U.S. consumers seek drinks they view...
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HUF 15 million penalty for Vanish
Date: 2008-10-14 00:00:00
According to the Hungarian Competition Authority Reckitt Benkiser Kft. imposed upon the consumers. In spite of the tv ads, Vanish whiteners aren't applicable for every color clothes and aren't abble...
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ALDI cuts prices
Date: 2008-10-13 00:00:00
Following dropping commodity prices, Aldi has repeatedly slashed prices for a broad variety of products across Europe. Permanent price cuts mainly apply to dairy products, flour and pasta with discounts...
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Optimistic turnover predictions at Profi in Romania
Date: 2008-10-13 00:00:00
Delhaize subsidiary has said that it expects turnover in Romania to rise to EUR135 million in 2008 from EUR110 million last year as a result of the expansion of the...
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European Commission has cleared the sole control change at Metro Group
Date: 2008-10-13 00:00:00
Haniel is already a large shareholder in Metro and intends to acquire control by way of a pooling arrangement with another shareholder, Schmidt-Ruthenbeck. The Commission concluded that the transaction would...
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Slovakia's Penta eyes meat co. Pápai Hús
Date: 2008-10-10 00:00:00
Liquidation of Hungarian meat processor Pápai Hús is about to be completed. The tender close at end of October, the asking price is HUF 5 billion. According to business daily...
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Sainsbury sales increased thanks to privat label products
Date: 2008-10-10 00:00:00
Sales from its online operation grew by over 25% in the quarter and it now operates from 165 stores. UK supermarket chain J Sainsbury announced that its second quarter sales...
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EU To Protect Online Shoppers
Date: 2008-10-10 00:00:00
The European Commission adopted a proposal on to strengthen consumer rights and make it easier and safer to shop online across borders. Consumers are to be given new rights when...
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Rogner revoked rights from two Hungarian Rogner hotels
Date: 2008-10-10 00:00:00
The Austrian brand owner wasn't satisfied with the achievement of the Rogner hotels in Egerszalók and Sárvár. Company spyed one year long the two hotels, but they couldn't fulfil the...
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(HU) 3,5 milliárd forintos Electrolux fejlesztés Magyarországon
Date: 2008-10-09 00:00:00
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(HU) Új internetes portál segít tájékozódni a német gazdaságról
Date: 2008-10-09 00:00:00
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Törley-Group won silver medals
Date: 2008-10-09 00:00:00
3 of company's champagne and 1 wine got silver Award at MUNDUSvini Great International Wine Awards. The first Mundus wine compotition started in 2001 in Germany. This year 5343 sample...
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The revenue of accommodation establishments grew only by 1%
Date: 2008-10-09 00:00:00
In January-August 2008, – compared with the same period of 2007 – the total number of international and domestic tourism nights was essentially unchanged in public accommodation establishments. In the...
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(HU) Fujitsu Siemens márkabolt nyílt a West End City Centerben
Date: 2008-10-09 00:00:00
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Prosecutors Seek Jail For Former Chief of Parmalat
Date: 2008-10-08 00:00:00
Milan-based prosecutors requested a 13-year sentence for the founder of Italy's dairy giant Parmalat, Calisto Tanzi, who has been charged with market rigging. Based in Parma, Parmalat collapsed in 2003...
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Pizza Hut Changes Name in UK
Date: 2008-10-08 00:00:00
Pizza Hut’s UK business has announced that it is changing its name to Pasta Hut. The change, after 35 years as trading as Pizza Hut, is part of a £100m...
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Sodexo – new name, new product
Date: 2008-10-08 00:00:00
The French SodexhoPass changed its name in Hungary for Sodexo, the company has also a new logo. Sodexo won the first Superbrands in its category, the firm has 20,000 clients,...
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Mezőkövesd receives a new 4 stars hotel
Date: 2008-10-08 00:00:00
The spa town of Mezőkövesd (north Hungary) will welcome the brand-new, Balneo Hotel Zsori with 134 rooms in November. Thermal and Wellness Hotel, located next to the thermal baths. Although...
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Nestle refutes in most energetic manner
Date: 2008-10-07 00:00:00
According to three independent laboraties abroad there was no melamine found in Nestle's coffee whitener Crame Vafe Matte. The company doesn't understand what the Hungarian laboratory found. As broadcasted last...
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Moët & Chandon wears gold
Date: 2008-10-07 00:00:00
Moët & Chandon introduces the latest limited edition crystallised collection, created exclusively with Swarovski. The ‘Moët Swarovski Collection’ has been created to add a bit of sparkling glamour to any...
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Tesco chose a CR adviser and a PR agency
Date: 2008-10-07 00:00:00
From first of October, the B&P CSR management and the NetAktív Kommunikációs Ügynökség make together the internal and external communication of teh retail chain. In division of labor between the...
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New Sealed Air developing for packiging whole chicken
Date: 2008-10-07 00:00:00
Cryovac BDF now offers increased consumer convenience after the launch of a new easy opening strip, totally unlike the traditional corner grip. A range of specifically designed trays that will...
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Coke Zero targets 007 fans
Date: 2008-10-07 00:00:00
Not quite, but in Coca-Cola Zero’s first major promotional partnership since the product’s launch in 2005, the Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Co. has teamed the brand with the upcoming James Bond movie...
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World best chefs in Budapesten
Date: 2008-10-07 00:00:00
Conférie de la Chaine des Rotisseurs, Association Mondial has its biyearly ceremony in the Hungarian capital between 2-5 October. The top chefs spent a few days in Budapest, meet the...
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Your Hotel™ Worldwide expands in Hungary
Date: 2008-10-07 00:00:00
The 6th Hungarian member of YHW, the Mediterran Hotel Budapest, joined to the Your Hotel Worldwide chain on 1th October. The 4 star Hotel Mediterran Budapest has 40 comfortable, air-conditioned...
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Heineken Hungária sponsors city programs in Sopron and in Marfű
Date: 2008-10-06 00:00:00
According to the company's TCR program Heineken maintains the developing of the traditional brewery cities. Heineken Hungária requested the mayor of Sopron, dr. Tamás Fodor and mayor of Martű, dr....
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From October new CEO at Dreher Brewery Hungary
Date: 2008-10-06 00:00:00
For the English native Gary Whitlie the Hungarian market isn't unknow, he worked in Budapest several years ago. Gary Whitlie joined S.A. Breweries Ltd (now SABMiller plc) in 1984 in...
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