Company and Personal News
Nestle, Unilever, Pepsi and Danone are among Alpro Soya bidders
Date: 2009-04-27 04:41:58
The European market-leader soya brand is for sale since the beginning of the year, Nestle or Unilever seem to have offered the most so far. Belgian media has said that...
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A growing number of online purchases in Hungary, too
Date: 2009-04-27 04:30:30
The number of airline-tickets sold online grew by 50 percent in the past one year. At Malév, 10 percent of the passsangers purchased their on the company's website, now this...
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European tourism may not be left untouched by swine flu
Date: 2009-04-27 02:34:56
World-wide swine-flu may have an effect on European tourism too, since WHO's alert thousands of cancelled flights have been reoprted. Europeans are cancelling their overseas flights, Hungarians do not travel...
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Heineken's digital campaign proved to be successful
Date: 2009-04-24 05:13:05
“Know the signs” is part of the succesful “Enjoy Heineken responsibly” marketing plan through which Heineken aims to provide comprehensive information about the effects of alcohol consumption. The campaign has...
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Praktiker's operating loss widened more than expected
Date: 2009-04-23 03:45:23
German home improvement chain Praktiker's first-quarter operating loss widened more than analysts' had expected, in Hungary the decrease is over 20 percent. Its first-quarter loss before interest and amortisation widened...
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Wal-Mart boosts rooftop solar
Date: 2009-04-23 03:40:27
Wal-Mart plans to double the amount of solar power generated from rooftop panels on its California stores. Solar panels already installed on 18 Wal-Mart stores produce about 16,000 megawatt-hours of...
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Addel Webstore purchased by Habostorta Ltd.
Date: 2009-04-23 03:25:48
Habostorta Ltd. purchased the 100 percent ownership of Addel.hu which had a 170 billion HUF traffic per year. E-commerce is a cost-effective solution on the market. Using the page launched...
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Thirty-two percent of tourism-related reservations are made online
Date: 2009-04-23 03:22:11
The amount of money spent on holidays and various touristic puposes is going to reach 253 billion EUR this summer, in Europe. At least 32 percent of these reservations are...
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Herz salami is part of the European elitclub now
Date: 2009-04-22 04:52:10
The official productname „téliszalámi from Budapest” has been listed on the protected, geographically indexed productlist of the European Comittee. According to an announcment by the European Comittee, the Hungarian product...
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Nestlé Nespresso's 2008 results surpassed their own expectations
Date: 2009-04-22 04:49:46
Nestlé Nespresso S.A., the premium quality coffee company reached 2.262 billion Swiss francs in sales in 2008, more than two times more than in 2006. The growth of the company...
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Coca-Cola reported a solid first quarter
Date: 2009-04-22 04:44:12
The Coca-Cola Company today reported solid first quarter 2009 results despite a challenging economic environment, with unit case volume increasing 2 percent, successfully cycling 6 percent growth in the prior...
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Interspar Road Show starting in mid-May
Date: 2009-04-22 04:33:04
„INTERSPAR Road Show” is the name of the project organized by Spar Hungary Ltd. and Just A Bit of Attention Foundation which is about to start on 16th May and...
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Unilever reducing salt-content of its entire food-portfolio
Date: 2009-04-22 04:24:08
In the next few years, Unilever is going to undertake a worldwide effort to reduce the salt content of almost its entire food portfolio, covering 22,000 products. Unilever’s aim is to...
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Central-Europe loves Tesco
Date: 2009-04-21 07:58:23
Tesco has closed its worst year in 2008 as its profit has barely reached a 5 percent increase in the UK – however, the company is being amazingly successful in...
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Univer opening new possibilities for the market og agricultural ingredients
Date: 2009-04-21 07:22:24
Food produced in the new, Kecskemét-based factory of Univer is going to be more up-to-date and a greater amount than before, which opens a new gate to the market of...
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Fourty percent dropdown in the field of tourism
Date: 2009-04-21 07:12:34
Recession seem to have had an overwhelming impact on tourism: decrease in the income of restaurants can be over 30-40 percent. János Tóbiás, CEO of Danobius Hotels Groups talked about...
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Pepsi buys bottlers for 6 billion dollars
Date: 2009-04-21 07:10:12
PepsiCo plans to buy about the shares it does not already own in its two largest bottlers, Pepsi Bottling Group and PepsiAmericas for about $6 billion, at the same time...
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Hungarian Tourism Plc. needs an extra 4 billion HUF
Date: 2009-04-21 07:05:16
On top of its current expenses, Hungarian Tourism Plc. has announced the need for an extra 4 billion HUF for a truly efficient, „crisis-sensitive” marketingprogram – Ákos Niklai, manager of...
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Aldi UK up 11 percent in customer numbers
Date: 2009-04-21 06:52:51
German discount grocer Aldi saw an 11 percent rise in shopper numbers in the UK and Ireland in the first quarter of this year – according to fresh data by...
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Thirty-percent cutback at Pepsi in Hungary
Date: 2009-04-20 03:45:12
PepsiAmericas FÁÜ Zrt. is facing a thirty-percent cutback which is affecting nearly 200 employees – as written in the Saturday issue of Népszabadság. Bencze Madlen, HR-manager of the Hungarian Pepsi-products...
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Dr Pepper says that those who spend more on ads get out of the recession stronger
Date: 2009-04-20 03:43:35
Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. is risking a different approach to the recession than other major advertisers: boosting its marketing budget, saying that's what worked best in the last big...
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Nestle organic sales Ggrowth Seen at 3.7 percent
Date: 2009-04-20 03:26:19
Nestle, the world's largest food company, is expected to post a 3.7 percent rise in organic sales growth for the first quarter, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. Closely-watched underlying,...
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Producing re-started at the syrup-works in Szob
Date: 2009-04-20 03:20:57
The well-known syrup-plant in Szob is opening its gates again this week – a company owned by Tibor Sári has bought the facory – as announced in the Friday issue...
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Weak forint is an advantage for foreign tourists
Date: 2009-04-20 03:10:29
Nobody is afraid of a wave of liquidation processes: those involved in the HoReCa-business in the Balaton-area are optimistic about the future – Sonline.hu says. Foreign tourists get 300 HUF...
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New website by Completa opened
Date: 2009-04-20 03:07:47
The new website is supposed to function as an online coffehouse, providing visitors with plenty of information about the Completa product-family. The new site www.completa.hu offers a wide range of...
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Arcade Bistro's communication spiced up by Morpho Communications
Date: 2009-04-20 03:05:32
Morpho Communications is in charge of all communication-and PR activities associated with Arcade Bistro, one of Budapest's most famous gourmet restaurant from now on. The co-operation has started on 1st...
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Lidl sells more beer, shampoo and icecream than Aldi
Date: 2009-04-17 02:45:23
Hard discount chain Lidl open its first 13 stores in Switzerland on March and the German giant is expected to open 14 more stores throughout the year – new research...
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Danone continued positive volume and sales growth in Q1 2009
Date: 2009-04-17 02:44:35
In spite of the difficult circumstances, Group Danone saw a 1.0 percent sales growth, although the interest in dairy products decreased by 1.2 percent, baby-nutrition products on the other hand...
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Laurel grew by 40 percent in 2008: high-tech is a must in trade
Date: 2009-04-17 02:43:25
Székesfehérvár-based Laurel Group saw a 40 percent rise with its 3.5 billion HUF traffic in 2008 by selling high-tech commercial science information products – the company is optimistic about the...
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ADP Streamline made their services available in Hungary via NEXON
Date: 2009-04-17 02:43:12
ADP Streamline made their services available to all enterpretours. The world's biggest international outsourcing provider chose NEXON as its partner in Hungary. Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADP), with nearly...
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