Company and Personal News
Is there a limit?
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
How far can a group of companies expand, without some units being depreciated? According to Tamás Sztanó, one of the owners of the Leroy restaurant chain, there is an answer...
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New officers for AMC
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
A new general deputy director and a new financial deputy director has been appointed by Agrármarketing Centrum (AMC), which has been operating as a directly controlled government institution since February...
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Knoppers behind the finishing line
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Running competitions will be sponsored by Knoppers wafers of Storck this year again. The six events will be used to remind people of the importance of a healthy lifestyle....
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Scores in the GaultMillau system
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
The first “Restaurant and wine guide 2008” based on actual testing and the GaultMillau system has been published. Nearly 1,400 restaurants have been included, with points awarded for food, the...
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Velvety and trendy
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Smoothies have officially arrived in Hungary. A Hungarian owned enterprise is making this drink in three stores at the moment. What happens when we mix fruit juice, milk shake and...
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Giant project in Sopron brewery
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
The new sewage purification facility of the Sopron plant of Heineken Hungária Sörgyárak Zrt. was handed over on 23rd April. The sewage filtering capacity established as the result of the...
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Zsolt Dunavölgyi leaving IMIGe
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Zsolt Dunavölgyi is leaving IMIGe Hungária Kft after eight years. He has been the sales and marketing director for several years. Tamás Gády Kayser, managing director will temporarily assume responsibility...
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Who is the king?
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
In 2008, Lou Lou and Café kör failed to repeat their success achieved in 2007, when they finished among the second 50 in the “Best 50 restaurants of the world”...
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Presentation of the price list
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Corvinum Zrt. has held the presentation of its annual price list in Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal this year. The event was complemented by wine tasting with the participation of János...
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Lekkerland performing well in Eastern Europe
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Lekkerland AG & Co. KG achieved a 6 per cent growth in revenues in 2007, bringing total revenues to EUR 11,2 billion. Earnings before interest and tax amounted to EUR...
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New chairman for Étrend
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Three chairmen for Étrend Egyesület (the organisation of chefs) in three years and all giving up within a year. Péter Mózes was the last in to give up in February....
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Restaurant on-line
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
We respect restaurants which take the trouble of regularly up-dating their web sites. We only discuss good web sites of good restaurants so that everybody can learn from the mistakes....
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New marketing director for Ceres
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Márta Galácz was appointed the new marketing director of Ceres ZRt. on 15. April. She had studied at the University of Economics and Cambridge Business College. Before joining Ceres, she...
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Franchise news
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
New general secretary for Hungarian Franchise Association from 1. April. Dr. István Kiss was succeeded by dr. Katalin Mandel, managing director of DAKEXPO Kiállításszervező és Tanácsadó Kft. Her company is...
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Eating cocktails?
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Cocktails are experiencing a true renaissance in the majority of more developed markets than ours. Restructuring of popular drinks, rather than inventing new flavours is the present challenge. Though we...
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New regional head for Cadbury
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Brian Cohen has been appointed the new director of Cadbury Middle Europe. This region is composed of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Albania, Macedonia, Bosnia and Serbia....
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Nestlé searces for the secret of healthy aging
Date: 2008-05-21 00:06:00
On 20 May the first Nestlé research department in Japan has been opened at the Tokyo University. The cooperation which is the part of the Nestlé Science and Research Network,...
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Dance and Törley together again!
Date: 2008-05-21 00:00:00
This year the competition joined to the Grand Slam tours, so the 43. Törley International Dance Competition is more important for dancer from all corners of the world as before....
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General Electric confirms plans for appliance unit
Date: 2008-05-21 00:00:00
General Electric is considering shedding its 101-year-old appliances business, which pioneered innovations such as washer-dryers, air conditioners and microwave ovens. The appliances division, which employs 13,000 people, is a...
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Profits At Imperial Tobacco Fall 45%
Date: 2008-05-21 00:00:00
The world's fourth-largest cigarette posted a profit of £233m in the six months ending 31 March, compared to £421m in the same period a year earlier. Total sales were up...
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SCD Holding sold its Interfruct Kft Cash and Carry chain
Date: 2008-05-21 00:00:00
Calslane Holdings Ltd, a financial investor bought the food and chemicals wholesale company for an undisclosed price. SCD sold Cash and Carry in order to clear its portfolio, Hungarian owners...
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Hungarians are interested in insurance for unemployment and disability
Date: 2008-05-21 00:00:00
GfK research company asked people between 22-55 working since more than one year about the new insurance possibility. 81% of them said they like the construction, 48% are contented...
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Marks & Spencer Group Plc reported 4.3 percent increase in pretax profit
Date: 2008-05-21 00:00:00
Sales increased 5.1 percent to 9.02 billion pounds, with UK sales up 4.2 percent and sales in the international division up 16.8 percent. Profit achieving the symbolic 1 billion pounds...
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D'Arcy Aveneu makes creative ads for Kométa 99
Date: 2008-05-21 00:00:00
The company from Kaposvár choosen the agency on an exclusive tender, D'Arcy Aveneu creates the new ads playing soon. Kométa 99 is one of the biggest Hungarian Meat industry producers,...
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11 million Samsung laptop until 2011
Date: 2008-05-20 00:00:00
An extra 11 million units must be sold worldwide by the year 2011 in order to reach 5.7 per cent market share — a massive ask, considering Samsung's worldwide market...
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Kemendy and Chapel Hill won silver medals
Date: 2008-05-20 00:00:00
Products of Torley-Group won two silver medals on this year's Concours Mondial de Bruxelles in France. 1,778 medals awarded in the latest edition of the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles,...
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Coke Zero Underground Party
Date: 2008-05-20 00:00:00
Last Saturday 2800 people took part on Coke Zero Underground Party on Deak Square, youngs danced until 4 in the morning. The party started at 11.30 pm, when the public...
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