Company and Personal News
54 million Visa transactions in Hungary
Date: 2009-01-27 00:00:00
Point-of-sale (POS) transactions made with Visa cards in Hungary rose 22.9% in Visa Europe's business year ended September 30, the card issuer said. The amount of money spent on POS...
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GLOBUS sales up in Czech Republic
Date: 2009-01-27 00:00:00
German hypermarket and DIY store operator is currently building its 14th Czech hypermarket, located in Ostrava. The retailer increased its sales by CZK2.6 billion up to CZK22.7 billion in the...
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Marks & Spencer modernise IT System
Date: 2009-01-27 00:00:00
The retailer has taken out a seven year contract with IT supplier Fujitsu Services to provide instore IT support for around 600 M&S stores in the UK, Ireland and Channel...
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REWE International sales rise by 12%
Date: 2009-01-27 00:00:00
Despite the economic difficulties, Rewe International plans to keep up its heavy investment plans with EUR500 million this year, EUR200 million of which are targeted for Austria. Formerly Rewe Austria,...
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Champions of Nutrikid
Date: 2009-01-27 00:00:00
The Nestlé Nutrikid jurey also in November found very creative entries, the real surprise was a submission with Braile codes. Nestlé made a tender against the children obesity, children with...
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Fast hotel developings in South-Plain region
Date: 2009-01-27 00:00:00
In the same time five hotel reconstruction and new building happen in the region, the invesment value is over HUF 10 billion. In Szeged 3 hotel renovation is in process,...
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ALDI increased sales in Ireland
Date: 2009-01-26 00:00:00
In 2008 the discounter said it would spend EUR350 million opening a further 32 stores in the country over the next three years. In the Republic of Ireland, Aldi has...
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Duffy become new face of Diet Coke
Date: 2009-01-26 00:00:00
The singer will appear in a multi-million-pound campaign, that will be rolled out across Europe in a series of 30-second and one-minute television slots from February. Welsh singer Duffy has...
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Delhaize tests new concept store
Date: 2009-01-26 00:00:00
The Red Market store in Gembloux, Belgium incorporates elements of various store concepts that the group has recently developed and implemented across the world. Red Market store has a store...
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Lidl to build mineral water plant in Germany
Date: 2009-01-26 00:00:00
According to press informations, Lidl and the existing Lidl-owned supplier MEG invest around EUR100 million into the new plant. Schwarz Group-owned discounter Lidl in Germany is reportedly planning to build...
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Tesco reedems PET bottles and drink alucans
Date: 2009-01-26 00:00:00
The new system operates in 37 Tesco stores. The retailer pays HUF 5 for five PET bottles and HUF 10 for five drink alucans. At the formal opening of the...
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OMV to reduce Austrian petrol station network
Date: 2009-01-23 00:00:00
Company wants to lower costs, raise its efficiency and concentrate on locations with higher customer frequency through its convenience brand Viva. Austrian oil company OMV has announced that it is...
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From February Dare Group operates Mellow Mood's three hotels in the city
Date: 2009-01-23 00:00:00
After two years oparation Mellow Mood pass the City Hotel Mátyás, Pilvax és Ring to Dare Group and Platinum Hotels. The Mellow Mood hotel portfolio grow dynamic in last years,...
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KFC increased sales in Romania
Date: 2009-01-23 00:00:00
During 2008, the company opened eight restaurants, in total, KFC chain in Romania includes 32 units, but new openings will take place during 2009 starting from the capital. KFC in...
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Tesco became cheaper as a year before
Date: 2009-01-23 00:00:00
More thousands of products are avelable under their last years price in Tesco units all over in Hungary. According to Monika Hackl, spokerperson of the retailer, Tesco helps people to...
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4,000 sqm big cold storage in Székesfehérvár
Date: 2009-01-23 00:00:00
According to business daily Napi Gazdaság, the development costs of Alföldi Tej plant in the city was HUF 900 million. The new cold storages was technicaly open in December, but...
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Not only the cool places can get nice menu
Date: 2009-01-22 00:00:00
Vendég & Hotel magazin awarded Hungary's best menu, TOP 3 came from Budapest, Restaurant Rickshaw won an extra prize. 36 restaurants take part in the compatition, jurey awarded menus of...
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31 Hungarian hotels won the „Green Hotel 2009-2010” title
Date: 2009-01-22 00:00:00
The Hotel Association of Hungary called domestic and international hotel chains and independent hotels for an environmental protection tender. Applications had to make till 2008 autumn. Jurey controlled the applications...
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Tesco CEO asked for easier credit for companies
Date: 2009-01-22 00:00:00
The ECB lowered its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point last week to 2 percent, its fourth cut in as many months, reacting to the deepening euro zone...
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Coca-Cola opens bottle recycling plant
Date: 2009-01-22 00:00:00
Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Co. and United Resource Recovery of Spartanburg unveiled a new $60 million “bottle-to-bottle” recycling facility. The state-of-the-art plant, said to be the largest of its kind in the...
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Auchan payed out its part-owner of its Romanian subsidiary
Date: 2009-01-22 00:00:00
Auchan increased its shareholding to 100% in MGV Distri-Hiper, founded on May 2005 to set up and operate stores under the Auchan banner in Romania. Auchan acquired a 29% stake...
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Decission about Pápai Hús credit on beginning February
Date: 2009-01-22 00:00:00
Pápai Hús Kft. won the tender for Pápai Hús Zrt. „under liquadition” last year's end. The government assumed state guarantee on 80% of the loans, HUF 5.5 billion, the buyer...
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SPAR buys stores in UK
Date: 2009-01-22 00:00:00
Retail Week has reported that SPAR has bought 11 former Somerfield stores and it will convert the stores to its Eurospar format. Eurospar stores differ to SPAR stores in that...
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Award for Kométa 99 Zrt.
Date: 2009-01-21 00:00:00
Company won the „Il Ponte” Award by the Hungarian – Italian Trade Chamber, on its Christmas party last year. The traditional event was organized by the chamber and the Polis...
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Goodwill of the Hungarian wines in Africa
Date: 2009-01-21 00:00:00
Wine region Sopron supports an university team at the Budapest-Bamako Rally. The youngest team of the race, students from the „Green University” – West-Hungarian University – took also some bottle...
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Kraft makes money with IT technology
Date: 2009-01-21 00:00:00
Kraft's iFood Assistant , a 99-cent application, wich offers recipe tips and help creating custom shopping lists — while providing feedback to Kraft on what users are buying. Food giant...
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Double-digit sales increase at Hofer
Date: 2009-01-21 00:00:00
Aldi’s Austrian branch had EUR3.3 billion in turnover last year, this year company plans to expand the chain (421 units) with additional 20 stores in Austria. As known discounters have...
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Metro Group launches efficiency programme
Date: 2009-01-21 00:00:00
The Group’s structures will be simplified to realise the maximum growth momentum and customer orientation while significantly reducing costs. 15,000 of staff will be fire. Metro Group in Germany has...
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Accor 2008 revenues increased by 2.8%
Date: 2009-01-21 00:00:00
Accor, the parent company of the Sofitel, Pullman and Novotel brands, has reported revenue of €7.7bn in 2008, up by 2,.8% on a like-for-like basis over the previous year ....
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Saturn to expand in France
Date: 2009-01-21 00:00:00
Metro Group-owned consumer electronics superstore banner Saturn in France is due to roughly double its store count to 60 by the end of 2011. According to Lebensmittel Zeitung the operation...
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