Company and Personal News
For cooking, storing and carrying
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
The category that involves bin bags, household foils, sandwich and roasting bags, and baking papers represents a value of HUF 10 billion, growing by 4 percent from 2008 to 2009....
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Another three silver medals for Törley Group
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
At the 16th Concours Mondial Bruxelles wine competition, held in Sicily on 23-25 April, Törley’s Hungaria Extra Dry, Chapel Hill Sparkling Chardonnay Brut and Chapel Hill Sparkling Pinot Noir Rosé...
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Day of truth
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
On 18 May, Update International Kft. gave a press conference, announcing that clinical research proved that the statements of the Update system were true. 80 overweight or obese patients participated...
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Most successful promotion of the year 2009. Silver medal: Profi; Profi birthday
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Back in 1989, Profi was the first discount store chain to enter the Hungarian market. Today they have 73 units all over the country and 80 percent of their private...
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‘Do it yourself’ pet food
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Canadian company RedMoon gives the ability to customers to create the food specific to their pets’ individual needs. First they have to select the ingredients, and then give the activity...
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Market expansion has continued
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Household paper product sales continue to grow: in the May 2009-April 2010 period sales were 8 percent higher than a in the previous twelve months. Toilet papers, tissues, paper towels...
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Henkel donated further defibrillators
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Henkel Hungary placed three defibrillators in Békés County: one in a Békéscsaba health institution situated on Lencsési Road and two in Henkel’s Körösladány plant. The portable devices can be used...
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Tesco is sectorial No.1 in responsible business operation
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
In comparison with the company’s performance last year, Tesco Hungary did 21 percent better in the field of responsible business operation, thanks to the company’s CSR activity. The retail chain...
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Most successful promotion of the year 2009. Silver medal and POPAI special award:Univer Be the Devil of the Kitchen!
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Univer Product Zrt. of Kecskemét is one of the country’s major food companies. In cooperation with PR agency Well, they implemented a promotion campaign between 1 May and 31 December...
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Golden lacquer on chicken legs
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
The Deli Garage, a German company came out with something really surprising: a food colouring spray that does not spoil our meal, neither its taste nor its consistency – it...
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More economical manufacturer paper products and private labels with improved quality
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
In 2009, the household paper market expanded by 1 percent in terms of volume and by 9 percent in value – a growth largely generated by toilet paper. Sales stalled...
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NIVEA has become a HotBrand!
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
NIVEA was voted the most popular brand at Hot Brands 2009 in the beauty care category. On Sanoma Budapest’s youth-community website www.hotdog.hu registered users, mostly secondary school and university students,...
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Donation in the value of several million Forints to flood victims
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Many FMCG companies offered donations to help the victims of extreme weather in northern Hungary. Tesco donated truckloads of water, milk, tea, antiseptics, blankets and baby food. Borsodi Brewery gave...
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Most successful promotion of the year 2009. Silver medal: STR8 consumer promotion; Speed up with STR8!
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
18-34 years old, city living men of AB status were the target group of the STR8 brand campaign of Trade 90 member of Sarantis Group, between 8 June and 2...
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Positive trends in Europe
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Food retail turnover grew by 4 percent in terms of value and by 1 percent in volume in the first three months of 2010 – informs Nielsen based on data...
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With enhanced partnership for survival
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Logistics is a comprehensive activity that improves economic competitiveness. Hungary’s favourable geographical location makes it a contender for exporting logistics services. At the moment, the sector’s contribution to the GDP...
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One million Forints went to Székesfehérvár
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Alcoa Fehérvár KC’s supporters were the most active in the game organised by Arany Ászok and they won HUF 1,000,000 for their team. Between 8 April and 8 May, those...
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Tesco recruited new regional suppliers
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
On 3 June, Tesco Hungary organised a suppliers’ forum in Sopron for farmers and manufacturers in Győr-Moson-Sopron, Zala, Vas and Veszprém counties. Tesco’s intention was getting to know new suppliers,...
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Brands and celebrities
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Consumers are only willing to pay premium prices if a brand has real added value. A well-chosen celebrity can participate in the brand building process and in implementing the marketing...
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Demand for market information increased
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Companies’ decision-makers in the field of marketing and sales showed interest for more market information and research data in the past one and a half years. Market analysing information needed...
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Logistics can be much more economical with the help of IT solutions
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Increasingly fierce competition makes it inevitable for companies to set up IT systems that help the everyday operation of companies. IT investments are necessary even during the economic crisis, because...
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Already the new generation collects selectively
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
In the past two years, the proportion of 18-29-year old adults actively participating in selective waste collection grew from 35 to 50 percent – reports a survey by ÖKO-Pannon Nonprofit...
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Mobile laboratories examine organic products
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Biokontroll Hungária Nonprofit Kft. sets up mobile laboratories: three vans will perform at least 500 controls in one year, all over the country, in the 1,500-1,900 organic farms of Hungary....
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Coupons in catering
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
For a long time, Hungarian bar and restaurant owners could not imagine how coupon usage could be adapted to the attitude of the average Hungarian restaurant goer. In the age...
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Making gold with Házi Piros
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Házi Piros Kft., one of the key companies on the spice and seasoning market, is twenty years old. Commercial director Gábor Heltai answered our magazine’s questions. What were the most...
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Intelligenr supply chain management
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
XAPT Hungary Kft. is a dynamically developing IT company, the main profile of which is the selling, installation, training and customising of the Microsoft Dynamics integrated business management system. XAPT...
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Czech meat industry company starts using Cryovac® packaging
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Kostelecké uzeniny, the biggest meat producing and meat product manufacturing company in the Czech Republic switched from standard shrink bags to high-performance shrinkable films and automation. The new system guarantees...
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Politicians promise more efficient consumer protection
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
We need to take consumer protection closer to the people – said MP László Koszorús at the annual meeting of the Hungarian Brand Association. The author of Fidesz’s consumer protection...
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Level of unemployment still growing
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
In the first quarter of 2010, KSH measured an 11.8-percent unemployment rate (2.1 percentage points higher than twelve months earlier), with 3,719,000 people being employed and 498,000 unemployed in the...
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Grill products have become less hypermarket-centred
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Despite the 3-percent decrease in grill sausage value sales by hypermarkets, 59 percent of sales was still realised in this retail channel. Volume sales plummeted by 17 percent and value...
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