Company and Personal News
Tetra Pak closed a successful financial year
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
2009 was a successful financial year for Tetra Pak. Despite the crisis, the company managed to improve its sales revenue by 1.2 percent to EUR 8.95 billion in 2009, compared...
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Razor for every case
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
Hair removal can be temporary or permanent, regular or occasional, simple or omplicated. As the weather keeps getting better, women – and not only them – find it more urgent...
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DIY sour candy
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
With Sour Candy Factory we can now make the best sour candy whenever we want at home. Just like in the case of great scientific discoveries, you can try as...
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Gallicoop had a good year
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
Turkey processing company Gallicoop is satisfied with its 2009 performance: despite a recession on the poultry market they increased their turnover by 1.8 percent at sales revenues of HUF 25.5...
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Efficient and modern waste management at SPAR
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
SPAR Hungary was the first food retail chain to start the utilisation of food waste in a biogas plant. In its 400 stores, two logistics centres and meat processing plant...
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Insects are afraid, but not of the crisis
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
Despite the recession the insecticide and insect repellent category remained stable. People are increasingly afraid of dangerous mosquitos and ticks. The latter have not been killed by the local authorities...
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Decorative barcode
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
New Jersey’s Vanity Barcodes introduced decorative barcodes which can be scanned like a regular barcode and be used as a marketing tool. Vanity Barcodes serve their partners with ten different...
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Campari celebrates its 150th birthday with an artistic surprise
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
Campari, one of Europe’s most famous drinks, which is made from 60 different natural ingredients, celebrates its 150th birthday by having three new Campari labels designed by three world-famous artists....
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Ranking of retail chains stays the same: Tesco leads, followed by two Hungarian chains
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
Nielsen’s 2009 ranking shows that Tesco is the food and chemical product retailer with the highest turnover, followed by CBA and Coop. Just like a year earlier, Spar and Reál...
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Manufacturer brands are robust among insecticides
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
The insecticide and insect repellent market contracted by 4 percent in value last year – Nielsen registered a HUF 3.5 billion turnover. One packaging unit costs HUF 586, 20 percent...
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No more wasting money
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
GfK Hungária’s research comprising the year 2009 pointed out that after clothing and travelling, Hungarian households also had to start economising on the food budget last year. In the first...
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Ferenc Puskás is the new face of Szentkirályi
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
After Luís Figo, another world-class footballer became the face of Szentkirályi: with the approval of his family, Ferenc Puskás’ image will lead Szentkirályi’s 2010 campaign. Owner-managing director, Levente Balogh told...
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Miskolci Árucsarnok was modernised
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
Coop’s most profitable store is Miskolci Árucsarnok, which had been completely modernised after 15 years before it reopened on 29 March. Gates had to be opened 30 minutes earlier than...
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Choosing a store and shopping decisions in front of the shelf
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
Nielsen’s new ShopperTrends survey revealed that a wide selection of products, a good price-value ratio and good quality are the most important competitive advantages for a retail chain, but domestic-owned...
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Minor growth in the processing industry
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
In January 2010, industrial domestic sales prices were 1.8 percent higher in comparison with the previous month and 1.6 percent higher in comparison with January 2009. Domestic sales prices by...
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International recognition for Henkel
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
Henkel has been present on the World’s Most Ethical Companies list for three years now. The list of 100 companies is published by the US Ethisphere Institute and it ranks...
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The several-year shrinking of the store network stopped last year
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
Last year Nielsen registered 19,900 general food stores in Hungary, practically just as many as a year earlier. The number of hypermarkets rose from 137 to 152, while the 401-500...
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‘Fair share’ is the most effective
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
Many FMCG manufacturing companies carry out in-store surveys themselves, but these prove to be less efficient than they expect. My experience is that many decision-makers need complex systems that fit...
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Deficit in retail
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
In terms of volume, retail sales were 5.6 percent lower in January 2010 than in the same period the previous year. Retail sales were up by 0.6 percent in January...
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New owner at Lekkerland
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
From February 2010, HU Management Kft. is the 100-percent owner of the Hungarian affiliate of German company Lekkerland AG & Co. KG. The company’s name, logo, strategy and commitment to...
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When Tesco finished 22nd
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
The ranking of food retail companies started with a Top 50 list way back in the past. In 1994, Áfeosz was number one (with a turnover of HUF 110 billion),...
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Focusing on customers inside and outside of the store
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
The space outside the store talks to us, it communicates. Walls, giant posters and citylights attract our gaze. People find hyper- and supermarkets very easily, there are signs all over...
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A decrease in prices dragged Slovakian turnover down
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
According to Lucie Hrusová, communications and customer relations director of Nielsen Czech Republic the turnover of hypermarkets in Slovakia fell in terms of both value and volume last year. Discount...
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New Hungarian products in Tesco stores
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
From the middle of March, 49 new Hungarian products are available in Tesco stores in Debrecen, Kazincbarcika, Mátészalka, Miskolc, Nyíregyháza, Ózd and Hajdúszoboszló. These products (including specialties like organic milk...
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Question – Answer: MONA asks Bonafarm
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
Just like NÖM AG, the owner of Mona Hungary, the Bonafarm Group also tries to establish a closed, economical and secure integration. But how can a uniform and efficient strategy...
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Shelf rail came alive
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
Innovation plays an ever-increasing role inside the stores too. As the result of cooperation between Toshiba Tec, CBA and Szintézis, in August 2009 electronic shelf rails were installed in Veszprém’s...
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Facts and misbeliefs about our trade with Slovakia
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
Slovakia is the 5th biggest target market of our agricultural export, but it is also one of our top five import markets. Among the countries of the Visegrád Group, Slovakia...
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Hungarian innovations director at Eckes-Granini Group
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
As of 1 May 2010, Katalin Zarándy will be filling the position of innovations director at Eckes-Granini Group’s headquarters in Nieder-Olm in Germany. She has worked for the company since...
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Cheese was special: value sales declined, but volume sales augmented
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
Cheese turnover fell by 5 percent to HUF 72 billion last year, while in terms of volume a 10-percent growth was registered and retail sales surpassed the 50,000-ton threshold. The...
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Tuned to the frequency of shopping
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
In Hungarian retail more and more stores use equipment that performs the job of human workforce. Germany company Wincor and Hungarian IT specialists already developed everything the store of the...
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