Company and Personal News
New types of flour for maintaining health
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Per capita grain consumption in Hungary has been stable in recent years, with minor fluctuations, at 87-90 kg/year. there is still a lot of surplus production capacity in this market....
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Growing market share for bitter and palinka
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Retail sales of spirits increased by 8 percent in the August 2007- July 2008 period, compared to the preceding year, reaching HUF 72 billion. Sales in terms of quantity increased...
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Specialised stores up
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Retail sales totalled 1.8 percent less in July 2008, than in July 2007. Retail sales were down by 0.1 percent compared to June. Retail sales totalled HUF 3,447 billion in...
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Eastern EU and Western EU
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Eight Hungarian companies attended this year’s InterMeat, InterMopro and InterCool exhibitions held in Düsseldorf in September, while there were 46 exhibitors from Austria, but only one from Romania. A total...
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No reason to panic!
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
„No reason to panic!- said the director. That’s when panic started.” (Rejtő Jenő: Vesztegzár a Grand Hotelben) This is how I see the responses to the financial crisis. Obviously, it...
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Sporty gifts from dm
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
HUF 40 million has been donated to 40 schools by the dm drugstore chain for the purpose of buying sports equipment. The „Together for the joy of sport” project is...
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From one to two
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
The 100,000th Széchenyi card and the first Széchenyi card 2 were handed over ceremonially in Budapest, on 9. October. Among others, the event was attended by the minister of finance,...
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“Minus zero” instead of “plus zero” for the meat sector
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
The number of meat processing enterprises has dropped from more then 500 to 350 within a few years, while concentration has continued in the sector. – Major changes have taken...
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Croissants and French rolls still most popular bakery products
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Nine out of ten people like croissants and French rolls and eight out of ten also like white bread, according to a survey of eating habits conducted by GfK Hungária...
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Bar code? RFID? Or both?
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Bar code has been used for such a long time that we do not even realise how ingenious this technology is. However, a challenger has appeared in the shape of...
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Food export down
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
In the January-July 2008 period, export was up by 10 percent while import expanded by 11 percent, compared to the same period in 2007. According to KSH data, the balance...
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Premium quality and convenience from Kaiser Food
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Kaiser Food attending InterMeat for the first time, presented its products at its own stand. As Szilvia Fésű, export director has told us, they intend to increase their sales in...
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Wine from Lekkerlandnál
Date: 2008-11-14 00:00:00
As supplier of the gas station Lekkerland has to refresh its sortiment continously. In this retail chanel the specilities, the unique products are better to shop as on other markets....
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Tesco-IBUSZ Common Chirstmas Game
Date: 2008-11-14 00:00:00
The costumers, who buy something in value minium HUF 500 in the Tesco small shops, can take part at the competition, where the main prize is a travel from the...
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Jamie Oliver's products in Hungarian Spar units
Date: 2008-11-14 00:00:00
From today the famous chef's food and non food products are buyable in Interspar and Kaiser’s shops. Spar always combinates in its wide sortiment the high quality and the fastidiousness....
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Wal-Mart cut forecast
Date: 2008-11-14 00:00:00
No. 1 retailer reported third-quarter profit grow by 9.8%, but said a stronger dollar would squeeze its full-year profit. Wal-Mart logged operating income of $3.03 billion, or 77 cents a...
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GlaxoSmithKline Kft. is the best workplace in Hungary
Date: 2008-11-14 00:00:00
According to the common research of business daily Vilaggazdasag and Hewit „Best Workplace in Hungary” the employees of GSK (in the BEs category) and of Qunitiles Magyarorszag (in the SMEs...
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Special outdoor campagne for Twinnings
Date: 2008-11-14 00:00:00
According to mediainfo.hu a hughe coffee-cup drives trough Budapest. On the Podium car of Celcsoport Media stands a 2×2 m big Twinings tea-cup, rounded by real grass. Maresi Foodbroker Kft....
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Kraft Foods to close Brasso chocolate plant
Date: 2008-11-14 00:00:00
International giant Kraft Foods will shut down its chocolate factory in Romania and lay off its 440 employees next year, saying it can no longer expand at its current location....
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Prices jump up in Latvia
Date: 2008-11-13 00:00:00
In the 27 member states of EU according to the harmonized data the annual inflation was 4.2% in September 2008 compared to September 2007. The lowest annual rates were observed...
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Solid grow at the consumer prices
Date: 2008-11-13 00:00:00
In October 2008 consumer prices increased by 0.2% compared to the previous month and rose by 5.1% compared to October 2007. In the first ten months of 2008 the average...
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Bent cucumbers can be sold by retailers from next July
Date: 2008-11-13 00:00:00
End to minimum shapes and sizes for 26 fruits and vegetables, such as aubergines and apricots, cherries, garlic, leeks, peas, spinach and watermelons. But 10 standards will remain. Misshapen fruit...
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Two Spar supermarket in one week
Date: 2008-11-13 00:00:00
Last week in Pomaz opened a new Spar supermarket, this week the number of Spar units in Debrecen grow with a brand new supermarket in the mall, called Debrecen Fórum....
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TV2 Television chanel fires 35 people
Date: 2008-11-13 00:00:00
The broadcast company prepares itself for the effects of the financial crisis, so it reorganises its newsprograms and the producer company behind them. The TV2 Hungary is a subsidary of...
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Happy 25th Birthday Marché!
Date: 2008-11-13 00:00:00
The first Marché restaurant was open in early November in 1983 in Stuttgart. Since than Marché has 79 restaurants, the concept won several international gastronomie award. Marché International is...
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Aldi supermarket to start selling holidays
Date: 2008-11-12 00:00:00
The discount supermarket chain that has won thousands of new shoppers from its rivals this year, is expanding into a new market – holidays. The German-owned group plans to cash...
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Davidoff Café Suprême Réserve 2008
Date: 2008-11-12 00:00:00
This Christmas Tchibo offers connoisseurs ultimate coffee enjoyment without compromises. The new Davidoff Café Javanese Blue limited edition is a unique present for coffee friends. A true connoisseur places the...
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Coke Zero agents at the latest James Bond film premier
Date: 2008-11-12 00:00:00
On 9th November take part the film premier gala of “Quantum of Solace” in Budapest. Within its global partnership with the latest James Bond film, Coca-Cola Zero organised an event...
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32% sales increase at Invitel
Date: 2008-11-12 00:00:00
The Hungarian Telephone and Cable Corp. Called in Hungary as Invitel announced its results for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2008. Company's revenue grow to USD 153.1...
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