Company and Personal News
There is demand for milkproduct in the world
Date: 2007-06-04 00:00:00
After the first quarter dates of hungarian milk section, the subsidence can be stop – according to Miklos Istvanfalvi, president of Hungarian Milk Marketing Board. Last year the milk output...
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Subsequent chinese poison for America – this time in toothpaste
Date: 2007-06-04 00:00:00
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned consumers to avoid using tubes of toothpaste labeled as made in China, because some toothpaste containing the poisonous chemical diethylene glycol (DEG). ...
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Coca-Cola will use rebina to sweet our life
Date: 2007-06-04 00:00:00
The Coca-Cola Co. develop a new calorie-free sweetener in partnership with Cargill Inc. Coca-Cola has filed 24 patent applications related to utilizing, formulating and processing high potency sweeteners, including rebiana....
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Frozen vegetarian food from Bohemia
Date: 2007-06-04 00:00:00
The israelien Tivall group, controlled by Nestle, built a new $30 million in in the Czech Republic, in the Krupka industries park. Tivall's frozen foods are sold in West- Europe,...
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Allergy-safe bakery produces from Ok Foods
Date: 2007-06-04 00:00:00
The UK's 'free-from' bakery market is benefiting from continuing innovation with the launch of new snacking options from leading niche producer. Ok Foods manufacturers snacks for consumers unable to eat...
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United Biscuits rolls out healthier crisps
Date: 2007-06-01 00:00:00
Following its decision to cut saturated fats from top snack lines, European biscuit and crisp manufacturer United Biscuits UK (UBUK) is venturing further into healthier reformulation with the relaunch of...
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Henkel 1:3 Share Split to be Executed on June
Date: 2007-06-01 00:00:00
The Henkel preferred share is currently among the nominally highest listed shares in the DAX. The Henkel share price has increased significantly over the past years. In order to increase...
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Coca-Cola, PepsiCo to curb animal tests
Date: 2007-06-01 00:00:00
The two soft drink giants are the latest companies to respond to pressure from PETA. The two soft drinks giants have this month agreed to stop directly financing research that...
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More informed consumer, faster decisions
Date: 2007-06-01 00:00:00
Consumer decision-making patterns, according to new consumer research released today by global public relations firm Weber Shandwick. Decision-making among global consumers has accelerated in recent years. Nearly two-thirds (63...
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Adidas expands in India
Date: 2007-06-01 00:00:00
Adidas plans to add over 100 stores in India every year, target is being the number one brand in India by 2010. At present, Adidas ranks the second after...
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Obesity white paper from European Commission
Date: 2007-06-01 00:00:00
The European Commission yesterday adopted a white paper setting out a European strategy on nutrition, overweight and obesity, including plans to review progress in three years. In the majority of...
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Nivea is a very trusted brand
Date: 2007-06-01 00:00:00
European Trusted Brands is an annual multi country study of consumer attitudes and opinions specifically related to everyday products and services, financed by Reader's Digest. This survey contains results for...
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By now Germans dont want to eat Polish meat
Date: 2007-05-31 00:00:00
The local sanitary services of the Berlin district of Moabit have qualified Polish meat as health-threatening. Initially, they did not even have to conduct sophisticated tests. The meat looked so...
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Nestle to buy Gerber for $5.5 billion from Novartis
Date: 2007-05-31 00:00:00
The deal is expected to be completed during the second half of 2007. Gerber dominates the baby-food market in the United States, with a 79 percent share, according to Morgan...
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CEO of Altia to stand down
Date: 2007-05-31 00:00:00
The Finnish state-owned beverage alcohol group confirmed that Leena Saarinen will leave the company tomorrow. The reason for Saarinen's resignation was given as "the discontinuation of the fuel ethanol plant...
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Alcohol and tobacco tax to rise in Estonia next year
Date: 2007-05-31 00:00:00
A previous decision, alcohol is to rise in price by ten per cent from the beginning of 2008. Now the government decided to raise the tax on alcohol by a...
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Healtier image for 7-Up Free
Date: 2007-05-31 00:00:00
Britvic plans to launch new packaging and advertising for its 7-Up brand in the UK. The company said, that it has invested GBP1.8m (US$3.55m) in its campaign, which is...
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Father's Day Sales Expected to Reach $9.9 Billion in the US
Date: 2007-05-31 00:00:00
The NRF 2007 Father's Day Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, conducted by BIGresearch, found that 76 percent of Americans plan to celebrate Father's Day. Those who plan to celebrate will...
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Borsodi still the market leader
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Revenues of Borsodi Sörgyár reached HUF 44,3 billion in 2006. According to data from the Hungarian Association of Breweries, Borsodi beer was the moist popular brand last year. Sales of...
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Szentkirályi wants a quarter of the market
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Szentkirályi Ásványvíz Kft. achieved revenues of HUF 4,3 billion last year. The company intends to achieve 20 per cent growth and a 25 per cent share in the Hungarian market...
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Fortunate taking off
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Modern and healthy products distributed by Fortunate fit well into the Weight Control program, which made it quite natural for them to join the program. They will start with nine...
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Feeling like travelling again
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
The number of nights spent at commercial places of accommodation by foreign and domestic guests in the first quarter of the year grew by 6 per cent compared to the...
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Not very useful for trade
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
According to György Vámos, purely trading organisations cannot expect to benefit much from programs of the National Development Plan, as significant growth in revenues is a criteria of participation, while...
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Zwack partners sampling new products
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Izabella and Sándor Zwack invited owners of wine and delicacy stores to Zwack Visitors Centre, to a dinner complemented by a visit to a museum and sampling of new wines...
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Market of meat for the grill far from being saturated yet
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
The most seasonal meat product category, that of meat for grilling shows constant growth. Within this category, sausages are still the biggest segment, but marinade meat, Vienna sausages and other...
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Bio-basis for Vitamor
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Vitamor Kft. has had a bio-plantation for several years. They have contacted Alexandra Béres to help compile product lines which would fit into her lifestyle program. At the moment, three...
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The Ahold fraud
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
The Dutch company Ahold has become famous for one of the biggest series of accounting frauds in food retail trade. Though no charges have been filed in connection with the...
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New tracks for market research
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Market research is a link between seller and buyer. Sellers who have a better knowledge of their target group than their competitors enjoy an enormous advantage. It is no wonder...
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A hail of medals for Törley wines
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Wines and champagnes from Törley Pezsgőpincészet won seven gold and ten silver medals at the Savings Co-operatives’ National Wine Competition held for the ninth time this year....
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Hyper markets strong in hair
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Retail sales of shampoos exceeded HUF 10 billion in the March 2006 – February 2007 period. According to the Retail Index of Nielsen, sales expanded by 4 per cent compared...
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