Company and Personal News
„We have been chosen to supply Tesco”
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
Olive oil from Italy is on the offensive. Product presentation and sampling will be held in the Italian Cultural Institute in Budapest on 23 May. We have been invited to...
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Label of disgrace
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
The results of the food safety inspections carried out before Easter show that all members of the food supply chain made an effort to comply with the law. Everybody ended...
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Changing McDonald’s
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
The 90 McDonald’s restaurants in Hungary served 75 million customers last year, which means a 10 per cent increase compared to the preceding year. Revenues grew by 12 per cent,...
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More polite pharmacists
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
Most OTC products have been available outside pharmacies since January while the magnitude of the number of stores where such products could be sold theoretically is measured by hundreds of...
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Taxation quiz in Eastern Europe
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
The contradiction between national systems of taxation and the international business environment is pointed out in a recent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers about tax legislation in Eastern European countries. Taxes are...
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Spring wave of Austrian weeks
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
Spar, Cora, Metro. These three chains have organised Austrian food weeks in Hungary this spring. The three year long international promotional campaign for Austrian food with an annual budget of...
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dm store in Diósd
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
The drugstore chain dm opened its new unit next to Interspar in Diósd on 22. March. Over 8000 products are sold in the 245 square meter store where mini size...
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Peanut bars are the most popular
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
Flavour is the most important factor in choosing a chocolate, according to the findings of a recent survey. Peanut/ almond flavoured bars are the most popular (44 %). 7 out...
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Clotted cream, cottage cheese, yoghurt: booming sales
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
Clotted dairy products form an important part of the assortment of food stores. Among categories measured by Nielsen, clotted cream took 10th place, while cottage cheese ended up in 18th...
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Household appliances: over the top
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
Sales of electric appliances grew dynamically in 2004-2005. Sales continued to rise last year, but at a slower rate. Prices are falling. A major driving force behind the growth seen...
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Everything for the client
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
Clients of consulting services in Hungary are either local subsidiaries of multinationals, which expect to get the same service as anywhere else, or Hungarian companies which are often in the...
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A new age for the meat trade
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
Practically all households buy meat products. The main topic of the international seminar Packforum® held in March, was vacuum sealed packaging. Sealed Air Cryovac knows more than any other company...
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„Green” Tesco in Dorog
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
The Tesco supermarket opened on 5 April in Dorog was designed with regard to environmental considerations and to reducing energy consumption. The geo-thermal heat pump which uses heat from the...
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Széchenyi Card: always at hand
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
64 savings co-operatives have joined the sales network of Széchenyi Card so far, as a result of an agreement signed with the National Alliance of Savings Co-operatives and Takarékszövetkezeti Bank...
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How should I tell you?
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
Clotted dairy products are healthy, but this fact is rather difficult to communicate. More expensive categories show more dynamic development, but this is also a HUF 50 billion segment. Increasing...
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Time to move on from basics to extras
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
Most households are well equipped nowadays, which means the main motive behind new purchases is buying modern technology. The price-focused attitude is becoming even less common here than in the...
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Manchester, England, England…
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
The song from the musical “ Hair” does not mean too much to today’s teenagers. The football club Manchester United is the first thing most people think of when they...
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Medals for the Törley group
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
Törley group received four out of the five medals won by Hungarian products at the Chardonnay du Monde international wine competition....
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Failure to pay no longer a shame
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
AccAccording to a recent analysis by Coface Hungary the insolvency rate for Hungarian enterprises grew by 24 per cent in the first quarter of the year, compared to the same...
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From basic to special
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
MONA Hungary Kft. pursues a brand building strategy under the slogan “Montice – the family is together”. According to Ildikó Kátai marketing and sales director of MONA Hungary Kft., they...
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What is a tax refund for?
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
A tax refund for manufacturers would help them to retain their leading position in the market of household electric appliances and employees to keep their jobs according to a proposal...
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Corporate football
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
Recently, I had the opportunity to become familiar (again) with the daily operative tasks of talented sales reps with a few years of experience. The objective was to tailor their...
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Tesco opening in Csorna
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
The 71st Hungarian Tesco hyper market opened on 12. April in Csorna. The 3,000 square meter store has an assortment of thirty thousand products and employs 150 people. There are...
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Zott joining as well
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
A recent development is that Zott intends to enter this category as well. Zott clotted cream will appear in March. Two versions with different fat content will be available in...
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Rejuvenating cure with Forgó-Morgó
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
More than 188 million electric appliances which are over 10 years old are used in European households. Their proportion is 40 per cent in Hungarian households. Hungary has joined the...
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The system of six thinking hats
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
Improving the efficiency of decision making is ever more frequently a topic of discussion in business literature. In April, two lectures were given by Edward de Bono about the peculiar...
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Tesco announcing results
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
Gross total revenues of Tesco-Global Áruházak Zrt. grew to HUF 544 billion in the fiscal year 2006. They have opened 6 stores so far this year and they are planning...
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Less imported products of higher quality
Date: 2007-04-25 08:00:00
The proportion of imported products on the shelves of food stores did not increase last year, but quality was better than before.. However, manufacturers and retailers do not seem to...
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