Company and Personal News
Tesco contra British Government 1:0
Date: 2008-09-15 00:00:00
In his budget, Chancellor Alistair Darling said that one of his reasons for upping duty was that the price of wine in supermarkets had fallen over the last ten years....
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The domestic sales of manufacturing grew slightly
Date: 2008-09-15 00:00:00
According to Hungarian Central Statistic Office in July 2008 the industrial gross output increased by 0.6% compared to July 2007, the index adjusted by working days declined by 1.8%. The...
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Price increase at poultry and milk was over average
Date: 2008-09-15 00:00:00
In July 2008 the producer price level of agricultural products was 12.3% higher than in July 2007. More specifically, the price level of crops and horticultural products increased by 8.1%...
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Czech PPF buys 50% stake in Russian Eldorado
Date: 2008-09-15 00:00:00
Czech Republic’s PPF Group has purchased 50% of shares in Russia’s largest home electronics retailer Eldorado. Russian Business Daily Vedomosti reported the deal is worth around $400-800 million, although market...
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CIB Bank has frozen Zalabaromfi's bank accounts
Date: 2008-09-15 00:00:00
According to press informations Hungarian poultry company cannot pay either its employees or its suppliers. Zalabaromfi has forced its several hundred employees to take temporary leave. Zalabaromfi's management told that...
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Real To Put Up More Self-Service Checkouts in Germany
Date: 2008-09-15 00:00:00
Metro's Real chain plans to expand the number of stores that house self-service check-out counters, and will introduce the same to 110 of its outlets by the end of the...
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Diageo to built new brewery for Guiness
Date: 2008-09-15 00:00:00
The new brewery will produce Guinness to meet growing export demands and will also brew ales and lagers with a capacity of 5m hectolitres. Diageo Ireland is announcing that it...
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Record Ikea sales over 20 billion euros
Date: 2008-09-12 00:00:00
Swedish furniture giant Ikea posted record earnings this year, but after a decade of booming expansion it now sees growth slowing, its director told financial daily Dagens Industri. Ikea, which...
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Price increase at cooking oil, rice and milk
Date: 2008-09-12 00:00:00
In August 2008 consumer prices decreased by 0.3% compared to the previous month and rose by 6.5% compared to August 2007. In the first eight months of 2008 the average...
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Dynamic growth at poultry stock
Date: 2008-09-12 00:00:00
Between 1st April and 1st August 2008 the stock of both cattle and pigs increased. The number of sheep decreased, the stock of poultry – except for the number of...
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The business environment improved in Hungary
Date: 2008-09-12 00:00:00
According to the latest Doing Business report of the World Bank has showed Hungary stepped forward nine places to 41., but still finished behind Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia. While...
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GS1 Conference in Budapest and Roadshow in Hungary
Date: 2008-09-11 00:00:00
Autumn GS1 Hungary organises a conference for GS1 Users in Budapest. This year GS1 Hungary also makes a roadshow in 5 cities: Győr, Pécs, Szeged, Eger and Debrecen to meet...
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Henkel Named to Latest Dow Jones Sustainability World Index
Date: 2008-09-11 00:00:00
Just 10 percent of the 2,500 largest corporations in the world are named to the DJSI World in an annual economic, ecological and corporate social responsibility review performed by SAM...
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New Trade Marketing Manager at Kraft from 1 September
Date: 2008-09-11 00:00:00
Szilvia Varga joined in 2001 to company. From the first moment she worked on trade marketing field. The specialist was responsible for chocolate bars, than for coffees and cheese. Since...
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Month of Recycling to start
Date: 2008-09-11 00:00:00
It is the second case, that Öko-Pannon's Recycling Camion roll out and in frame of an exhibiton shows how the could we recycling the packiging wastages. The roadshow starts on...
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SPSS to work with PR Agency
Date: 2008-09-11 00:00:00
SPSS Inc. is a leading worldwide provider of predictive analytics software and solutions, the company choose LEWIS PR to care about company's communications in Hungary. According to Adam Bukkosy, business...
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New Special Palinka from Zwack House
Date: 2008-09-11 00:00:00
Costumers can taste the freshest Yellow Muscatel Palinka at this weekend on 17th Budapest International Wine Festival 2008. Next opportunity is in October at the Palinka and Sausage Festival in...
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Carrefour to invest in Southern Russia
Date: 2008-09-11 00:00:00
According to local press reports, Carrefour plans to invest USD100 million in Russia's Krasnodar region over five years. The retailer will sign an investment agreement on the construction of hypermarkets...
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Fresh & Easy to Introduce Over 200 New Own-Brand Products
Date: 2008-09-11 00:00:00
Over 80% of customers cite Fresh & Easy's own-brand products as one of the main reasons they shop at the stores, based on the company's customer surveys. With own-brand products...
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GM soya bean – Yes for import but not for growing
Date: 2008-09-10 00:00:00
The European Commission authorised the import of a genetically modified strain of soybean for use in feed and food for 10 years. The European Union’s executive branch said the strain,...
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Ghana wants to increase its cocoa growing by 30%
Date: 2008-09-10 00:00:00
Ghana's government has doubled its budgetary allocation for supplying fertliser to cocoa farmers for the 2008/09 crop starting this month, an official at the Cocobod cocoa regulator said. The world's...
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Podravka Improved Results
Date: 2008-09-10 00:00:00
Croatia's top food group Podravka expects to show better results at the end of this year after a campaign to cut costs, the company's new CEO said. Podravka, which operates...
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Hitachi fridge emits Vitamin C to keep frozen food fresh
Date: 2008-09-10 00:00:00
Hitachi sells a number of fridges on the Japanese market that lower the oxygen density via an integrated pump. Hitachi announced in Japan they will start selling the R-Y6000, a...
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HUF 5 million penalty for Rossmann
Date: 2008-09-10 00:00:00
According to the Hungarian Competition Authority the drogerie chain's parfume actions in 2007 September and December fobed the consumers. It was not the first case. In the first action Rossmann...
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Lidl pays fine for the state and its employees
Date: 2008-09-10 00:00:00
According to Spigel news magazin he discount chain will pay around E0.6m-0.7m in Lower Saxony alone, through having to pay 60 to 70 fines of E10,000 each. Spring time Germany's...
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British families are hard hit by food price rises
Date: 2008-09-09 00:00:00
Food inflation in the UK is nearly double the rate of most other developed nations. Prices have increased by 12.2 per cent over the last year, according to official Government...
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78% of the export goes into the EU
Date: 2008-09-09 00:00:00
In July 2008, according to first estimates of Hungarian Central Statistic Office, exports amounted to HUF 1,433 billion (EUR 6,113 million), while the value of imports reached HUF 1,497 billion...
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Honey replaces additives
Date: 2008-09-09 00:00:00
Antioxidant-rich honey may protect against spoilage in salad dressings, and naturally sweeten the condiment, researchers from Kraft Foods report. The researchers analysed various honey sources and investigated their potential as...
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