News and articles
Alleviation of bioetanol fever by OECD
Date: 2007-09-17 00:00:00
The rush to promote biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel is pushing up food prices and actually damaging the environment, a report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development...
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China's knockback
Date: 2007-09-17 00:00:00
Beijing has rejected consignments of pork from the US and Canada because they contain a banned additive – in spite of a domestic shortage of China's staple meat, which pushed...
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Pepsi wants to make Lipton Eistea more popular
Date: 2007-09-17 00:00:00
PepsiCo and Unilever have announced a major expansion of their Lipton RTD tea business joint venture. The two companies confirmed that the partnership will spread to a further 11 countries...
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Horváth Rudolf Intertransport Kft. has opened its new logistic base in Hatvan
Date: 2007-09-17 00:00:00
The investition costs USD 4.5 million, the hall is almost 10,000 sqm and lying in the industrial park of Hatvan. One day before an other company opened its logistic hall...
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Map on Theodora's bottles
Date: 2007-09-17 00:00:00
Directorate of the National Park at Balaton and the Kekkuti Mineralwater company signed an 5 years agreement about using the map of the Balaton National Park on the Theodoras' bottles....
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No cash, no creditcard only a fingertip
Date: 2007-09-14 00:00:00
A new system that scans customers' fingerprints and deducts the grocery bill from their bank accounts has taken supermarkets in southwestern Germany by storm. Almost two-thirds of the people who...
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Safeway Unveils First Solar-Powered Grocery Store
Date: 2007-09-14 00:00:00
The company installed solar panels atop a newly renovated Safeway Lifestyle store in Dublin, California and plans to extend the program to nearly two dozen stores as part of a...
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50% increase at poultry procurement price
Date: 2007-09-14 00:00:00
According to analysts from November, retailer must pay HUF 335 for one kilogram chicken, the price was HUF 215-220 before. Import can stop the appreciation. Laszlo Barany, president of Hungarian...
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Cafe de Colombia is a uniquely local product
Date: 2007-09-14 00:00:00
Coffee produced in Colombia has become the first non-European Union product to be granted EU protection as a uniquely local product. The specific brand, Cafe de Colombia, joins a list...
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Marks & Spencer takes plastic clothes hanger back
Date: 2007-09-14 00:00:00
Research suggests Britain has 540 million surplus coat hangers, weighing 17,000 tons. It is suggested as many as 100million a year are thrown away and sent to landfill, where they...
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Succesful beginning of Tesco „Color”
Date: 2007-09-14 00:00:00
One week after the start, the Tesco „Color” has big success at the customers. Color-products had a huge sales, the most popular was the frozen noodle, but the meat...
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Reál Hungária for Sunday store stop
Date: 2007-09-14 00:00:00
The company believes in public regulation, where describe that only the small shops in family ownership and the marketplaces could open at Sundays. Tibor Kujbus, CEO of Reál said the...
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Europa and Convergence Capital bought Zalahús's site in Zalaegerszeg
Date: 2007-09-13 00:00:00
The investors have other project in the capital. The investors, Europa Capital and the Convergence Capital build a retail establishment, cost is 30 million euro on the Zalaegerszeg site. The...
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Lidl privat label brands in the Netherlands and Sweden
Date: 2007-09-13 00:00:00
Fairglobe consists of the six products: bananas, coffee, tea, juice, chocolate bars and cane sugar. Lidl is also increasing its promotion and new products development in Italy, where the company...
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SABMiller invests in Romania
Date: 2007-09-13 00:00:00
The beer giant is set to invest EUR50m in expanding production and modernising its facility in Timisoara. The company's Ursus Breweries subsidiary in the country confirmed that it will plough...
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European wages far away
Date: 2007-09-13 00:00:00
315 companies took part in a survey conducted by Hay Group Management Consulting Kft, participants stated that they are planning 5.6% to 6% wage increase in 2008. Total staff employed...
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New food-chain safety authority from October
Date: 2007-09-13 00:00:00
The authority, pertains to the ministry of agriculture, follows the road and quality of the food from the field to the kitchen door. The staff, 104 people come from the...
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New retail chain – RIA by Interfruct
Date: 2007-09-13 00:00:00
The founder of RIA – the Interfruct Kft. calculates on 80 new member, independent stores, this year, and another 500 next year. The members of the chain will get several...
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EU Court rejects Biraghi's 'Grana' cheese trademark application
Date: 2007-09-13 00:00:00
The EU's second highest court, the Court of First Instance, has annulled a decision made by the EU body for harmonisation of trademarks and ruled that 'Grana' is not a...
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Last warning for China
Date: 2007-09-13 00:00:00
The European Union gave China a “last warning”, saying the bloc may ban a range of Chinese products, including food and toys, that fail to comply with health and safety...
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The world celebrate with alcoholic drink
Date: 2007-09-13 00:00:00
According the Gfk's fresh survey the people drink alcohol at home with friends or with family members or with the meal. 30,000 people's answers from 30 countries gave the basic...
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Grolsch increases its profit
Date: 2007-09-12 00:00:00
The Dutch brewer said that operating profit for the six months to the end of June rose to EUR11m compared to EUR10.2m in the corresponding period a year earlier. The...
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Loss of Lipton fails to hold Campari back in H1
Date: 2007-09-12 00:00:00
Campari's wine division performed particularly well, bringing in a 19.7% lift in sales, hitting EUR56.9m. Group net profit rose by 2.5%. The Italian drinks company said today that operating profit...
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PET bottle recycling
Date: 2007-09-11 00:00:00
Fe-Group Invest Zrt will soon complete the installation of a new piece of PET plastic bottle cleaning equipment purchased for HUF 200 m at its Budapest center. The company collects...
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Hungary inflation trickles down to 8.3% yr/yr
Date: 2007-09-11 00:00:00
According to Central Statistics Office (KSH) datas Hungary's consumer prices rose by 8.3% year on year in August. The price of flour rose 7.1% m/m and shot up by 33.2%...
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Healthy Europeans – the Probiotics market will double in the next years in the EU
Date: 2007-09-11 00:00:00
According to Frost & Sullivan's market riport, the European food and beverage probiotics market is expected to more than double by 2013. The Strategic Analysis of the European Food...
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New type of urban store is testing in France
Date: 2007-09-11 00:00:00
The French Casino supermarket chain is testing a new urban store concept for its supermarket banner in Paris. The store places the Casino private label products in optimum display positions...
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Private label is making large market share gains in organic food products
Date: 2007-09-11 00:00:00
According to TNS, in the UK, seven of the top ten selling organic products are now retailer brands. Tesco Organic has more than 1,200 items. Sainsbury's So Organic range "has...
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InBev prepares heavy investment for Belgian breweries
Date: 2007-09-11 00:00:00
InBev is looking to invest up to EUR60m in operations at three of its breweries. The Belgium-based beer giant confirmed that it will plough the money into its Hoegaarden, Jupille...
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European monitoring because of the additives
Date: 2007-09-10 00:00:00
The European Commission said it had asked the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to evaluate the British study, that has found that additives in drinks, sweets and cakes can contribute...
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