Company and Personal News
Coca-Cola to close concentrates plant near to Dublin
Date: 2007-08-31 00:00:00
The beverage giant would shut down one of its three ingredients plants in Ireland. The company will shift the production of concentrates from the 30-year-old plant in Drogheda, north of...
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EU asks food shops to act 'responsibly' on prices
Date: 2007-08-31 00:00:00
Europe's farm chief called on retailers not to make European Union's (EU) consumers pay excessively for staple foods such as bread and milk despite recent surges in international grain and...
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Cadbury to buy Intergum
Date: 2007-08-30 00:00:00
Cadbury's planned acquisition of the Turkey-based chewing gum manufacturer Intergum has been approved by the competition regulator. Cadbury announced the proposed 333m acquisition in June this year, claiming the move...
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Run on furniture – especially at IKEA
Date: 2007-08-30 00:00:00
The Hungarian IKEA has reported HUF 38.6 billion revenues for its financial year ending 31 August, which is a 16% increase from FY2006. IKEA Lakberendezési Kft. had 4.7 million customers...
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Rotten Meat scandal in Germany
Date: 2007-08-30 00:00:00
The rotten meat would be sold for Turkish doner kebab restaurants. Authorities had confiscated more than 11 tons of beef and turkey meat at a company based in the southern...
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Heineken fixed its 20-25% profit growth forecast
Date: 2007-08-30 00:00:00
The Holland-based brewer said that net profit for the six months to the end of June fell markedly, by 30.4% year-on-year, to EUR302m, although net profit took a hammering from...
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Royal Unibrew buys Latvian brewery Livu Alus
Date: 2007-08-30 00:00:00
The Danish brewer Royal Unibrew AS bought Latvia's third-largest brewery Livu Alus for 130 mln dkr. The acquisition, which is subject to approval by relevant authorities, is expected to be...
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Bioethanol at Tesco from Monday
Date: 2007-08-30 00:00:00
The Tesco Megapark in Pesterzsebet will be the first Hungrian and east-european gas station of Tesco where the green friendly drives can buy bioethanol. Europe second biggest hypermarket chain is...
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In contempt of restrictions sales grew in hypermarkets
Date: 2007-08-30 00:00:00
According to annalist this is the year of discounters in the Hungarian retail. Nielsen datas show that the share of stores over 400 m2 grew with 2%, the 2500 m2...
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Cold, but big business – eiscream
Date: 2007-08-30 00:00:00
Researcher Euromonitor figures that global ice cream sales are rising 2.5% annually and will hit $65 billion in 2010. Today, the $59 billion ice cream industry is dominated by two...
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Gramex expanding
Date: 2007-08-29 08:00:00
Gramex 2000 Kft, one of the biggest domestic manufacturers of private label soft drinks is practically doubling the size of its Veresegyháza facility. Both a new warehouse and a new...
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Whisky brand for soberness
Date: 2007-08-29 08:00:00
Mika Hakkinen, two time world chamion Formula One pilot opened an event called „Never drink, when you drive” on 31. July, in Budapest. This event is part of a world-wide...
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Variations for Bomba! back lit signs
Date: 2007-08-29 08:00:00
Six companies have entered the competition organised by the magazine Sign and Büki Üdítő Kft. for designing special back lit signs for the Bomba! image....
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Recharged continuously
Date: 2007-08-29 08:00:00
Buying batteries has become an everyday necessity. There has been a shift in the battery market towards rechargeable batteries, as these are much more economical to use. – The market...
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Hungarian findings
Date: 2007-08-29 08:00:00
The most important findings of the survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers regarding Hungary are: • 25 per cent of the companies participating have become victims in the past two years. • Fraud,...
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Helia-D Mélytisztító Arcgél
Date: 2007-08-29 08:00:00
Sunflower stem extract and ground sea snail shell, the special ingredients of Helia-D Mélytisztító Arcgél help to remove dead epidermis cells and make our skin silky and fragrant....
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CIES SUPPLY CHAIN CONFERENCE 2007
Date: 2007-08-29 08:00:00
(Tomorrow's Supply Chain: Efficient, Transparent, Sustainable) 11 & 12 October 2007 – Prague, Czech Republic, www.ciessupplychain.com The CIES Supply Chain Conference 2007 is /the/ meeting place for Supply Chain &...
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New cakes from Szamos Marcipán
Date: 2007-08-29 08:00:00
Szamos Marcipán has new tortes and cakes to offer, available in its shops and confectioneries since May. Light and fruity flavours dominate among the ten new products....
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Second Bauhaus under construction in Szigetszentmiklós
Date: 2007-08-29 08:00:00
Construction of a new, 20,000 square meter Bauhaus store has begun near Szigetszentmiklós. Europe’s leading “do it yourself “chain is building two stores in Hungary with an investment of HUF...
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Sales of chocolate bars rising again
Date: 2007-08-29 08:00:00
After some stagnation, sales of chocolate bars again showed growth of 11 per cent in terms of value, between June 2006–May 2007. Total sales have exceeded HUF 25 billion. Average...
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Shrinking sizes, combined types
Date: 2007-08-29 08:00:00
Powder or gel? Manufacturers often use combined packaging to spare us the trouble of having to choose between the two. Washing liquids also exist to tackle special challenges. Washing powder...
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London, you dear one!
Date: 2007-08-29 08:00:00
Though London is no longer the centre of the world, but it is undeniably still one of the most important business and cultural centres and it is developing at an...
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Zubrowka vodka
Date: 2007-08-29 08:00:00
Premium category Polish vodka speciality. There is a leaf of buffalo grass in each bottle, a special trademark which gives the vodka a pleasant flavour, fragrance and a light green...
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Reliability, quality
Date: 2007-08-29 08:00:00
The significance of excellent quality and reliability cannot be over-emphasised. The long term prospects of enterprises in the food business depend on these factors. Our ability to adapt to changing...
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Twice as much Pöttyös for Children’s day
Date: 2007-08-29 08:00:00
This year over 40 thousand units of Pöttyös Túró Rudi have been delivered to hospitals all over the country as gifts for Pöttyös Children’s Day. This is double the quantity...
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Chocolate bars recovering
Date: 2007-08-29 08:00:00
Life is not very easy for chocolate bars nowadays. Healthy competition however, has resulted in growth not only for private labels, but also for brands successful in innovation, leading to...
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Friendly softeners – inside stores as well
Date: 2007-08-29 08:00:00
Most softeners on the market are coloured, scented , even aroma therapeutic. New methods, such as fragrance marketing are playing an increasing role in trade marketing. The owners of leading...
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From store to store in Shanghai – Metro
Date: 2007-08-29 08:00:00
Shopping tour in Shanghai. Our destinations: Metro, Lianhua (Chinese-owned supermarket chain) and Tesco. Our first stop is Metro, not only a temple but also a school of consumption here. The...
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Bonbonetti Choco Fruit
Date: 2007-08-29 08:00:00
The new Bonbonetti product, Choco Fruit is dried plums from California covered in black chocolate....
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