News and articles
Praktiker to expand further in Eastern Europe
Date: 2007-11-23 00:00:00
The DIY chain is set to step into the Ukrainian market next week and its next target on the agenda is Albania. Despite the negative impact of the government's austerity...
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Starbucks Plans 100 More UK, Ireland Outlets
Date: 2007-11-22 00:00:00
Howard Schultz, the group's founder and chairman belives that in the U.K. coffee shop market far more growth to come. Starbucks Corp. is planning its expansion overseas, its biggest program...
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Maspex increase at Romanian pasta market
Date: 2007-11-22 00:00:00
Tymbark Maspex Romania buys majority stake in Romanian pasta manufacturer Arnos Romanian food and beverage group. Tymbark Maspex, part of the Polish Maspex Group, has announced its acquisition of 80%...
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San Francisco bans plastic grocery bags
Date: 2007-11-22 00:00:00
Starting Tuesday traditional plastic bags are banned from supermarket checkout lines in San Francisco. The ban is being implemented under a city ordinance passed this year. City officials estimated 180...
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Matra Cukor Shuts Hungary Sugar Unit
Date: 2007-11-22 00:00:00
German-based Nordzucker AG's parent company said it will relinquish one-third of the sugar production quota in Hungary. This move is in response to the European Union's drastic sugar reform, which...
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2008 – Year of Feta
Date: 2007-11-22 00:00:00
Greece is hoping promotion of its trademark salty cheese will win more international clients. Despite winning the exclusive right to call its white cheese feta in 2005, after a long...
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Brussels Plans 'Made in EU' Food Label
Date: 2007-11-22 00:00:00
The European Commission is considering introducing a “made in the EU” label for food and drinks, aimed at identifying products made in the European Union. The proposal, prepared by health...
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Soon opens the first Cortefiel store in Budapest
Date: 2007-11-22 00:00:00
Beginning with 2009, Spanish group Cortefiel will market its own brand in Hungary. Cortefiel is targeting urbanized adults between the age of 30 and 60, which makes it a rival...
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Excellent Hungarian Food Award for two products of Papai Hus
Date: 2007-11-22 00:00:00
After a successful reorganization program the company cut 33,000 more pigs as in the last year period. During the IFE-Foodapest exhibition take part the award gala of Excellent Hungarian Food,...
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Year's end shopping focus on hypermarkets
Date: 2007-11-22 00:00:00
This year MP4 player and auto navigation set are the most popular christmas gifts. According to Gfk researches in December consumer give 25% more for FMCG as in a normal...
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HUF 500 million for Hungarian National Tourist Office
Date: 2007-11-22 00:00:00
If the campaign will be successful, the goal is extra 300,000 guest nights, then the organization gets another half billion HUF. From the extra source three new program start, all...
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Marché International's restaurant along the S1 at Vienna's Schwechat Airport
Date: 2007-11-21 00:00:00
The subsidiary of the Mövenpick Group, which open 6 restaurant at MOL gasstation in the next year, celebrates the grand opening of Austria's largest highway rest stop. Marché Schwechat will...
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Tradition and modernity – Lounge Editon 2007 arrived
Date: 2007-11-21 00:00:00
In Hungary only 60 bottle of newest Grand Marnier are available in retail. Lounge bars are the theme of this year 's limited edition, which is the fifth in the...
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Agrana to concentrate refining activities at the Kaposvár facility
Date: 2007-11-20 00:00:00
The second Magyar Cukor refinery at Petöhaza will be closed. In the course of the latest reform of the EU sugar market regime, talks are currently taking place in...
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Instead choco Santas Hungarians buy „szaloncukor”
Date: 2007-11-20 00:00:00
According to Gfk Hungaria ConsumerScan datas the demanf for Hungarian christmas candy „szaloncukor” growth in 2006, but 2% less Santas from choco were bought. In the last seasson 4% more...
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Yearly 130 millio kilo meat of pork is bought on black roads
Date: 2007-11-20 00:00:00
According to specialist of meat industry said: it will be 25% price increase in Europe in 2008. The members of the Hungarian Meat Association said they have to survive 10%...
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Americans give less money for Chirstmas
Date: 2007-11-20 00:00:00
The holiday sales season may be the grimmest for U.S. retailers in at least five years said specialists. High gasoline and home heating prices, as well as levels of consumer...
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SABMiller to pay the holland Grolsch for Euro 816 million
Date: 2007-11-20 00:00:00
SABMiller sees significant potential across Africa and Latin America, where the premium segment is still in its infancy, and in the more developed markets of Central and Eastern Europe. ...
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Marketing education on IFE-Foodapest
Date: 2007-11-20 00:00:00
The new founded Club of Marketing Consultants organise presentations during the exhibation's periode. There are several presentation on 20 and 22 November and a half day seminar is waiting the...
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Strong food security control in Christmas period
Date: 2007-11-20 00:00:00
The authority works normally with 800 people, in December with 2,000. The supervisors check the traceability of the products, the logistic conditions, the quality control, the waste managment etc....
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Every European food must be labelled with GDA in three years
Date: 2007-11-20 00:00:00
The EU would bind the producers to show the food's sugar, salt, fat content. According to a Union plan the content must be written for 100 gramm and for each...
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Hershey to Close one of its American Plant
Date: 2007-11-19 00:00:00
A Naugatuck factory where candy bars such as Mounds and Almond Joy have been made for 85 years, is shutting down for good. The shift is part of an overall...
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Reorganizations at Kraft Foods
Date: 2007-11-19 00:00:00
Kraft FoodS Inc. said it will close its Cobourg, Ont., manufacturing facility by October 2008. The Northfield, Ill., food company has 380 employees at the Cobourg plant, which makes cereal,...
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Plus and Netto Marken-Discount to Form Joint Venture
Date: 2007-11-19 00:00:00
The Tengelmann Group will in future be cooperating closely with the Hamburg-headquartered EDEKA Group. The new company in which EDEKA has a 70 percent stake and Tengelmann 30 percent will...
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5% revenue increase at Lego
Date: 2007-11-19 00:00:00
In Germany the company has 12% market share. Despite forecasts that sales would fall in 2007, the LEGO Group sold 5% more during the first half of the year than...
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Fornetti to Expand Output
Date: 2007-11-19 00:00:00
With a view to cater for growing demand from Bulgaria and Romania, the company plans to expand the capacity of its plant by 250-300 tons per month. To reach its...
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Renovation program for one million USD at Holiday Inn hotels
Date: 2007-11-16 00:00:00
All Holiday Inn hotels, more than 3,000, open or under development are expected to have implemented the relaunch programme by the end of 2010, with the first due to open...
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Bank of the year 2007- CIB Bank is on the top
Date: 2007-11-16 00:00:00
Mastercard Bank of the year 2007 competition's second place is MKB's, the third is for OTP. The most sympathetic bank for the public was Raiffeisen Bank. Most of the biggest...
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Hungary's biggest shopping centre opens
Date: 2007-11-16 00:00:00
After two weeks and 3 hour lag yesterday Arena Plaza opened its gates. People run to buy cheap flat tvs and other discount price products. The 180,000-square-metre Arena Plaza will...
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Slackly developing on hypermarkets
Date: 2007-11-16 00:00:00
According to Nielsen Research Company this year until November 11 new hypermarket were opened, last year, there were 17, two years before 15 new hypermarket opened its gates. There are...
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