News and articles
Succes at Barcelona Degusta
Date: 2009-03-16 17:20:00
According to the organisation, Alimentaria Exhibitions, during the show a turnover of close to two million euros was generated through direct sales. The third edition of Barcelona Degusta closed its...
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Decreasing consumer trust
Date: 2009-03-16 12:18:23
The sales of FMCG products will fall in West-Europe, the growing inflation and the pressure of budget cutting influences all of the supply chain. In frame of ’Economic Current’ research...
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Coface unveils credit ratings business
Date: 2009-03-16 11:40:26
Third largest credits insurer in the world will be in competition with Standard & Poor’s, Moody and Fitch. ’These companies’ business models should be controlled while ratings should undergo statistic...
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Euro zone Jan retail sales dip
Date: 2009-03-16 11:16:51
Euro zone retail sales fell more than expected year-on-year in January and were revised down sharply for December in another sign of continued economic recession. The European Union statistics office,...
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Sara Lee weighs sale of European business
Date: 2009-03-16 11:07:35
According to Wall Street Journal Sara Lee is examining a sale of its European household and personal-care business. The company has hired Goldman Sachs to sound out possible bidders for...
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Metro Group uses robot for unloading and palletising
Date: 2009-03-16 10:49:52
According to Lebensmittel Zeitung the Metro Group has implemented a fully-automated solution for the unloading of shipping containers in its non-food central distribution centre in Unna, Germany. The robot-like solution...
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Wal-Mart to open first Hispanic-focused supermarkets in US
Date: 2009-03-16 10:32:09
According to Financial Times the Wal-Mart plans to open its first Hispanic-focused supermarkets this summer in Arizona and Texas as the retailer continues its drive to expand its dominance of...
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(HU) Magyar Agrárgazdasági Minőség Díjat nyert a Pick Szeged Zrt.
Date: 2009-03-13 13:24:39
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The concentration is faster, 1,400 less shops
Date: 2009-03-13 07:05:08
According to Nielsen researches in 20008 December the number of food shops was 19,935, opposite to 2007's year's end result, 21,339 units. Mainly the number of shops under 50...
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Eco-friendly Tesco introduces itself at Greenexpo
Date: 2009-03-13 06:51:32
The retailer is exhibitor of Greenexpo from 13-15 March at Papp László Sportarena. The visitors of Ecotesco stand can get to know company's „Tesco for Nature” program. At this place...
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Travel offers by Lidl
Date: 2009-03-13 06:36:50
The discount retailer sales the domestic and foreigner travels of Austrian Falk Travel. Till now Lidl sold travels only in Germany and Austria, Hungary is the first East-European country where...
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Hungarian bougth less consumer durables
Date: 2009-03-13 06:21:22
After a balking year's end in 2007, the trend was unchanged in 2008, the total sales in volume and value was under the previous year's results. According to GfK...
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HUF 26.5 billion record reveneu at TV2
Date: 2009-03-13 06:02:01
'This sales result is the best of our history and we are very proude because it combines with high rate of profit' – said Zoltán Várdy, CEO of the TV...
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Subway expanding in Europe
Date: 2009-03-13 05:32:15
In response to demand from European consumers, Subway has ambitious development plans for Europe, aiming to reach 2,600 outlets in 27 countries. The market with the highest number of units...
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EU makes bigger steps to protect consumers
Date: 2009-03-13 03:30:13
Last year 60,000 compaints were lodged to the EU, more than 2,300 legal cases was started because of unfair commercial pratices. 13 March is the European Day dedicated to...
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Sporty sweets
Date: 2009-03-13 02:58:15
With the economic crisis hitting all of sports, the London Olympics got a financial lift through sponsorship deals with Cadbury and Trident. London 2012 chief executive Paul Deighton said it...
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P&G's digital summit socially adept
Date: 2009-03-13 02:26:37
About 40 executives from major social networking companies were invited to P&G’s downtown headquarters to meet with about a hundred P&G marketers to help them unlock the potential of these...
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(HU) Szintentartásra volt elég a tavalyi év
Date: 2009-03-12 11:04:34
Gross domestic product of Hungary decreased by 2.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008 and by 2.5% when adjusted for calendar effects, compared to the corresponding period of the...
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Export fall extremly
Date: 2009-03-12 10:37:54
In January 2009, according to Hungarian Central Statistical Office's first estimates, exports amounted to HUF 1,172 billion (EUR 4,213 million), while the value of imports reached HUF 1,218 billion (EUR...
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Fressnapf to invest €8.6 million in expansion in Austria
Date: 2009-03-12 10:18:37
Fressnapf Austria chief executive Heidi Obermeier told the Austrian Times that turnover is expected to top €96 million this year, after reaching €90 million in the last financial year. The...
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Real eyes Ukraine opening
Date: 2009-03-12 10:04:40
Germany’s leading retailer, Metro Group, plans to open its first Ukrainian hypermarket in August under the Real brand. The new store will be the group’s first retail market in Ukraine,...
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Auchan plans to open six new hypermarkets in Russia
Date: 2009-03-12 09:54:18
The stores will be opened in Omsk, Samara, St. Petersburg, and Moscow. Documents for two more facilities are awaiting signatures. According to Auchan Russia's member of the Board of Directors...
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Price of seasonal food items grow
Date: 2009-03-11 09:31:08
In February 2009 consumer prices increased by 1.0% compared to the previous month and rose by 3.0% compared to February 2008. In the first two months of 2009 the average...
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SPAR has excellent business year in 2008
Date: 2009-03-11 09:01:15
The consolidated revenue of the group grow by 31.53% on year to year basis to HUF 374.17 billion. The total sales area of SPAR Group increased to 384,817 sqm, it...
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Tesco promisses light choise
Date: 2009-03-11 08:45:09
Retailer started to sale its Light Choices brand, which offers good quality, but cheap food for healthy eaters. Tesco offers day to day new retail branded products in Hungary, a...
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Investestment with extra profit
Date: 2009-03-11 08:30:17
European Conformity Check Ltd. (ECC) helps for companies in food industry to find the right tender for their investion of material assets. According to Zoltán Csomár, financial director of ECC,...
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Cryovac workshop at Packforum
Date: 2009-03-11 07:47:57
Sealed Air organises a special 2-day seminar for top management in retail and food processing on 1-2 April. In frame of the event European case studies will be presented by...
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TESCO and Unilever team up to create perfect convenience store
Date: 2009-03-11 06:17:59
Tesco and consumer goods company Unilever have joined forces to create the perfect convenience store. For over two years Unilever has been conducting research into how to put together the...
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