News and articles
BWG invests €100m in Spar chain in Ireland
Date: 2008-06-18 00:00:00
Retail group currently operates 471 Spar stores in Ireland under the Spar, Spar Express and Eurospar brands. BWG Retail – established in 2006 – is part of the BWG Group....
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Solar power ad by PepsiCo
Date: 2008-06-18 00:00:00
PepsiCo to convince consumers that the companies care about the environment. The newest demonstration of solar power (figuratively) is coming from the Frito-Lay division of PepsiCo, which is using the...
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Electrolux's hugh investments in Poland
Date: 2008-06-18 00:00:00
Swedish kitchen, cleaning and outdoor appliances manufacturer may invest up to 300 million euros in Poland.Electrolux will receive half of the investment funds from the European Investment Bank (EIB). According...
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Hungarians spent less money for clothes in 2007
Date: 2008-06-18 00:00:00
The most popular shopping place were the average clothes shops, but the far-east shops and the buy on the street was also beloved source of supply . According to...
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New Strawberry Palinka from Zwack
Date: 2008-06-18 00:00:00
Only 900 flasks were bottled from this unique drink. The strawberry palinka taste as the fresh strawberry with blackberry and some spices. It's creamy and thick together. ...
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Whity Lily – Restaurant Hygiene á la carte
Date: 2008-06-18 00:00:00
From May, twice a year, it examines restaurants, cafés and pizzerias that volunteer, thus ensuring continued quality. The White Lily Program, which arrived to Hungary as well this year,...
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Dreher's ad campaign for responsible alcohol consumption
Date: 2008-06-18 00:00:00
Gábor Talmácsi, the famous motorcyclist is the face of the campaign, how accentuates the individual resposibility. Dreher Brewery in part of its CSR program started this ad campaign to call...
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Coca-Cola since 40 years in Hungary
Date: 2008-06-18 00:00:00
Hungarian first met the product at the National Fair in Budapest in 1967, the first in Hungary bottled flask leaved the factory in 17th June 1968. In 1991 Coca-Cola Amatil...
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Excellent Award for Kempinski Budapest
Date: 2008-06-18 00:00:00
At first in Hungary Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest, Kempinski Spa and the Ristorante Giardino get the „Seven Stars and Stripes” Award. Seven Stars and Stripes® is the brainchild of Thorsten...
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Strong HUF is a Danger to Hotel Companies
Date: 2008-06-17 00:00:00
Besides the high food and energy prices also the strong national money can decreased the profit of Hungarian hotel companies. According to specialists a 10% increase at rate effects HUF...
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SABMiller To Buy Stake In Ukrainian Brewery Holding
Date: 2008-06-17 00:00:00
The Ukrainian Antimonopoly Committee has cleared SABMiller's proposal to buy over 50% of Ukrainian Brewery Holding. The UK-based brewer had earlier bought the Sarmat brewery, which had been part of...
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Evolving hotel indicators
Date: 2008-06-17 00:00:00
In the first five months of 2008, hotels had a 53 percent occupancy rate. Gross Room Revenue at current prices was up 6 percent, total guest nights increased by 1...
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Tesco to expand beyond the West Coast US
Date: 2008-06-17 00:00:00
The British retailer is investing up to £250m a year in the next four years on the West Coast. Tesco is due to open its first U.S. store in three...
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Hungarian POP Icons in Coke Club
Date: 2008-06-17 00:00:00
In the second season of Coke Club today rockbands sing their icons's (LGT, Neoton Familia, Tankcsapda) songs.In the MTV Icon program bands inspired by the Icon performed some of their...
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Unilever's price increase also in Hungary
Date: 2008-06-17 00:00:00
A sharp price hike for vegetable oils necessitated a higher-than-average price hike for margarine, ketchup, mayonnaise and ice cream. Unilever Hungary said it will raise prices by less than 10%...
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Stolichnaya to Be Put up for Sale
Date: 2008-06-17 00:00:00
Vodka label Stolichnaya is to be put up for sale after Russian company SPI asked Lehman Brothers to find a buyer. French wine and spirits group Pernod Ricard was linked...
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Chocolate-flavoured gum by Trident
Date: 2008-06-17 00:00:00
Cadbury is using its two biggest businesses – chocolate and gum – to produce a mint gum with a liquid-filled chocolate-flavoured centre that will hit shops in Britain Cadbury...
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New Swiss Owner by Buitoni Pasta Plant
Date: 2008-06-17 00:00:00
Nestle's Italian subsidiary has selected Swiss investment group TMT Finance SA to take over its Buitoni dried pasta and crisp bread plant in San Sepolcro. The plant, which employs 450,...
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Herendi China Manufacture open a shop in Harrods
Date: 2008-06-16 00:00:00
The company is present with exclusive shops in Germany and China, but now it opened an elegant unit in London famous mall. The unit take place on the II. floor...
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Metro Cash&Carry to build three new stores in Bulgaria
Date: 2008-06-16 00:00:00
Metro Cash&Carry Bulgaria plans to invest 150 million leva within the next three years, company representatives told reporters in Varna, at the opening of the first expanded and modernised store...
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French Cheese Firm Bel to Acquisite two Czech companies
Date: 2008-06-16 00:00:00
The Czech antitrust office UOHS has given the green light for French dairy company Fromageries Bel to buy Jaromericka and J+R. Fromageries Bel will take over 71.34% of shares in...
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Retail Sales Growth Better-Than-Expected in the US
Date: 2008-06-16 00:00:00
Sales in every merchant category increased in May. Excluding autos, sales rose 1.2%. Sales of electronics increased 0.7% and sales at department stores jumped 1.2%, the most since March 2007....
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Carrefour to rebrand all Champion shops
Date: 2008-06-16 00:00:00
French supermarket giant will rebrand all 1,021 of its Champion shops as Carrefour by the end of 2009, La Tribune reported. The company will transform around 150 of the shops...
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Industrial gross output increased in April
Date: 2008-06-16 00:00:00
The growth was 11.8% compared to April 2007, the index adjusted by working days rose by 6.5%. The volume of the production was higher by 8.1% in the first four...
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Agricultultural products are expensive
Date: 2008-06-16 00:00:00
In April 2008 the producer price level of agricultural products was 32.6% higher than in April 2007. The price level of crops and horticultural products increased by 41.9% while that...
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ASDA won Three Tops Prize At Grocer Gold Awards
Date: 2008-06-16 00:00:00
The British retail company picked up the Best for Service Award and the Best for Availability Award and the also the Best of Business Initiative . The Grocer Gold Awards...
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Bosch may transfer production to Hungary?
Date: 2008-06-16 00:00:00
According to Swedish evertiq.com internet site the German based Bosch may transfer production from its plants in France to Hungary or Spain. The plant that is most threaten is...
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Bulgaria Milk Producers Protest because of Low Prices
Date: 2008-06-13 00:00:00
Dozens of Bulgarian milk producers rallied in the capital Sofia to press for government guaranteed minimum purchase prices for milk due to increasing animal feed prices. Farmers in the new...
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Nordzucker to Bid for Danisco Sugar
Date: 2008-06-13 00:00:00
Germany's second-largest sugar refiner Nordzucker is interested in buying the sugar arm of Danish group Danisco and “has the money to pay whatever it costs,” its CEO told financial daily...
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Giant beer aquisitaion on the horizon
Date: 2008-06-13 00:00:00
Anheuser-Busch Acknowledges Receipt of Unsolicited Proposal from Inbev Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. in value of USD 46.3 billion. The $65 per share in cash for Anheuser-Busch is 24% higher than the...
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