News and articles
Growing demand on instant 3 in 1 coffee
Date: 2008-09-23 00:00:00
According to Nielsen research comapany, the coffee consumption grow in value by 8% between August 2007 and July 2008. The total sales was HUF 46 billion. Coffe is one of...
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EU seeks to boost food import controls
Date: 2008-09-23 00:00:00
The aim is to “protect consumers, harmonise control methods and rules and also make sure that products entering Europe respect the same norms that we put on our producers. "We...
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54,000 children sick because of tainted milk
Date: 2008-09-23 00:00:00
Milk powder laced with the industrial chemical melamine has led to nearly 13,000 Chinese infants being admitted to hospital, 104 in a serious condition with kidney stones and agonizing complications....
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Celebs help Children Food Service Foundation
Date: 2008-09-23 00:00:00
On frame of„ Eating well week” several Hungarian celebs – from primadonna Marika Oszvald, to DJ Tibor Dévenyi – work in 9 restaurants in the capital. The partizipant pubs and...
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Big Brother's cafe watches you eat
Date: 2008-09-23 00:00:00
$4.5 million Restaurant of the Future is run by scientists of Wageningen University and Research Center, working with Sodexo, an international catering firm, and the Noldus software company, to answer...
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Coca-Cola is the most valued brand
Date: 2008-09-23 00:00:00
Interbrand, a brand management company, has compiled the top 100 list showing who has performed over the past 12 months, and just as importantly, who has slipped down the list....
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(HU) Évente több mint 10 liter tiszta szesznek megfelelő mennyiségű alkoholt isznak a csehek
Date: 2008-09-22 00:00:00
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Kaufland promotes cycling in Berlin
Date: 2008-09-22 00:00:00
Interested customers are shown by BUND how to take home larger purchases and how to cycle safely with a shopping trailer. In co-operation with the German alliance for the protection...
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(HU) 25 ezer vendég a VI. Hajdúszoboszlói Bioétel- és Borfesztiválon
Date: 2008-09-18 00:00:00
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(HU) „III. Coop Rally a minőségi magyar élelmiszer termékekért”
Date: 2008-09-18 00:00:00
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(HU) Továbbra is a nyugati régióban magasabb az egy főre jutó vásárlóerő
Date: 2008-09-18 00:00:00
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Metro Group Introduces Hotel Private Label Lline in Ukraine
Date: 2008-09-17 00:00:00
Products of H-Line are specially designed to meet the needs of the hotel sector. Metro Group's cash & carry operation in Ukraine has launched its hotel private label line. a...
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HILTON launches HILTON GARDEN INN brand in Russia
Date: 2008-09-17 00:00:00
Over the next 10 years, Hilton expects to open more than 70 Hilton hotels in key Russian cities and regional centres. Hilton has opened its first hotel under the Hilton...
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France to impose a 'picnic tax' on plastic
Date: 2008-09-17 00:00:00
France is to impose a “picnic tax” on plastic cutlery and plates as part of a drive to cut down on waste, but the unlikely levy has stuck in the...
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Hewlett-Packard to cut 24,600 jobs
Date: 2008-09-17 00:00:00
Hewlett-Packard announced that it would eliminate 24,600 jobs, or 7.5 percent of its work force, as part of its plan for digesting Electronic Data Systems, the computer services giant that...
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Motor Trades Rose Retail Sales in Ireland
Date: 2008-09-17 00:00:00
In July Retail sales volumes rose by 2.3% month-on-month (m/m) in July, according to seasonally adjusted data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). This marked the first increase in retail...
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New leader at Unilever Central Europe
Date: 2008-09-16 00:00:00
Herman Verstraeten, currently Chairman Unilever Russia, Ukraine and Belorussia (RUB) will be appointed as Chairman Unilever Central Europe, with effect from 1st September 2008. The Belgian specialist will substitute Tracey...
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CEE Poultry event in Packforum
Date: 2008-09-16 00:00:00
Packforum, Sealed Air's world-class permanent customer care center located near Paris, is opening the doors for a Special Event dedicated to Central Europe and South East Europe on Poultry market...
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Bonduelle, Coopagri In JV
Date: 2008-09-16 00:00:00
Food group Bonduelle has announced that it is forming a frozen vegetables joint venture with cooparative group Coopagri. The new entity, in which Bonduelle will have a 37% stake, will...
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Hotel Palazzo Zichy to open next February
Date: 2008-09-16 00:00:00
The 4-star boutique hotel will be housed in a restored 19th century building that was formerly the palace of Count Zichy. The new 80-room proper ty, including eight junior suites,...
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Labor costs rise in Hungary
Date: 2008-09-16 00:00:00
According to Eurostat the labor costs in Hungary rose 7.6% in the Q2 from the same period a year earlier, well over the 3.4% increase for the EU27, but under...
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Wal-Mart Seeking Approval To Open Bank in Canada
Date: 2008-09-16 00:00:00
The retailer giant has applied for regulatory approval to establish its own bank in the country, according to a notice on a Canadian government website. By obtaining a banking license,...
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Starbucks-Unilever ice cream deal
Date: 2008-09-16 00:00:00
The British food giant will research and develop new products using Starbucks coffee flavours. Starbucks signed a licensing agreement with Unilever to manufacture, market and distribute Starbucks ice cream products....
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SPAR Switzerland campaign with FIFA female umpire
Date: 2008-09-16 00:00:00
In Switzerland, SPAR is operating an EDLP strategy for a specified range of 300 products in its EUROSPAR and SPAR outlets. It is called '”Our smallest price”. Once a month,...
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