News and articles
The food retail decreased in December
Date: 2008-02-25 00:00:00
In the year's last month the retail sales enriched HUF 690 billion, it was 11.2% of year's volume.The volume of retail sales adjusted for calendar effects decreased by 3.0% in...
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Kofola sales up 15% in 2007
Date: 2008-02-22 00:00:00
Czech non-alcoholic drinks producer Kofola had Kc4.553bn sales in Central Europe last year, its sales in the Czech Republic jumped by 32.2 percent to Kc3.035bn. The growth came mainly thanks...
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Interest In Fairtrade Doubles in Britain
Date: 2008-02-22 00:00:00
Ethical shopping is moving into the mainstream as shoppers become increasingly informed about how food is produced. British shoppers bought Fairtrade products, people are taking a renewed interest in where...
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Novotel's internet corner is a huge success
Date: 2008-02-22 00:00:00
Altough 60% of business guests come with a laptop, 95% of them were missed an internet corner, where to see the mails or websurfing. By installing " Web Corners on...
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In spite of high raw material costs Nestle's profit rose by 16%
Date: 2008-02-22 00:00:00
In 2007, consolidated sales of the Nestlé Group amounted to CHF 107.6 billion, an increase of 9.2% over the same period last year. This was driven by organic growth of...
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Tesco Calls For Ban On Sale Of Cheap Alcohol
Date: 2008-02-22 00:00:00
Tesco has called for the Government to introduce new laws to ban the sale of cut-price alcohol amid growing concern over the levels of binge drinking. Tesco's chief executive, is...
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Podravka Opens Semi-Industrial Laboratory
Date: 2008-02-22 00:00:00
The value of this investment was 5 millions kunas. In the 400 square meters building the Podravka experts creating completely new products and improving the existing ones. The semi-industrial laboratory...
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REWE/ADEG deal may face EU regulatory hurdle
Date: 2008-02-22 00:00:00
Austria's largest supermarket group REWE (Billa, Merkur, Penny) has announced that it wants to increase its interest in fourth-largest supermarket chain ADEG from 24.9 to 75 per cent. The experts...
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The new consumer protection action started on the market at Feny street
Date: 2008-02-22 00:00:00
On the first station of „Springtime” operational the authorities didn't find big anomalies. 30 kilo meat was suppressed and some vegetable were must to be controled, but nothing was...
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Hungarian Trade Association believes in strong supervising but…
Date: 2008-02-22 00:00:00
The association agrees with the goal of the control chain, but ask the authorities to harmonize the default and the fine. The association advises to its members not to allow...
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Naturella Oazis by P&G
Date: 2008-02-22 00:00:00
The company imagines green oazis in five Hungarian cities. The action started on 2 February in Budapest, after Debrecen and Pecs, this weekend the Naturella Oazis stands in Gyor, the...
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Bunge Buys German Margarine Maker Walter Rau
Date: 2008-02-21 00:00:00
Established in 1903, Rau, which has a turnover of 130 million euro, employs 280 staff at its sites in Kleve and Hilter. This interconnection is intended to integrate Rau...
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Henkel innovation award for successful products
Date: 2008-02-21 00:00:00
This year’s award ceremony took place on Henkel Innovation Day. Celebrated for the first time on February 14 at all Company sites in the 125 countries around the world in...
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Since February Univer products got new packiging
Date: 2008-02-21 00:00:00
The 60 years old company changed the outlook of – traditional Univer product- mayonnaise. The Hungarian Product logó will not disappear. The new plastic flacons are effeminate, on the label...
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Heineken announced today a 23% organic growth in net profit for 2007
Date: 2008-02-21 00:00:00
Organic growth in revenue was 7.3%, driven by strong organic volume growth and a positive price and sales mix. Consolidated beer volume grew 7.1% to 119.8 million hectolitres of which...
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Last year the modern retail channel would be stronger
Date: 2008-02-21 00:00:00
It was a fall at the Hungarian retail – published Gfk Research Company in the newest Retail Analyses. The sales in hyper- and supermarket growth to 43%, the middle and...
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9th brand campagne to start in February
Date: 2008-02-21 00:00:00
This year the budget is HUF 360 Million, ten well known brands are to see on 3300 posters and citylights. In 2008 Beiersdorf, EVM, Henkel, Kométa, Magyar Cukor, Procter&Gamble,...
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Asda plans to create 9,000 jobs
Date: 2008-02-21 00:00:00
The comments came as Asda outlined plans for a £400 million store opening programme through 12 new superstores and ten more Asda Living nonfood stores. Asda plans to double its...
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Real wages decreased in 2007
Date: 2008-02-21 00:00:00
2 million 760 thousand persons were employed by enterprises employing at least 5 persons and by budgetary and social institutions, as well as assigned non-profit organizations in January–December 2007. ...
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Costa Coffee to focus on Poland
Date: 2008-02-21 00:00:00
By end of 2011 company wants to get 100 coffee stores. It means monthly one store must to open. Nowadays the company has 13 stores in Poland, for opening suppliers...
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Tea price on historical top
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
The cost of a cup of tea is set to soar to an all-time high following production problems in Kenya, the UN warned. Violence in the world’s largest exporter...
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Holiday cheques – new suppliers are invited
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
Nowadays more than 8,000 hotels, restaurants or coffees take the holiday cheques as legal tender. From 1 January 10% of suppliers contracted to give exta free services for guests comming...
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Marketers want to get inside consumers' heads
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
The biometric research are cheaper and easier as the normal way. Coca-Cola Co. and Virgin Mobile USA are among the top marketers to use neuroscience and biometric research to understand...
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In the face of recession in the USA Wal-Mart's profit rose
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
Wal-Mart, though, said net profit in the quarter ended Jan. 31 rose to $4.096 billion, or $1.02 per share, from $3.94 billion, or 95 cents a share, a year earlier....
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Innovative Shelf-Ready Packaging by STI
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
The company presents its solutions at ‘Innovationparc Packaging’ at Interpack. The 2008 Interpack exhibition in Dusseldorf is staging, for the first time, Innovationparc Packaging. It is supported by the EHI...
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Barilla to sell Kamps AG
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
The company , bought for 1.8 billion eur six years ago, is now waiting new investor. Italian food producer Barilla wants to sell its German baker Kamps and has already...
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30% more earnings before interest and taxes at Carlsberg
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
Eastern Europe helped Carlsberg to post higher-than-expected 2007 operating profit. The world's fifth-biggest brewer reported earnings before interest and taxes of 5.3 billion Danish crowns ($1.04 billion). The figure...
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Succesful year behind Lego
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
Profit before special items, financial income and expenses and tax amounted to 1,471 million, sales rose by 3 percent to 8.03 billion kroner (US$1.58 billion). The biggest increases were...
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Tesco apologized to the blind man
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
From now the stores's inner regulation fixs, that guide-dog can go into the supermarket. A blind man tried to shop with his guide-dog in Tesco in Papa. The supermarket employee...
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Since 2004Theodora is the Market leader
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
The bottler company Kekkuti is one of the strongest player on the Hungarian Mineral Water market. Last year the company's sales enriched HUF 12 billions, Kekkuti's 3 brands: Theodora,...
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