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Reorganization by Zalabaromfi

The new owner, the Dale consortium bought the company for more than 50% of a start prise, HUF 2,4 billion. Dale started to reorganize and rationalized the company in Zalaegerszeg....

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Burger King will be open in Bohemia

AmRest, the listed restaurant operator – managing, among others, Burger King,Pizza Hut KFC – ask for working permit in Czech Republic. Until now the concret start of the first bohemian...

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Hard competition on softdrinks market in Ukraine

Orangina Group, the beverage producer has acquired Rosinka, a Ukrainian soft drinks manufacturer, for an undisclosed sum.  Rosinka, which has a workforce of 600, saw its 2006 turnover reach 30...

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Toxic industry raw materials in chinese food

Chinese media are reporting that authorities have shut down 180 food factories, after inspectors found industrial chemicals in products from candy to seafood. Authorities say formaldehyde, illegal dyes and industrial...

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Charles' organic carrots rejected by Sainsbury's for being 'rotten'

SAINSBURY'S rejected royal carrots grown at the Prince of Wales's organic farm because they were “rotten”.   The supermarket giant said the quality of Duchy carrots from Highgrove had "deteriorated"...

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Nike is popular in Europe

With growth in the U.S. and abroad, plus surprisingly strong future orders, Nike allayed fears and buoyed hopes for some about the future of the world's largest athletic shoe and...

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Warehouses near to the downtown

Construction work has begun for a 20,000-square-metre (4.94-acre) business park in Táblás street in Budapest's 9th district. InNove Business Park will comprise warehouses and office space. It is located at...

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Uninterrupted growth at LLP

LLP Group, a leading provider of ERP and CRM solutions in Central and Eastern Europe, has reported 2006 total revenues of 7.7 million EUR, representing 12% growth over 2005.  The...

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Tesco set to launch book club with UK's biggest publisher

Tesco, the supermarket chain with more than 1200 stores in the UK, is expanding its retail empire by launching a book club in collaboration with the UK's biggest publisher, Random...

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Spain Gives Nod to Nueva Rumasa's Acquisition of Parmalat's Clesa

According to Spain's business media, the national competition authority has given food group Nueva Rumasa the green light to acquire Clesa, the Spanish subsidiary of Italian dairy firm Parmalat. The...

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Tesco sponsoring Salva Vita this year

Tesco-Global Áruházak Zrt. has donated HUF 20 million to the Salva Vita Foundation which promotes the integration of physically challenged young people and adults into society....

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AdWords for us too

The business site AdWords is now accessible to Hungarian users as well, announced Google on 12 June. AdWords helps the activities of companies which do not have web sites of...

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401-2500 square meter stores improving their position

Retail sales of cereal bars declined by 3 per cent both in terms of value and of volume in the April 2006–March 2007 period. The total market was estimated at...

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Food miracle in Brazil

One of the guests at a conference organised by Agricultural Business Research Institute was Sotto Pacheco Costa, a former director of EMBRAPA (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária). He spoke about...

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Hyper new from Prague

I am prejudiced towards Prague. It is not the price of beer, the beauty of the old city or their national food which makes me envy the people, who are...

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SIÓ fresh & fruit

New sió fresh&fruit is a delicious, enjoyable, refreshing, pleasant and thirst quenching fruit drink with natural fruit content....

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Up-dated image for Kaiser

Kaiser Food Élelmiszer-ipari Kft. has a refreshed image. Kaiser products are available with new packaging from June. New design is accompanied by flow pack and modern, sliced products sealed in...

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IMIGe team expanding

Gábor Schwarz from Penthouse Magazin became the business development director of IMIGe Hungary in April, while two former Boomerang Media employees, Erika Farkas and András Farkas András have joined the...

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Health and games from corn

According to a recent survey by Nielsen, the market of cereals grew by 2 per cent in terms of value last year. Sales of corn flakes grew by 11 per...

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Diverse prospects for our key industries

The secret behind the Brazilian food miracle was not the only topic at the AKI conference held in June. Medium-term prospects for European food markets were also discussed and we...

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Climate-friendly Tesco in Sátoraljaújhely

The climate-friendly Tesco store in Sátoraljaújhely uses 25 per cent less electricity and 50 per cent less gas. James McCann, general director of Tesco and Daron Neal, director responsible for...

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Capitaly: think of the future!

The sales and marketing plans had just been completed by Unilever for 2007, when the restrictive economic measures of the Government were announced in September 2006. This was when a...

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Deodorant tested in Africa

An expedition crossing Africa tested Kilimanjaro, the new version of Old Spice this autumn. The Old Spice Afrika climbed Kilimanjaro in May....

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Unbroken trust

Reader’s Digest magazine has again prepared a survey about the brands regarded as most reliable by consumers. The survey covered 15 European countries and 24,000 interviews. Quality, price, image and...

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Drugstores: increasing intimacy

Retail sales of women’s hygiene products are increasingly concentrated in drugstores. According to data from Nielsen, their market share grew by 3 per cent last year, but hyper markets still...

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No more subsidies for exports of dairy products

In line with a recommendation by the EU Commission, the EU has decided to stop subsidising exports of butter and cheese. Exports subsidies would be reduced to zero, but would...

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Ecological impact

Tesco has developed a method for measuring the “ecological impact” of products, meaning the total related CO emission, which is displayed on labels....

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Product placement in the focus

In May 2007, competent ministers of EU member countries accepted the amendment of the 1989 “Television Without Frontiers” directive, to allow product placement. The topics discussed at the Press Club...

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Last Unicum concert of the season

The Hungarian Festival Orchestra staged its last Unicum concert of the season in Bartók Béla Hall on 27 May. The next Unicum concert with compositions by Brahms and Rachmaninov will...

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