News and articles
Cadbury sells 7Up
Date: 2007-06-20 00:00:00
Cadbury Schweppes said it would probably sell its Dr Pepper and 7Up soda brands in order to expand the company. The company would force the layoff of up to 7,500...
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Old brand talks to young people
Date: 2007-06-19 00:00:00
The WU2 haircare products get a new website for a younger targetgroup, made by Carnation. This year WU2 opens to a younger target group and decided to make an online...
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Payed for Parmalet
Date: 2007-06-19 00:00:00
Parmalat settles for EURO 72M from Merrill Lynch, ING Bank, Banca Monte Parma. After the bankroupt in 2003 the company is renewed and its paper can buy and sell on...
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Hot summer, people drink water and beer
Date: 2007-06-19 00:00:00
According to specialists on the very hot days people drink 20-100 more mineral water or beer. Year after year there is a highly going tendency in drinking water, 15 before...
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Croatia invites people into Big Markethall
Date: 2007-06-19 00:00:00
Between 21 and 23 of June Center of Croatia – Eszek, Varadin, Bjelovar, Chakovec introduce themselves in Budapest. On the three days event there will be good volkmusic and a...
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Kellogg checks up its marketing practices to kids
Date: 2007-06-19 00:00:00
The Kellogg Company announced it will adopt nutrition standards for the products it markets to children, pledging to reformulate those products that fall short of the criteria.The company said it...
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Kaiser Food reckon with a good business year
Date: 2007-06-18 00:00:00
The company plans 10% revenue growth this year. Facing last year's HUF 4.8 billion incomes, Kaiser Food wait for HUF 5.2 billion. As result of last years plant modernizations, what...
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Reducing packaing
Date: 2007-06-18 00:00:00
Britvic, Cadbury Schweppes, Coca-Cola, and Nestle are among the companies joining Unilever and others in signing a commitment to cut down on packaging and food waste under a UK programme....
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Heineken has acquired a brewery in the Czech Republic
Date: 2007-06-18 00:00:00
The global brewer said that it has bought Krusovice Brewery from Germany's Radeberger Gruppe for an undisclosed fee. The transaction is expected to complete in September, subject to clearance from...
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Successful year at Storck Hungary
Date: 2007-06-18 00:00:00
Altough there are several negative tendencies in the hungarian food industry Storck had a spectacular growth. The sales increased with 22%. On hungarian market the company has a revenue of...
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Tesco opened in Sümeg
Date: 2007-06-18 00:00:00
On 15 of June a new store opened in Sümeg, near to 84 roadway. There are 25 employes in the 1,000 sm store. The customer can shop 3-4,000 kind of...
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From July medicines from Agip Gas Stations
Date: 2007-06-18 00:00:00
Now the call centers are built, when finishing the company submits for permissions. According to Agip Gas Company they will start to selling medicines at beginning July on several gas...
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Renewed Metro Store in Pécs
Date: 2007-06-18 00:00:00
After a short time renovation there was a reopening ceremony in Pécs, with a successful charity wine caution, the revenue was donated for cancer ill children. On 14 of June...
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Poisonous 'Colgate' in teh USA
Date: 2007-06-18 00:00:00
Last week the US's Food and Drug Administration recalled toothpaste sold in discount stores in four American states after it was found to be tainted with a poisonous chemical. The...
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400,000 tourist pay with hungarian holiday check
Date: 2007-06-15 00:00:00
The companies in the capital until Mai bought holiday checks for 384,942 travelers, in value HUF 7.23 billion. Last year in this period bought for 241,464 people, in value HUF...
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500 million euro investment near to Balatonairport
Date: 2007-06-15 00:00:00
The spanish Sadesa-Group build golfcenter, wellnes-hotel, ultramodern apartments and industrial -logistic park in Savoly. The construction begins in 2008, the industry and logistic park will get 102 acre, on the...
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KA-VOSZ gave the 75,000 Széchenyi Card and took the 100.000 demand
Date: 2007-06-15 00:00:00
20% of SMEs use this card, the interested credit is over HUF 350 billion. The Szechenyi Card is a good solution for short period liquidity problems. The credit can be...
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STI on Growing Path: Takeover of Petöfi, Hungary
Date: 2007-06-15 00:00:00
After a strong increase in turnover in 2006 of more than 10%, STI Group Lauterbach, Europe´s number 1 producer of displays and a major player in the packaging sector, announces...
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SCD Holding plans to turn Balaton into an attractive holiday destination
Date: 2007-06-15 00:00:00
The improvements will also tackle entertainment at the lake with the construction of golf courses, the renovation of existing landing stages and the promotion of wine and horse riding tourism....
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Operative steps against black commerce
Date: 2007-06-15 00:00:00
According to VOSZ, the government should handle in the same way the venders on the black market, the mongers outside the stores and the legal worker traders.Sándor Demján, president of...
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Honours for Novotel Budapest Congress & WTC
Date: 2007-06-15 00:00:00
Novotel won the best Accor MICE Hotel award.The honours was given in Bordeaux, on the Accor international MICE and Corporate sales meeting event. The presentation of the services, the hotels...
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368,000 sm new retail center will build in Hungary
Date: 2007-06-15 00:00:00
Nex year 17 million sm new retail center will be finished in Europe, Hungary is on the 13. place. According to AIG/Lincoln the retailcenter market is one of the fastest...
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Supervisors will be not on a holiday, but will bob up on tourist places
Date: 2007-06-15 00:00:00
The food safety control authorities are ready for an increased monitoring. In the summer places served for public eating, summer camps and events organiser can matter for abrupt check. The...
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Bohemian days in Bigmarkethall
Date: 2007-06-15 00:00:00
Bohemia's turist attractions, cultural souvenirs, food industry and art is showing from Thursday to Saturday in Budapest. The customer welcome bohemian volk music played by Group Svejk in the Markethall,...
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EU to invest €4m into harmonizing Russian, European sanitary standards
Date: 2007-06-14 00:00:00
The 30-month project, to be conducted in cooperation with Russian authorities, will be launched June 20. This is expected to help establish stronger economic ties between the European Union and...
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Cobra beer focus on new markets
Date: 2007-06-14 00:00:00
Cobra is eyeing annual sales growth of 50% over the next three years and has earmarked India as key to meeting that target. UK based Cobra Beer, founded by an...
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Miller targets “Latinisation” with new beer
Date: 2007-06-14 00:00:00
Miller Brewing is rolling out a new beer across the US in an attempt to capitalise on the “Latinisation” of the country's culture. Following test marketing in five markets over...
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Auchan Hungary targets 7% sales rise, network expansion for this year
Date: 2007-06-14 00:00:00
The Hungarian subsidiary of French retail chain Auchan will keep expanding its network and operate a chain of 17-20 units within five to six years. Last years revenue was HUF...
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Payment of the dividends in August by Hungary Zwack AGM
Date: 2007-06-14 00:00:00
Hungarian distiller Zwack has announced that to pay HUF 2 bn as dividend from the 2006 after-tax profit. The remaining HUF 626.794 m into profit reserves. The HUF1,000 payment of...
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