News and articles
Polmos Lublin soaring first quoter
Date: 2007-05-18 00:00:00
The Polish vodka company has posted a very strong start to 2007. The Polish Polmos Lublin, which owns and produces Zubr vodka, said that net profit in the first three...
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British Vegetarian boycott against Mars?
Date: 2007-05-17 00:00:00
Confectionery company Masterfoods has come under fire in the UK for altering the formulation of some of its best-known chocolate brands. The company began using whey, which contains rennet. ...
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Snacks dominate Kellogg quarter growth
Date: 2007-05-17 00:00:00
Cereal giant Kellogg this week said it had stronger than expected first quarter results as net sales rose nine per cent to $3bn. The company attributed the rise to...
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Tna offers snack makers user-friendly bagging line
Date: 2007-05-17 00:00:00
Packaging and processing giant tna is set to unveil a fully integrated packaging line – allowing snack makers to concurrently monitor several aspects of the production process – at the...
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Alimentaria México – a business centre for the Latin American market
Date: 2007-05-17 00:00:00
Alimentaria México, the country's most important food and beverage show, is gearing up for its seventh edition 5 – 7 June, 2007 at Centro Banamex in the Mexican capital. Alimentaria...
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Mild Euro winter helps Heineken volumes rise
Date: 2007-05-17 00:00:00
The brewer has reported a strong start to the year, with volumes rising around the world. Heineken said that, in the first four months of 2007, total volumes were up...
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Action to make the poultry sector transparency
Date: 2007-05-17 00:00:00
A new program is laboured by the Hungarian Poultry Association and the Tax Office to detect tax abuser in poultry sector. The method is easy, the supervisor will control the...
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Daily 500 gr would be ideal
Date: 2007-05-17 00:00:00
The Hungarian Vegetable and Fruit Organisation (FreidVeb) start a marketing program to expansion of the vegi-fruit consuption in Hungary. The goal is the enrise the daily 400 g/person vegi-fruit consuption...
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Green wave in american retail
Date: 2007-05-17 00:00:00
At Home Depot Inc.'s headquarters in Atlanta, associates' empty soda bottles are collected and filled with a worm-excrement mixture and sold as plant food. Wal-Mart is rating its 60,000 suppliers...
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Plans for Air Marketing Fund
Date: 2007-05-16 00:00:00
An idea is coalescing to launch an Air Marketing Fund to help the destination promotion of new flights to Hungary. According to the plans, participating hotels would pay HUF 4000...
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New 4-star in the Southern Great Plain
Date: 2007-05-16 00:00:00
Szarvas Lux Ltd., owner of the 3-star Aqua-Lux Wellness Hotel in Cserkeszõlõ, is about to build a 4-star property in the same town. The hotel would offer 17 rooms –...
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Hotel Dóm may open this year
Date: 2007-05-16 00:00:00
The 4-star Hotel Dóm (XIV district Budapest) has been sold by the constructor VIP-Park Ltd to a foreign buyer for 9.5 million euro. The 107-room hotel would offer various services,...
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To be green – a new competition between Coca-Cola and Pepsi
Date: 2007-05-16 00:00:00
Coca-Cola and PepsiCo been the fiercest of competitors for decades but the fact that their rivalry now extends to 'outgreening' one another could be good news for the environment. PepsiCo...
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Coca-Cola pays refund because of the benzene
Date: 2007-05-16 00:00:00
The Coca-Cola Company has settled a legal spat in the US concerning the presence of benzene in some of its drinks. The company confirmed that it will reformulate the...
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New taste, natural flavours at Tango
Date: 2007-05-16 00:00:00
Britvic is to remove all artificial flavours and colours from its Tango range in the UK. The soft drinks company announced that the brand will contain "only natural flavours and...
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Bloom Energy – a drink for women
Date: 2007-05-16 00:00:00
Del Monte Foods is branching into the energy_drink sector in the US.The food company said that it has lined up Bloom Energy, a drink aimed at women in the country,...
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Nanotechnology is unstoppable
Date: 2007-05-16 00:00:00
As worldwide sales of nanotechnology-related products approached the $1bn mark last year, the food packaging industry could be worth as much as $30bn, according to a new study. The study...
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Hungary agricultural PPI tones down
Date: 2007-05-15 00:00:00
Hungary's agricultural producer prices rose by 8.9% year on year in March, falling from a growth of 11.6% in February, the Central Statistics Office (KSH) has reported. The KSH detected...
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The Minister of Agroculture enquirers
Date: 2007-05-15 00:00:00
An independent laboratory showed, that 70% of the honey sold in the supermarket is false. The minister József Gráf bid an audit because of honey sold in shops. The Application...
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Magners cider eyeing Europe expansion
Date: 2007-05-15 00:00:00
C&C Group, the Irish owner of Magners cider, said it was looking to expand the brand in mainland Europe after breakthrough success in the UK last year.C&C said it was...
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Cott launches Spider-Man soft drinks across US
Date: 2007-05-15 00:00:00
Cott Corporation has launched Spider-Man 3 soft drinks in the US with Wal-Mart. The Canada-based soft drinks company has teamed up with Columbia Pictures' Spider-Man 3 to launch the flavours Green...
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Britvic acquires C&C Irish soft drinks operations
Date: 2007-05-15 00:00:00
Britvic has snapped up the soft drinks and distribution business of C&C Group in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The UK-based soft drinks company confirmed that it has...
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Carlsberg has sealed the purchase of its first brewery in India
Date: 2007-05-15 00:00:00
The Danish brewer bought a ten-year-old facility in the state of Himachal Pradesh, north of the capital New Delhi.The brewery, bought from "local investors", has an annual capacity of 150,000...
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