News and articles
3th City Spar opens soon
Date: 2008-04-01 00:00:00
The company believes in downtown stores, where people don't need a car to shop, its next unit will be in centre of Szeged on Szechenyi square. Spar bought the Plus...
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Tesco puts Fresh & Easy rollout on hold
Date: 2008-04-01 00:00:00
With almost 60 stores now open since its launch in November 2007, Tesco has taken the decision to take a three month break from opening any new Fresh & Easy...
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Pernod Ricard wins €5.63bn for Absolut Vodka
Date: 2008-04-01 00:00:00
Pernod beat off the favourite Fortune Brands, the American maker of Jim Beam, along with Bacardi and an investment group controlled by the Wallenberg family. Pernod, whose portfolio of brands...
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Also Schlecker spyes employees
Date: 2008-04-01 00:00:00
Union representatives are claiming a second large German chain, Schlecker, has been watching its employees through spyholes. Workers at the discount drugstore have reported that store detectives and security staff...
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Cantaloupe from Honduras brought Salmonella outbreak in the US and Canada
Date: 2008-04-01 00:00:00
The FDA advises that U.S. grocers, food service operators and produce processors remove from their stock any cantaloupes grown packed and shipped from this country. Based on current information, the...
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Unit is strength by castles too
Date: 2008-03-31 00:00:00
The Castle Hotels of Hungary Association has now 14 member, a historical restaurant and 13 castles in the country. The goal of the association is to protect, save and show...
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Ban British finance minister from pubs
Date: 2008-03-31 00:00:00
A blogger-led internet campaign aiming to ban British finance minister Alastair Darling from U.K. pubs after he raised alcohol taxes appears to be making headway. The campaign to prevent...
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Extra reports for Microsoft Dynamics users
Date: 2008-03-31 00:00:00
LLP signed an agreement with the Dutch Jet Reports office to sell its business solutions in Hungary. LLP from now deliveres many Jet Reports solutions to compliment Microsoft Dynamics offering....
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At first European can taste Coca-Cola's RTD coffees
Date: 2008-03-31 00:00:00
The Coca-Cola Co. is launching three premium coffee beverages in Europe under a partnership with Trieste, Italy's illycaffè first announced in October 2007. The sale beginns in April in 10...
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Hungarian economy will bottom out from the last year’s “growth hole”
Date: 2008-03-31 00:00:00
According to the forecast prepared by GKI Economic Research Co. in co-operation with Erste Bank the internal and external balance of the economy will improve further considerably in 2008. The...
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Carlsberg Discussing Sale Of Turkish Unit
Date: 2008-03-31 00:00:00
Carlsberg has revealed that it is in talks to sell its 95.65% stake in Turkish unit Turk Tuborg TBORG.IS to Israel-based Central Bottling Company Group (CBC). The Danish brewer said...
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Metro's Extra Disposal Cleared
Date: 2008-03-31 00:00:00
The German cartel office has unconditionally approved retail group Metro's disposal of its Extra supermarket chain to Rewe. The 245 Extra chain stores that generate E1.6bn in revenue will be...
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Nestle's New Chinese Factory to Triple Ice-Cream Output
Date: 2008-03-31 00:00:00
Nestle opened a new ice-cream factory in the Chinese city of Guangdong this week as part of its bid to increase its market share in the country. The 22,000-sq-m plant...
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Stockmann To Open First Department Store In Lithuania
Date: 2008-03-31 00:00:00
Finnish retailer Stockmann said it plans to open its first department store in Lithuania after signing a preliminary lease agreement for a unit in a new shopping centre in the...
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Unemployment grow in Hungary
Date: 2008-03-31 00:00:00
In the period of December 2007–February 2008, the number of employed people was 3,855 thousand and the number of unemployed people was 337 thousand, which meant an nemployment rate of...
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First Marché to open in Páty
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
Marché International, a member of the Swiss Mövenpick group is to open 6 units in Hungary with MOL. Both restaurants and bistros will be operated by Marché. According to Turizmus...
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One weekend, two competitions, six gold medals
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
The Nemes palinkas of Zwack Sándor received 6 gold medals in two competitions held at the same weekend, in the beginning of March. One was the World Spirits Award in...
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30–40 age group drinking fruit juice
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
According to data from the ConsumerScan of Gfk Hungária, the market expansion of fruit nectars and juices with 100 per cent fruit content came to a halt in 2007. The...
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Globetrotter store system in Köln – shopping in the 21st century
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
All exhibitors at Euroshop represented an approach which focuses on customers’ perspective. I had a similar experience in Köln, another German city. Globetrotter is a store specialising in sports and...
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We wouldn’t worry…
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
According to the British Bar and Pub Association, many towns will be left without an English pub within a few years, if these continue to be closed at the present...
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(HU) CombiSwift csavaros kupak a SIÓ és hohes C termékeken
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
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Holland Premium termékcsalád
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
Three new products have been added to the Holland Premium light margarine product line. In addition to the basic version, Holland Premium products with ionized sea salt, extra virgin olive...
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Ban on smoking?
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
According to Ágnes Horváth, minister of health, her ministry will submit the bill for the amendment of the law on the protection of non-smokers to parliament by the end of...
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Chocolate festival with bon-bon book
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
A chocolate festival was held by Szamos Marcipán Kft. for the second time on 5. March, under the title “Wondeful Chocolate” with the aim of promoting quality and the culture...
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Canned beer increasingly popular
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
Retail sales of beer continued to grow last year, with a 6 per cent increase in terms of quantity and 10 per cent in terms of value. Demand for canned...
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Makes even dirty work tidier
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
Creative designers of STI group have done their best to reproduce the shape of the new Vileda sponge product line in their blue displays. Several versions of the display have...
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Cold start
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
The per capita consumption of ice creams is well below the European average in Hungary, although manufacturers keep expanding their assortments from year to year. Probably, the most important limitation...
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Alpro termékcsalád
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
Can be consumed by milk and lactose sensitive persons. It is rich in Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids and helps to keep the cholesterol level low. Its saturated fatty...
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