Company and Personal News
Increased revenue and after tax profit at the world's largest commercial chain
Date: 2012-08-17 11:58:24
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported a profit growth of 5.7 percent for the first quarter closed at end of July, while the company improved this year's profit forecast. Wal-Mart's after tax...
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Pie Festival in Varsány
Date: 2012-08-17 10:29:48
The fifth Pie Festival of Varsány will be held Saturday in Varsány, Nógrád county, where for the first time not only the most delicious cake will be rewarded, but also...
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More than 20 thousand people visited Vidéki Musta so far
Date: 2012-08-17 08:25:48
Visitors (more than 20 thousand people so far) have purchased a total of 10 000 litres od dairy products and 1000 kg home-made meat-products within the compass of the Vidéki...
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The Biopackpro Kft. has developed a compostable packaging
Date: 2012-08-16 11:00:03
The Biopackpro Csomagolástechnikai Projekt Kft. developed compostable organic packaging material from polylactic acid (PLA) in the scope of the New Széchenyi Plan (ÚSZT). For project implementation, the company won 421.25...
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Coop T-Systems' 1100 points security
Date: 2012-08-16 10:49:14
The Co-op Hungary Zrt., which has the largest coverage among the domestic food chains in Hungary, renewed and at the same time also broadened its previous contract with T-Systems Magyarország...
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New Head of Department of the Customer Management, at METRO Kereskedelmi Kft.
Date: 2012-08-16 10:45:18
In August 2012 Malika Mansouri joined the Metro team as the Head of Customer Management. Malika has started her Metro career in Italy in 2004 as category manager, later as...
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Lidl opened its 153rd store in Hungary
Date: 2012-08-16 10:44:37
Lidl opened its 153rd store in Hungary on August 16, Monday in Gödölő Hungary, under Ottó Ferenc street 2-4. The store awaits its customers on 1,286 square meters with a...
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ORGANIC-Store opens in the Market Hall of Pestszentlőrinc
Date: 2012-08-16 10:42:28
On 18 August 2012 a ORGANIC-Store opens in the Lőrinci Market Hall of Pestszentlőrinc. At the opening ceremony organic producers will present their products and experts will talk the costumers...
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Ice Wine has become the official wine of the Savaria Historical Carnival
Date: 2012-08-16 10:35:27
The official wine of this year’s Savaria Historical Carnival became an ice wine, made of riesling. The carnival’s wine was selected from 84 wine samples of 35 wineries of 12...
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Nestlé’s former CEO expects a further rise in global food prices
Date: 2012-08-15 13:00:49
Food prices are expected to increase further all over the world – told Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Nestle chairman of the supervisory board, to an Austrian newspaper. After the food crisis of...
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POPAI POP competition is on again!
Date: 2012-08-15 10:54:43
It is the third time that the POPAI Awards POP competition takes place, juried within the compass Business Days 3 days conference: any POP-dice creator can compete for the prize....
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A six-day long beer festival in Belgrade
Date: 2012-08-15 10:28:28
The most popular pop-rock bands of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia and Macedonia will perform at the 10th Belgrade Beer Festival, which is the largest such event in South East Europe,...
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Conference on e-invoicing
Date: 2012-08-14 11:32:14
On September 11, a conference will be held in the organization of ECR Hungary on electronic invoicing in Budaörs. At the event a number of professional will take part. Themes...
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Tesco launches a café chain in the UK
Date: 2012-08-14 11:25:22
Tesco has teamed up with an upmarket London-based coffee shop to launch an ‘artisan’ café chain in the UK. The new chain, Harris and Hoole, is majority owned by a...
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Back-to-school offers in Tesco
Date: 2012-08-14 10:58:34
Starting from 1st August 2012, a special set of special offer back-to-school programs have been launched by retail-giant Tesco in Hungary. Since most schools have different lists of needs, this...
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Famous Grouse aims to set record for world's largest whisky bottle
Date: 2012-08-14 09:58:31
The Famous Grouse is making the record attempt to celebrate its 107th birthday. The 200-litre bottle, which will hold the equivalent of 8,000 drams, is expected to set a new...
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Rihanna “too sexy” for Nivea
Date: 2012-08-13 10:15:13
So it comes as little surprise that Rihanna's advert for Nivea has been deemed too sexy to front campaigns for the skincare brand. The star appeared in a series of...
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The first pálinka-line of Sziget
Date: 2012-08-10 10:47:48
The first pálinka-line of Sziget has been opened by Rézangyal on Friday with stars like Compact Disco, Magashegyi Underground, Maszkura és Tücsökraj, and several pálinka-fans and journalists. The main purpose...
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9 m3 PET-bottles recycled at Sziget by Coca-Cola
Date: 2012-08-10 09:46:32
Selective trash cans were introduced to the audience of Sziget festival quite a few years ago, with the help of the nonprofit organization called Zöldövezet. However, Coca-Cola is the first...
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Free concerts to save Sástó
Date: 2012-08-10 09:27:47
Sástó, Mátrafüred is not only the venue of one of Central Europe's most popular underground festival Fekete Zaj, but is also the home of the highest located lake in the...
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Nestlé: steady momentum, full-year outlook confirmed
Date: 2012-08-09 12:00:38
Sales of CHF 44.1 billion, 6.6% organic growth, 2.9% real internal growth Trading operating profit of CHF 6.6 billion (+ 6.3%), margin 15.0% (- 10 bps) 12.9% organic growth in...
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SPAR is getting ready for school with new products
Date: 2012-08-09 11:30:27
SPAR Hungary has launched a wide range of high quality “back to school”-products with favourable prices in order to prepare for September. The school catalogue of SPAR is available from...
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Pumpkin seed oil mill built in Nemesvámos
Date: 2012-08-09 11:00:30
With a nearly two hundred million HUF investment, a new pumpkin seed oil mill was built by Peiba Ltd. in Nemesvámos, in order to produce shell-less pumpkin seeds. The project...
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ProLogis European Properties leases 63,800 square metres of distribution space in Central Europe
Date: 2012-08-09 10:58:26
ProLogis European Properties (Euronext: PEPR), one of Europe’s largest owners of modern warehouse distribution facilities, today announces that it has completed seven lease transactions in Central Europe, totalling 63,800 square...
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Olympic fever at Tesco
Date: 2012-08-09 10:48:56
The retail chain got ready for the Olympics with a wide range of attractive offers, among many other things they have new favourable prices for sport devices, TVs and various...
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Beer-festival at Nyíregyháza-Sóstógyógyfürdő
Date: 2012-08-09 08:58:05
The beer-festival SótóFeszt in Nyíregyháza-Sóstógyógyfürdő is waiting for guests from 17th to 20t August with more than 50 beer-specialities....
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August 20: Street of Hungarian Tastes, Cake of Hungary, Ice cream of the Year and other goodies
Date: 2012-08-08 11:59:13
The organizers are preparing a two-day program, that will follow the traditions, but will contain a number of new elements – announced the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice about...
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Honey festival in Csengerújfalu during the weekend
Date: 2012-08-08 11:10:05
Honey-king and honey-queen election, and honey fair and tasting, food with honey, cakes, honey ball and concerts will await the visitors on Saturday and Sunday at the Honey festival of...
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A clothing store caught fire in the Arena Plaza
Date: 2012-08-08 11:00:34
A 500 square meter clothing store caught fire in the Arena Plaza on the ground floor on Wednesday morning. No personal injuries were reported – the spokesman of the Municipal...
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Zwack 378 million HUF after-tax profit in the first quarter
Date: 2012-08-07 11:45:52
The Zwack Unicum Nyrt. in the first quarter of its 2012-2013 business year reached 378 million HUF after-tax profits, 184 million HUF lower, than a year earlier – the company...
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