Company and Personal News
Tesco refutes
Date: 2010-11-16 14:13:10
The Central Agricultural Office (MgSZH) fined Tesco for 850 thousand HUF, because they found 300 pounds of contaminated chicken meat in the company’s store in Dunaújváros – wrote the Magyar...
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New poultry processing plant from one and a half billion HUF
Date: 2010-11-16 13:51:10
New poultry processing plant will be created. Construction will begin this month, in the Industrial Park of Pacs, while production will begin next summer in the Zalai Poultry Processing Ltd....
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The revenue of Wal-Mart exceeded one hundred billion dollars
Date: 2010-11-16 13:20:42
Wal-Mart reached 101.2 billion revenues in the third quarter of 2010, which met the analysts' expectations of 102.4 billion USD. However, the company caused a positive surprise in the case...
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Charity week launched by McDonald's
Date: 2010-11-16 10:27:07
McDonald's has launched its traditional charity action for children, starting from 15th Nvember to 21st November. This week, 40 HUF every single package of french fries goes to the Ronald...
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easyJet launches flexible fares for business travellers
Date: 2010-11-16 06:16:08
easyJet announces a new flexible fare targeted at business travellers. The tickets will give passengers unlimited flexibility to change their flight up to two hours before the scheduled departure time....
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Women of Excellence Award supported by AmCham and Mars
Date: 2010-11-16 03:57:04
AmChan awarded several women the the Women of Ecellence Award this year. The event was supported by Mars Inc. Fifty women have been nominated by families, relatives and workmates, from...
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Direct communication within the FMCG-sector
Date: 2010-11-15 14:23:20
Direkt Marketing Association is convinced that it is highly important to inform experts about the latest forms of direct marketing – both offline and online. Right now, within the compass...
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Adidas targets the youth
Date: 2010-11-15 12:55:35
Adidas targets young people between 12-19 with a new product. The company expects 1 billion euros in revenue from its Neo branded products for 2015. The Neo fits into the...
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Reindeer meat from Lidl
Date: 2010-11-15 12:00:52
Lidl offers special priced reindeer meat in its British stores. In England, the Santa Claus brings Christmas gifts to the children. His flying sledge is pulled by reindeers. The British...
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The last plant of Cerbona closed
Date: 2010-11-15 01:13:44
The last plant of Cerbona closed on Thursday, thus the Székesfehérvár-based company has stopped production entirely – CEO Gábor Gosztonyi informed Független Hírügynökség. The company's 400 employers are not being...
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CBA opened a store with technological innovations
Date: 2010-11-15 00:26:16
A brand new CBA-outlet has opened its gates on 5th NOvember in the village of Üröm. The store is 3200 square meters, and customers can find there a number of...
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Rauch facing a significant growth despite deteroriating market facilities
Date: 2010-11-12 22:26:14
As a result of this season's fruit processing, Rauch has processed 80 thousand tons of Hungarian fruit – the company announced within the compass of their press conference on 12th...
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Honey Festival in Zalaegerszeg
Date: 2010-11-12 18:42:36
On the three-day event, the beekeepers of Sárrét, North Bácska, Somogy and Zala will present their products, but beekeepers will come from Muravidék, from the Uplands (felvidék), from Székelyföld and...
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GfK Custom Research expands network by acquiring Interscope
Date: 2010-11-12 18:17:11
GfK Custom Research North America acquired 100% ownership of US consulting company Interscope, one of the leading specialists in building brands at retail, on November 1, 2010. Interscope complements GfK...
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The best workplace in the category pf production is Pedigree by Mars
Date: 2010-11-12 13:45:44
The best workplace in the category of production turned out to be Mars Hungary's Pedigree® located in Csonggrád-Bokros – according to a survey by Hewitt Associates and Világgazdaság. More than...
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McDonald's Hungary is the best workplace
Date: 2010-11-12 13:30:59
McDonald's is the best Hungarian workplace, according to a survey carried out by Hewitt-Világgazdaság. The study, which surveyed nearly 120,000 employees, 3,000 senior leaders and 600 companies in 12 countries,...
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The Ottakringer will merge with the brewery of Pécs
Date: 2010-11-12 12:38:39
The Austrian Ottakringer completes the group's reorganization these weeks, it will sell less beer but more mineral water. The Ottakringer Getraenke ABG also wants to expand. The company is willing...
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Amazing investments at Naszájtej Ltd.
Date: 2010-11-11 18:03:39
Naszájtej Ltd. has obtained a brand new product produced by Tetra Pak: a milk processing machine suitable for UHT and ESL heat treatment. The item is considered to be a...
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SPAR president shocked over the maintenance of the special tax
Date: 2010-11-11 17:59:26
The president of SPAR Hungary Ltd. was stunned by the extension of the period of the special tax. “We were shocked and surprised. On the other hand, if we consider...
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McDonald's is the best place of work
Date: 2010-11-11 17:33:32
The Best Place of Work Award was handed over today. In the large company category, McDonald's won the 2010 Best Place of Work Award survey of Világgazdaság–Hewitt. In the large...
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Cerbona asks for bankruptcy protection
Date: 2010-11-11 15:44:38
The Assembly of Cerbona Élelmiszeripari Zrt. agree, that due to the company’s current economic situation, the management of the company to apply for bankruptcy proceedings to the court. The company's...
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MobilePay available at 400 SPAR outlets
Date: 2010-11-11 11:47:03
Starting from 11th November, customers get the chance to pay by their mobile phones at 400 SPAR, Kaiser's and Interspar outlets, so customers of Telenor and T-Mobile can get their...
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easyJet is 15 years old now
Date: 2010-11-11 11:17:02
EasyJet is now Europe's No. 1 air transport network due to its leading presence on Europe’s top 100 routes and at Europe’s 50 largest airports. More than 300 million Europeans...
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Cappy taking part at the Children's World Exhibition with an adventure park
Date: 2010-11-11 05:09:45
12th, 13th and 14th November will see the opening of a rather special exhibition for children, where the brand Cappy is going to launch a special adventure park, too. The...
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Co-op Hungary Ltd. is 15 years old now
Date: 2010-11-10 19:49:55
Even president Viktor Orbán took part at the 15th anniversary celebration of the HUngarian retailer Co-op Hungary Ltd. Orbán sees Co-op as an example of success of Hungarian economy. “Little...
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BNI about to launch another great event
Date: 2010-11-10 19:00:36
Similarly to the previous years, BNI is about to organize an event with 450-550 participants, on 7th December at Lurdy House, Budapest. Started in January of 1985 by Ivan R....
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Univer proved to be one of the most popular Hungarian brands
Date: 2010-11-10 18:54:47
The toplist of MagyarBrands is out now, gathering the most popular fifty Hungarian brands. Univer is listed on the 15th place which is a nice result, considering that there are...
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Coop to be renewed
Date: 2010-11-10 18:00:28
The food-trading network will create quality stores instead of discount stores. In the next two years, the almost three thousand units of the Coop supermarket network will be renewed. This...
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The Sugár shopping center celebrates its 30th birthday
Date: 2010-11-10 17:22:21
The Sugár shopping center was Budapest's first shopping center, opened in 1980. The Sugár shopping center will celebrate its 30th birthday this weekend. In the shopping center, more than 130...
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Bookline.hu became the online trader of the year for the third time
Date: 2010-11-10 17:00:02
This year’s winner of the “OnlineTrader of the Year Award” title became bookline.hu – announced the Association of IT Companies (IVSZ) on Wednesday. The prize was handed over on Tuesday...
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