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A star is born with Tesco Express

A 400-m² Tesco Express will open in Budapest’s former Csillag store on Rákóczy Road, together with a café that intends to continue the traditions of the old Ostende café....

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New marketing director at Heineken Hungária

János Makkay replaced Cor Honkoopot in the marketing director’s seat at Heineken Hungária Zrt. János Makkay worked at Unilever for seventeen years, directing market affaires in six countries from 2007....

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Campaign for dishwashers

Calgonit and Bosch launched a campaign, named “Take it seriously” for popularising environmentally friendly methods and dishwashers. According to research findings, cleaning dishes with a machine requires 2.5 times less...

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New head of Henkel Magyarország

From 1 October, economist Dieter Knoll (46) is the new head of Henkel Magyarország. Ferenc Deák, the company’s former managing director stays with the company in its Düsseldorf headquarters. The...

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PICK targets Japan

Hungarian Weeks were organised in Japan for the 7th time. One of its main sponsors has been PICK SZEGED Zrt. for two years now. PICK opened its representation in Tokyo...

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European Day of Commerce for the fifth time

This year, on 3rd November, the European Day of Commerce will be held, by the National Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers. The main message of the event is to focus...

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Danone's products remain popular

The food giant's shares were increased by 2 percent, after the company reported on Friday: that the demand for the dairy products of the company has increased, in spite of...

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Agárdi Pálinka took everything

2009 is the year of great international recognitions in the history of Agárdi Pálinka; the Agárdi Pálinka won Distillery of the Year, the Distillator of the Year, the Best Pálinka...

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Burgers sell well

The McDonald's reported a 1.15 USD per share in the third quarter of 2009, which is higher than the 1.1 USD per share estimations of the analysts. McDonald's record of...

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Nestlé report

The Nestlé SA has announced its financial results for the first nine months of 2009. The company's turnover is 79.5 billion Swiss francs, that is a 3.8 percent revenue growth...

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Rosenthal porcelains in the new loyalty action of SPAR

In Hungary, SPAR was the first national commercial chain that launched exclusive point collecting actions, offering a number of premium products on discount prices, such as WMF cutlery, Zwilling Five...

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Self-service cashers at a Tesco in England

Tesco came up with a surprising novelty: The first store in England, where self-control, bar code based control occurs has opened; therefore there is virtually no need for cashiers. In...

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Quelle under liquidation

The rescue action for the German mail-order service did not succeed. The company's liquidation plan was announced on Monday, because there were no investors,. who would save the company. According...

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Cadbury expects revenue increase in 2009

Cadbury, parallel to the announcement of its positive third quarter results stated that: better than expected results are possible to be occured for the whole of the year. The British...

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Kapuvári Bacon Ltd. would export an annual four thousand tonnes of bacon to Russia

Soon Hungarian bacon will invade the Russian market. It is expected, that until the end of the month, the Russian veterinary audit will be completed and exports will begin to...

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People drink less Coke

Coca-Cola's profits increased by only 1 percent in the third quarter. The world's largest soft drinks manufacturer performed below the expectations of the analysts, after the consumers decreased their purchases...

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Penny Market expanding further

Penny discount chain’s new units were handed over in mid-September in Kunhegyes and on 15th October in Eger – the company's press release revealed. The expansion mood of the discount...

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Strawberry Puppy: “Profi is 20 years old!”

This year’s 20th birthday campaign of the Profi discount chain is the worthy follower of last year’s campaign, with its unique retro feeling and its clear and identifiable identity. The...

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Introduction before the Green Week

Hungary is the Guest of honor of the world's most important agricultural and food fair the Grüne Woche (Green Week), which will be held next January in Berlin. In this...

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Macfrut 2009 meets the expectations

700 exhibitors and 21.500 visitors, 4.000 from abroad: these are the facts showing the success of the first autumn edition of Macfrut, the major international fair dealing with the fresh...

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Zsindelyes Distillery Ltd. develops

Zsindelyes Distillery Ltd. expanded its plant with automatic bottling production line and with new distilerry. The installation ceremony was held in Érpatak. As a result of the project, a new...

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The new owner will probably sell Borsodi

The London-registered CVC venture capital fund, which has already been done some transactions in Hungary will only temporarily retain its newly purchased beer portfolio including Borsod Brewery. The venture capital...

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Coca-Cola HBC Hungary Ltd. has won Figyelő’s TOP 200 Social Commitment Award

The FigyelőTop 200 Awards was held for the tenth time on 16th October 2009. On the key events of the Hungarian business social life, Coca-Cola HBC Hungary Ltd. has won...

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Stella Artois Beer Drafting Championship

Borsodi Brewery has organized the Stella Artois Beer Drafting Championship for the 12th time in Budapest. The purpose of the quiz is to promote beer culture. The Museum of Fine...

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Henkel say farewell to Barcs

Henkel gave product donations to the city of Barcs in a more than five million HUF value. With this gesture, the company waved goodbye to the city, where operated its...

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The second Tesco Expressz opened in Csepel

On Friday, a new Tesco Express store opened in the 21st district of Budapest, under number 70 Kossuth Lajos Road. With this store, Tesco has 14 new format shops across...

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Nestlé would move the fattened children

The American branch of Nestlé also joined to the association that has more than 40 members now, whose main objectives are the reduction of the spread of childhood obesity. The...

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Anuga: Active Hungarians, changing market positions, developing giants

This year's Anuga has shown that the food industry can remain stable also in difficult times, because people always need to eat – said the President of the German Federal...

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Financial investor bought the Borsod Brewery

World's largest brewery, the Anheuser-Busch InBev sells its subsidiaries in Central Europe and the Balkans – including Borsodi Brewery. The buyer is the CVC Capital Partners venture capital firm, which...

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Auchan expands the range of own branded products

Auchan Hungary Ltd., expects expansion from the introduction of private label products. According to the company’s CEO, it will not counteract the traffic decrease caused by the crisis. According to...

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