Company and Personal News
Tesco expands in China, in Central Europe, discount actions succeeds
Date: 2009-06-16 00:05:00
Tesco bulids its first Chinese Shopping Centre as part of its expansion in China in Fushun city which has one million inhabitants. The discount actions in Central Europe succeeded. The...
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Innovation Award at the GINNT EXPO
Date: 2009-06-16 00:03:00
On the International Solutions of Innovation Exhibition (Global Innovation Technologies Expo) – patroned by Rubik Ernő – the joint development of Dimoco and Idom 2000 won the first prize. The...
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Hungarian wines in Hong Kong
Date: 2009-06-15 00:23:23
Hungarian wines will take part on the Hong Kong wine fair in November. The Hungarian wines will have a separate stand, organized by ITD Hungary and the Hungarian Wine Marketing...
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Tesco offer: “Are you thirst to win?”
Date: 2009-06-15 00:17:15
Tesco Global Stores Ltd. will start a summer campaign between 15 June and 23 August. The aim of “Are you thirst to win?” competition is to redempt the most PET...
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Recreation with the shopping list – Interspar's new action
Date: 2009-06-15 00:12:12
The SPAR Hungary Ltd. started another large-scale action to surprise its customers. Recreation with the shopping list “promotion offers discounted travel options for those who wish to relax inland. Between...
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New package of Royal Vodka gained first prize
Date: 2009-06-15 00:03:00
The new design of Royal Vodka, won fisrt prize on the first Hungarian packaging design competition called 'Pakk'. The new packaging of the specialty drink distributed by Bols Hungary was...
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The best job in Central-Eastern Europe
Date: 2009-06-12 00:10:00
The Best Job Survey results of Central-Eastern Europe 2008-2009, was published 9 June by The Wall Street Journal Europe”. 160 000 employees and 4 000 top managers of 700 companies...
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Home-made soft drink
Date: 2009-06-12 00:08:00
The world's leading manufacturer in home made soda and soda-pop of machinery production the Israeli-based SodaStream appeared in Hungary. The company's products are used in 8 million households in 30...
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Gyöngyösi Meat Ltd. is in trouble
Date: 2009-06-12 00:06:00
The Executive Director of Gyöngyösi Meat Ltd. has not confirmed, but not refuted, that the dismissal of 40 employees is planned, after the plant stopped production. According to the announcement...
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Competition of Environment-conscious small and medium-sized enterprises
Date: 2009-06-12 00:03:00
The environment-conscious eco-thinking can be economically profitable. Those businesses can win the Environmental Savings Award which benefits from environment-saving projects and actions. According to Havasi Péter, Program Manager, the program...
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Concerned dialogue initiated by Nestlé
Date: 2009-06-11 00:30:00
Nestlé Hungária Ltd. initiated a dialogue based on international methodology between the concerned participants of the food industry. The first concerned dialogue was held 5 June, in “Food safety and...
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The insolvency of Arcandor could be Germany's largest bankruptcy
Date: 2009-06-11 00:04:00
Arcandor the owner of Karstadt which is one of Germany's oldest chain of stores asked for bankruptcy protection. Fourty-three thousand jobs are at risk. Prior to this, the German Government...
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Penny Market's Birthday Action went wrong
Date: 2009-06-11 00:01:00
The Economic Competition Authority has received a dozens of complaints in connection with Penny Market's Birthday Action. The discount priced products ran out of stock in a few moments and...
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Printer and packaging companies are preparing for autumn presentations
Date: 2009-06-10 00:21:00
Between 22 and 25 September, Budatranspack – Printexpo – Promotion professional exhibition will take place at Hungexpo with the participation of printing, packaging, logistics and marketing-communications companies. The event will...
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Heineken and Pick became Superbrand for the fifth time in Hungary
Date: 2009-06-10 00:06:00
Pick and Heineken won each year the Superbrand title since the start of brand building program in Hungary in 2004. Pick also won the Business Superbrands title. The Hungarian superbrands...
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Bonduelle for the handball team of Békéscsaba
Date: 2009-06-10 00:03:00
Bonduelle Central Europe Ltd. has signed an agreement with Előre Ltd. which operates the women handball team of Békéscsaba. By this, the company belongs to the Bonduelle Group, became the...
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Judit Kiss will be the new Managing Director of SPAR
Date: 2009-06-10 00:02:00
From 1 July 2009, the scope of the Executive Directors of Spar Hungary Ltd. will expand with a new member. One of the Executive Directors will be Kiss Judit (40)...
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Tokaj Wine Weekends
Date: 2009-06-09 00:15:00
From June until the end of August the Tokaj wine region is waiting its guests with organized weekend programs. Those who interested can participate in family, wine and culinary programs,...
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Nestle News from France and Switzerland
Date: 2009-06-09 00:11:00
Nestle French unit may miss its growth targets as the company has lost market share for its powdered milk and baby food brands. In Switzerland, a new production and distribution...
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Carrefour opens DIA discount in France
Date: 2009-06-09 00:08:00
Carrefour is trialling two discount stores in France under its DIA banner. The aim is to revitalise its discount activity within France based on its successful experience in Spain. fThese...
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Lighter bottles at Kékkúti Mineral Water
Date: 2009-06-09 00:05:00
Kékkúti Mineral Water Ltd. introduced lighter bottles for the summer. Kékkuti can produce 15 bottles from the same amount of plastic than before in the cases of 1.5-liter Theodora and...
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Törley won medals in England
Date: 2009-06-08 00:20:00
Nine Törley product proved its brand at the 40th International Wine and Spirit Competition, in England. The prestigious jury awarded nine Törley product. Three products gained silver, six products have...
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Creative Kitchen Forum again
Date: 2009-06-08 00:08:00
On 9 June, HUNGEXPO's K 4 pavilion will houses the Creative Kitchen Forum, staged several times by Centrallpess Hungary. The meeting will focus on hotel-restaurant catering. The conference will have...
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Discounter Wal-Mart Stores will add more than 22,000 jobs in its U.S. stores in 2009
Date: 2009-06-08 00:02:00
The world's biggest retailer Wal-Mart created 33,800 U.S. jobs last year and also included new jobs at its much smaller Sam's Club members-only chain of warehouse stores. At an October...
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Barcs fair for the thirteenth time
Date: 2009-06-05 00:14:00
Barcs International Food Fair and Trade will took between 5 and 7 June for the thirteenth time this year. Barcs which is often mentioned as the capitol of Drava locates...
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New products are added to the Cappy Family
Date: 2009-06-05 00:13:00
From June the 1-liter version of Cappy is available in two new flavors. The 100 percent pulp-free version of orange juice and a new pear-flavoured product will be introduced. The...
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The Hungaria Grande Cuvée won silver medal on Sélections Mondiales des Vins
Date: 2009-06-05 00:12:00
North America's largest international wine competition the Sélections Mondiales des Vins held between 26 and 31 May 2009 in Canada. Six-hundred wine producers from 32 countries sent 1836 samples. 554...
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The manufacturing plant that produced Túro Rudi, relaunched
Date: 2009-06-05 00:01:00
From August the Túró Rudi factory in Nagybánhegyes can produce again. The plant owned by Friesland Hungary Ltd. known for producing Túró Rudi closed in 2007. Friesland, meanwhile sold the...
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Anuga – the world's largest food fair
Date: 2009-06-04 00:37:00
Fourty-five Hungarian food production companies will take part on the world's largest professional food fair the Cologne-based Anuga. Six thousand exhibitors are expected for the event which will be held...
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Mars and Snickers getting smaller
Date: 2009-06-04 00:12:00
While the consumer price remains the same, the size of Mars and Snickers chocolates reduced by 7 percent in Great Britain. The chocolate manufacturer Mars Incorporated tryed to defense that...
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