Company and Personal News
Rise in prices in autumn
Date: 2007-10-11 00:00:00
According to the research of Agrar Europe Kft., the Hungarian consumer have to face 10-15% price rising at food products in October-December period. The rise in rates came from the...
Read more
(HU) Megnyílt az ország első integrált kereskedelmi parkja Vecsésen
Date: 2007-10-11 00:00:00
...
Read more
Coke gives US$2m in Recyclebank
Date: 2007-10-11 00:00:00
The investment is part of a larger relationship with RecycleBank to increase curbside recycling rates in the US. RecycleBank motivates households and communities to recycle by financially rewarding each household...
Read more
Nestlé inks Henniez deal
Date: 2007-10-11 00:00:00
Switzerland's Commission de la concurrence (Comco) has approved Nestle's acquisition of a 61.66% stake in Sources Minérales Henniez SA. In September, Nestlé Waters has signed a deal to acquire bottled...
Read more
New head of marketing at Maspex Olympos
Date: 2007-10-11 00:00:00
Andrea Kiss further worked at Danone Group as senior brand manager of Gyõri Keksz. Hers forbear, Katalin Zarándy from September boost Sió-Eckes as marketing director. The new specialist, transfered...
Read more
New mozarella and ricotta plant at Ovartej
Date: 2007-10-10 00:00:00
The investment was HUF 500 million, in the new plant yearly 3000 tons mozarella and ricotta will produce. Most of them sell in Italy. The developing comes 40% from...
Read more
Brau Union, Spitz team up over Gasteiner
Date: 2007-10-09 00:00:00
Brau Union has turned its Gasteiner mineral water unit into a joint venture. The Austrian company, which is owned by Heineken, confirmed that it has sold 51% of Gasteiner to...
Read more
New Nordsee restaurants in East-Middle Europe
Date: 2007-10-09 00:00:00
The German company prepares to start 150 Campo's restaurants in the region, where the fresh meal would make in front of the consumer. Hainer Kamps, the owner of the Nordsee...
Read more
Zwack success at the First Budapest Palinka and Sausage Festival
Date: 2007-10-09 00:00:00
Costumers could meet Sandor Zwack and the Manufacture's Palinka Master Jozsef Somogyi. During the festival the Zwack Palinka Distillery in Kecskemét offers 21 kind of palinka. The Kosher line of...
Read more
SABMiller Unit To Boost Exports
Date: 2007-10-08 00:00:00
Brewer Plzensky Prazdroj, a unit of global giant SABMiller, has said it plans to double the worldwide exports of its premium lager Pilsner Urquell within five years. Company CEO Mike...
Read more
Coca-Cola Doubles Capacity at Russian Plant
Date: 2007-10-08 00:00:00
Coca-Cola HBC (CCHBC) has launched a third production line at its St Petersburg site to expand production by 200 million litres a year. The 20 million euro investment will double...
Read more
Mars chocolate will be more expensive
Date: 2007-10-08 00:00:00
Because of the raw material price Mars Hungary have to increase its price with 10-10%. First of all chocolates will be more expensive, at other products MM try to keep...
Read more
Zaitisi Catering to open an exclusive restaurant in Budapest
Date: 2007-10-08 00:00:00
The company is looking for a downtown place for its restaurant servicing 80-100 persons. Since this year's spring the famous Bohemian catering company has an agency in Budapest. It gotten...
Read more
Baileys Mini is OK
Date: 2007-10-08 00:00:00
Europe's highest court ruled U.K. premium drinks business Diageo can continue to sell its liquor in bottles using traditional U.K. measurements. The case is part of a long-running conflict within...
Read more
Red wine with coke and badminton in bottle
Date: 2007-10-05 00:00:00
The typically Hungarian products, made by by Kiraly Ital Kft., are available first at Metro- chain, soon they will be on other stores' shelves too. Királyi Fröccs, popularized by actor...
Read more
Sodexho protects families, who famish
Date: 2007-10-05 00:00:00
Sodexho together with local authorities and the Foundation of Children eating write out a tender for families. In the program 150 families will get cheques in amount HUF 15,000. The...
Read more
Auchan waits 5-6,5% increase
Date: 2007-10-05 00:00:00
The number of consumers grow at the chain, own-branded products come next year. According to Auchan's CEO the hungarian retail sector must face with decrease until next years's August,...
Read more
Two million HUF donation for Hungarian Special Olimpicons by Kekkuti
Date: 2007-10-05 00:00:00
More than 170,000 tenders arrived at Theodora's „Drip from the life” action, the donors cycling 3500km. Consumers had to send 6 Theodora bar codes, so they could win weekend for...
Read more
Pepsi's Operating Profit in the sky
Date: 2007-10-05 00:00:00
Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG) revenues rose by eight per cent to €2.6bn during the third quarter. The company, which is the world's largest bottler of Pepsi-branded soft drinks, revealed that...
Read more
Tesco hasn't to pay penalty
Date: 2007-10-05 00:00:00
After Hungarian Competition Authority's inspection the Tesco is ready yearly to write out tender for shelf-service firms, so authority didn't punish to company. According to Hungarian Competition Authority Tesco's practice...
Read more
Kraft Foods to sell it's two juice brands
Date: 2007-10-04 00:00:00
The sale of the Fruit2O water and Veryfine beverage brands to Sunny Delight Beverages Co. will be completed during the fourth quarter. Selling the two juice brands is the latest...
Read more
Nestle Agrees Settlement with Italian Tax Authorities
Date: 2007-10-04 00:00:00
Nestle Italia negotiated a 36-million euro out-of-court settlement with Italian Tax Authorities, it was announced yesterday. But the global giant, the world's largest food and beverage company, strongly denied any accusation of...
Read more
Hungarian industrial designer could win the Henkel Art.Award
Date: 2007-10-04 00:00:00
Rajmund Domán is one of the nominated, who takes home the Henkel Art.Award., endowed with a monetary prize of 7,000 euros as well as an exhibition of the artist's works...
Read more
Cadbury takes one part of producment to Poland
Date: 2007-10-04 00:00:00
Cadbury Trebor Bassett is to shut its chocolate factory in Keynsham, Somerset, with the loss of 500 jobs. The proposal is part of the company's attempt to restructure its UK...
Read more
Rynart Hungary became bankrupt
Date: 2007-10-04 00:00:00
The Dutch company asks for win up against itself. Rynart worked since 1993 in Hungary, many years had a dynamic growth, but in last years gotten a bad business politic,...
Read more
Tchibo to open first shop in Arena Plaza
Date: 2007-10-03 00:00:00
Tchibo's changing product ranges include everything from an exciting kid's toy to a fashionable jacket or a cool MP3 player. The start will be marked by the opening of the...
Read more
English owner at Plaza in Ozd
Date: 2007-10-03 00:00:00
Dawnay Day Carpathian PLC said it has acquired a retail portfolio of four properties from the Austria-based MID Group. The property investment company said that after the purchase costs, the...
Read more
Nielsen's new software can decrease the assortment's loss at the stores
Date: 2007-10-03 00:00:00
The research company developed a new software communicates between the producers and the retail places and can amend the product availability at the shops. The assortment's absence makes 4 billion...
Read more
Zagorka invests to increase production capacity
Date: 2007-10-02 00:00:00
Heineken's bulgarian brewery plans to invest EUR15m between 2008 and 2009. The company builds a new 2100 sq. m. warehouse and buy four new cyllindricconic tanks to extend its fermentation...
Read more