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Drugs outside of pharmacy, not only at gas station, but in hypermarkets too

From July the customer can buy OTC medicines at two Tesco stores.   The retail chain's two hypermarkets, in Budaörs and in the XX. District, started to sell OTC drugs....

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InBev sells off Belgian and Dutch assets

Brewing combine InBev has announced that it is selling certain retail estate assets in the Netherlands and Belgium to Belgian property group Cofinimmo.   The brewer said it had entered...

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HUF 10 million penalty for Drogerie Markt

Two of DM campagne could deceive customer said GVH, Hungarian Competition Authority. After Rossmann's stickler the German-owned drugstore chain Drogerie Markt have to play fine, because of its „Quality for...

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Eckes-Granini acquires Brämhults

German-based fruit beverages company Eckes-Granini Group has acquired the Swedish premium fruit juice producer Brämhults Juice AB from from Mellby Gård Industri AB. The deal, which was completed on 1...

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Finland-based Fazer Group has taken a majority stake in Russian bakery OAO Volzhky Pekar

The company hopes the purchase will double the bakery's turnover in five years.   Fazer Russia is currently making a large investment at the Volzhky Pekar's bakery in Moscow, with the aim...

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PepsiCo offer for Danone

Last summer, there was constant speculation that the US company was preparing a bid for Danone, french politicians were disgusted.  Pepsico Inc is mulling a takeover for Groupe Danone, French...

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Rexam to buy Russian beverage can maker

As part of its bid to expand operations into emerging markets Rexam said it has agreed to buy a Russian beverage can maker for €218m. Rexam, the world's leading beverage...

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Trade marked Hungarian Poultry at Spar supermarkets

Because of higher feeding cost, the prices of poultry and poultry products growth wit 6-8 % in autum. The Hungarian Poultry Product Board and Spar signed an agreement, that the...

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Nestle opens milk powder factory in China

Swiss food giant Nestle said it formally opened a milk powder factory in Erguna, in China's Inner Mongolia region.The company said the plant, Nestle's 21st in China, was in an...

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Permira Group sell Takko

German clothes retail chain Takko expands in Romania, Bulgaria and Poland. The american Advent International will pay €770 million for Takko and plans to open 150 new stores under this...

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Nestle completes takeover in France and Spain

The world's biggest food and beverage company Nestle won conditional approval from the European Union to buy the nutrition business of pharmaceutical giant Novartis.   The European Commission said the...

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Only the owner will change for Hungarian Biscuits plants

The French food company announced that it has entered exclusive talks to sell its biscuit division to Kraft in a transaction valued at $7.2 billion. This move will allow Kraft...

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Flare at Coca-Cola HBC plant in Luka

The upgrades at the Luka plant enable Coca-Cola HBC to produce 30,000 bottles an hour.   Greek Bottler Coca-Cola HBC (CCHBC) has invested 14.8 mln eur for a new bottled...

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Reorganization at Food Express

There is a hard competition between home delivery food services. Because of the cheap price of small companies, the biggest, Food Express has to make restrictions. A few years ago...

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No more biscuit at Danone

The French Danone – owner of Gyõri Keksz – is thinking about a potential sale of its biscuit business to Kraft or Kellog, its US rivals. Danone's management was expected...

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20 Bauhaus unit in the next years

Germany's do-it-yourself chain, Bauhaus, will debut in October in Dunakeszi.Bauhaus will open two further stores this year, one in Dunakeszi and another in Szigetszentmiklós, which will be followed by 18...

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Food safety fine for Lidl

One of Lidl's polish eiscream had to be get out of the circulation and must be annuled, because the production was not safe enough, and the eiscream could be tainted....

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Reorganization by Zalabaromfi

The new owner, the Dale consortium bought the company for more than 50% of a start prise, HUF 2,4 billion. Dale started to reorganize and rationalized the company in Zalaegerszeg....

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Burger King will be open in Bohemia

AmRest, the listed restaurant operator – managing, among others, Burger King,Pizza Hut KFC – ask for working permit in Czech Republic. Until now the concret start of the first bohemian...

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Charles' organic carrots rejected by Sainsbury's for being 'rotten'

SAINSBURY'S rejected royal carrots grown at the Prince of Wales's organic farm because they were “rotten”.   The supermarket giant said the quality of Duchy carrots from Highgrove had "deteriorated"...

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Nike is popular in Europe

With growth in the U.S. and abroad, plus surprisingly strong future orders, Nike allayed fears and buoyed hopes for some about the future of the world's largest athletic shoe and...

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Tesco set to launch book club with UK's biggest publisher

Tesco, the supermarket chain with more than 1200 stores in the UK, is expanding its retail empire by launching a book club in collaboration with the UK's biggest publisher, Random...

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Spain Gives Nod to Nueva Rumasa's Acquisition of Parmalat's Clesa

According to Spain's business media, the national competition authority has given food group Nueva Rumasa the green light to acquire Clesa, the Spanish subsidiary of Italian dairy firm Parmalat. The...

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Last Unicum concert of the season

The Hungarian Festival Orchestra staged its last Unicum concert of the season in Bartók Béla Hall on 27 May. The next Unicum concert with compositions by Brahms and Rachmaninov will...

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Beck’s

We could have put funny things like helium into our beer, but we haven’t. Beck’s: Only 4 natural ingredients for over 125 years. Agency: Akció-Nxs Reklámügynökség Customer: Borsodi Sörgyár Zrt....

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Banana palinka is here

Agárdi Pálinkafőzde has begun making palinka from tropical fruits. The tropical flavours are intended primarily for the Hungarian market. Agárdi Látogatócentrum also has a new program to offer: grill parties...

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Tricky Pöttyös

The TV spot made for Pöttyös last year has been enhanced using a technology, Autodesk Flame trick system which is absolutely unique and new in Hungary....

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Borsodi Beer

Borsodi and friends save you from difficult and embarrassing situations. Agency: McCann Erickson Customer: Borsodi Sörgyár Zrt. Product: Borsodi Sör Apperance: RTL Klub, Film+, Sport1, Sport2, Cool Period: May–July 2007...

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Bio Ice Tea: Herba, Peach, Cherry, Lemon

Bio Ice Tea is made from real tea infusion with bio-sugar. Instead of hazardous preservatives, heat treatment is used. Flavours: cherry, lemon, peach, herbs....

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Competition about the past 30 years

The final of the “Who knows more about the past 30 years?” organised by Sió-Eckes Kft. to commemorate their 30th birthday took place in the beginning of June. Teams from...

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