Company and Personal News
World confectionery will watch Hungary next year
Date: 2009-10-30 00:02:35
The 16th International Confectionery, Bakery and Culinary Exhibition and Fair will be held in Hungary between 21st and 24th February 2010. Parallel to the exhibition the Confectioner's World Junior Championships...
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Alföldi Tej will produce cottage from November
Date: 2009-10-30 00:02:00
The Great Plains Milk Sales and Purchaser (ATÉB) Ltd. purchasing much less milk than last year, because of the constantly decreasing milk producing. The European Commission gave permission for a...
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Heineken raised its profit expectations
Date: 2009-10-30 00:01:12
Sales and turnover, also declined in the third quarter of the year at Heineken. At the same time the company increased its profit expectations for the whole year. The third...
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An old-new beer on the shelves: Spaten
Date: 2009-10-30 00:00:56
Borsod Brewery Zrt. will reintroduce Spaten to the Hungarian market.The drink will respect the traditions of pils beer, but will be marketed in a completely renewed form. Spaten is brewed...
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Qualitative leader at GfK Hungária
Date: 2009-10-30 00:00:15
The new qualitative leader of GfK Hungária Market Research Institute will be Becker György from 15th October 2009. The 54-year psychologists worked at TNS Hungary in the past also in...
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Tesco will renew its financial services
Date: 2009-10-29 00:06:02
Thanks to the cooperation between Tesco and Benks, Tesco’s Financial Services product range will renewed from the 2nd November. Thanks to the new financial partner more than 30 banks and...
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Quelle subsidiaries will be operated by new owner
Date: 2009-10-29 00:04:12
The international Quelle subsidiaries can continue to operate, despite the 1st November termination of German parent company. Soon they will be sold to investors, including the Hungarian firm. According to...
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DM is expanding despite the crisis.
Date: 2009-10-29 00:03:12
In 2008/2009 DM Drogerie Markt reached a 5.4 percent growth and achieved a turnover of 63.7 billion, so the management of the drugstore chain considers this business year successful, despite...
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Auchan overtakes its competitors
Date: 2009-10-29 00:01:25
The French hypermarket giant started an intensive expansion over the past decade in the eastern markets, notably in China, Russia and Eastern Europe. Auchan is the world's 14th largest retailer,...
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The third Tesco Express store has opened in Óbuda
Date: 2009-10-29 00:01:00
On Wednesday, a new Tesco Express store opened in the 3rd district of Budapest, under 1-2 Pablo Neruda street. With this, 15 shops new format Tesco shops are across the...
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Bonbonetti awarded on the occasion of World Food Day
Date: 2009-10-29 00:00:52
Hungary's largest confectionery company group, the Bonbonetti Group participated on the 4th Hungarian Donation Convoy, as a silver grade sponsor on 16th October 2009. The Bonbonetti Group joined the Hungarian...
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The advantages of Superbrands title
Date: 2009-10-28 00:06:12
Superbrands Hungary organizes a seminar on 4th November in the Kempinski Hotel Corvinus. On the event it will be examined, that how valuable is a Superbrands title win and how...
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Vehicle liability insurance in the Tesco again this year
Date: 2009-10-28 00:05:21
From 2nd November to 31st December, Tesco customers can choose their own best compulsory vehicle liability insurance, from the offers of all Hungarian insurance companies. In addition, beside the customers...
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McDonald's withdraw from Iceland
Date: 2009-10-28 00:00:12
In a few days Iceland will stay without McDonald's: last two McDonald's fast food restaurants of the island will close on 1st November due to the high operating costs. The...
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KMÉ and HoReCa
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Agricultural Marketing Centre organised a meeting between representatives of Quality Food from Hungary (KMÉ) products and the HoReCa sector. Companies with products bearing the KMÉ marking try to find new...
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Wine advice from the computer
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Laurel Kft.’s oenological information terminal is also called a digital sommelier. Recently two of these devices were installed in CBA stores with IBM AnyPlace Kiosk as their base, helping shoppers...
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Exhibition about the ”soul” of chocolate
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
125-year old Côte d’Or paid tribute to chocolate by organising a special exhibition in Millenáris Park on 11-13 September. The interactive exhibition was implemented by the marketing team of Kraft...
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A star is born with Tesco Express
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
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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Event about DMS
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Onlinet, a Cisco partner organises a two-week series of events about Digital Media Signage, one of the most dynamically developing fields of POS advertising. According to ABI Research, in 2009...
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New marketing director at Heineken Hungária
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
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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Turkey stew with plum for 1,500 people
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
The 12th Plum Days were held in Szarvas on 11-13 September, with 20-year old turkey processing company Gallicoop as one of the main sponsors. Gallicoop’s master chefs cooked a stew...
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Campaign for dishwashers
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
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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Warning! Traffic diverted! – Business Days 2009 (Part 1)
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
This was the sub-title of the joint Business Days conference of Trade magazine and Lánchíd Klub on 30 September-2 October in Tapolca. The venue was decorated with traffic signs –...
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New head of Henkel Magyarország
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
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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The ”3 percent” ousted from the text.
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
News came after our magazine went to press that on 13 October the product path law, so much debated on the first day of the conference, was given a green...
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PICK targets Japan
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
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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New digital signage solutions
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
At Viscom, the international trade fair for visual communication on 1-3 October 2009 in Düsseldorf 10,900 visitors saw the products and services of 310 companies. Hans–Joachim Erbel, the managing director...
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Ownership concentration at Reál
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Ownership concentration deepens at Reál Hungária Élelmiszer Kft.: Alaszka Kft. from Debrecen bought a 100 percent share in Élésker Kft. of Gyula. Élésker has 21 stores in 7 towns of...
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Stores opening
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Tesco Express, Budapest (Rákosszentmihály) Open: 31 August Chain: Tesco Store space: 382 m2 SKU: 2500–3000 Tesco szupermarket, Szolnok Open: 4 September Chain: Tesco Express Store space: 1000 m2 SKU: 3–4000...
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New “green” promotion from Tesco
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Tesco-Global Áruházak Zrt. launched its “Is your school green?” waste-recollecting competition, which lasts from 11 September 2009 until 11 January 2010. Tesco stamps into a stamp book (which can be...
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