Company and Personal News
PepsiCo offer for Danone
Date: 2007-07-09 00:00:00
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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Trade marked Hungarian Poultry at Spar supermarkets
Date: 2007-07-06 00:00:00
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
Date: 2007-07-06 00:00:00
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
Date: 2007-07-05 00:00:00
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
Date: 2007-07-05 00:00:00
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
Date: 2007-07-05 00:00:00
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
Date: 2007-07-04 00:00:00
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
Date: 2007-07-03 00:00:00
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
Date: 2007-07-03 00:00:00
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
Date: 2007-07-02 00:00:00
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
Date: 2007-06-29 00:00:00
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
Date: 2007-06-29 00:00:00
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
Date: 2007-06-29 00:00:00
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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Spain Gives Nod to Nueva Rumasa's Acquisition of Parmalat's Clesa
Date: 2007-06-28 00:00:00
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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Charles' organic carrots rejected by Sainsbury's for being 'rotten'
Date: 2007-06-28 00:00:00
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
Date: 2007-06-28 00:00:00
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
Date: 2007-06-28 00:00:00
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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Deodorant tested in Africa
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
An expedition crossing Africa tested Kilimanjaro, the new version of Old Spice this autumn. The Old Spice Afrika climbed Kilimanjaro in May....
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Capitaly: think of the future!
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
The sales and marketing plans had just been completed by Unilever for 2007, when the restrictive economic measures of the Government were announced in September 2006. This was when a...
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LMMI 100% lemon juice
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
LMMI 100% lemon juice is made from the best Sicilian lemons, harvested in the winter, at the peak of their ripeness....
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Last Unicum concert of the season
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
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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Tricky Pöttyös
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
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
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
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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Wiener Normal and Light
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
A product representing the inimitable atmosphere of Vienna cafes and the flavours of fine coffees from Vienna, in new packaging, with a Light version coming soon!...
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Competition about the past 30 years
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
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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Strawberry-yoghurt Campino
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
Strawberry-yoghurt Campino refreshed both in looks and in contents has real fruit juice and essence from fruit flowers in addition to 22% fresh, creamy yoghurt....
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Record revenues for Storck
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
Net revenues of Storck Hungária Kft. increased by 22 per cent in 2006, to over HUF 2,2 billion. Profits exceeded HUF 42 million. The introduction of merci Petits and the...
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