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Momentum, rejuvenation, innovation, responsibility

Over 30 years of experience is reflected in the brand policy pursued by SIÓ-ECKES Kft., the market leader in fruit juice. SIÓ is the best known fruit juice brand, with...

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VISITORS’ GUIDE

FOODATECH 1. International Food and Packaging Technology Exhibition 18-20. November 2008 HUNGEXPO Budapesti Vásárközpont Simultaneous event: IFE FOODAPEST 2. International Food Beverage and Catering Exhibition USEFUL INFO Opening hours: 18-20....

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ZERO 007

Coca-Cola ZERO is to become one of the official sponsors of the new James Bond movie, which will arrive in Hungary on 13. November. This is the first successful sponsorship...

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Spar promoting consumption of fruits and vegetables

Spar Magyarország has agreed to co-operate with FruitVeB in their „Naponta 3×3 az egészségért!” program, participating actively in an in-store promotional campaign for fruits and vegetables. The promotion will also...

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Premium quality and convenience from Kaiser Food

Kaiser Food attending InterMeat for the first time, presented its products at its own stand. As Szilvia Fésű, export director has told us, they intend to increase their sales in...

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HOVENTA 2008

The HOVENTA 2008 exhibition was held in October, where nearly 200 exhibitors presented their products. A wide range of programs accompanied the event like the Barista Championship and the WACS...

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New regional boss for Unilever

Herman Verstraeten was appointed the new regional CEO of Unilever Central Europe on 1. September. Herman Verstraeten took over the position from Tracey Rogers. He had been the CEO of...

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Champagne with crystals

Moët & Chandon champagne for Christmas will be sold in bottles decorated with Swarovski crystals. The limited edition bottles are ideal for collectors. Brut Imperial bottles come in presentation boxes,...

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Mini rolls – Marathon Foods

With its mini rolls, Marathon Foods also intends to take advantage of the boom in the German deep frozen market. According to Andrea Tuskán sales director, convenience products are increasingly...

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Momentum from Knoppers

A TV campaign was launched by Storck Hungária Kft for the Knoppers wafer in September. With its healthy ingredients, Knoppers is expected by the company to become a dominant product...

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Biomark turned 20

Biomark celebrated its 20th birthday in October. It is a family business specialising in the import and distribution of quality food products. Most of its cheese products are of Czech...

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Ripp-Ropp worth exhibiting

Processed poultry, pork and beef was presented under the Ripp-Ropp brand, at the stand of Mar-Ne-Váll Kft. In the opinion of the owner László Markovits, they need to find export...

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Dreher looking for entrepreneurs of the future again

This year, the “Young entrepreneur of the future” program is to be launched by Dreher Sörgyárak Zrt. for the third time. The winners of the competition will receive initial capital...

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New financial director for Heineken

Ákos Magyari was appointed the new financial director of Heineken Hungária Zrt. on 1. November. He had graduated at the Budapest University of Economics in 1995 and has worked for...

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Things learned by Metro-in Central and Eastern Europe

The first Metro stores in our region opened in Hungary and Poland in 1994. An account of the progress made since then has been given by Frans W. H. Muller,...

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Everything you want to know about EDI

A conference about electronic invoicing was held by ECR Hungary in Budapest, in the beginning of October. EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) allows administrative tasks to be performed without using paper....

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Univer celebrating by launching new projects

Apart from various events, Univer is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its foundation by launching two major projects in 2008. A new production facility is being constructed by Univer Product...

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GS1 Roadshow in five major cities

The GS1 open Day was held by GS1 Magyarország for the second time in September 2008. This is a conference for the users of GS1 systems, which offer solutions to...

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A Dutchman in Düsseldorf

Frans W. H. Muller (37) graduated at the University of Rotterdam, also obtaining an MBA. He joined the Metro subsidiary in the Netherlands in 1997. In 2002, he was elected...

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Celebrating commerce

The “Day of European Commerce” was held for the fourth time on 5. November. This initiative by EuroCommerce is intended to draw attention to the economic role played by commerce...

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Towns sponsored by Heineken

A social responsibility project was launched by Heineken Hungária Sörgyárak Zrt. in October. The project is intended to provide support for towns where the brewery industry has its roots. Citizens...

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Excellent Hungarian Food in Spar chains

SPAR Magyarország Kft. has won the tender published by the Agricultural Marketing Centre for the in-store promotion of products using the Excellent Hungarian Food trademark. The campaign was launched on...

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Third in the world

Metro is the third largest retail company in the world after Wal-Mart and Carrefour, with 2,400 units world-wide in 31 countries and 270,000 employees....

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Hong Kong in Budapest

Over 170 companies from Hong Kong and Canton attended the Lifestyle Expo Budapest exhibition held on 15-17. September. Visitors arrived from all countries of the region to see the exhibition...

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IMIGe turning into POS Media

IMIGe changed its name to POS Media Hungary in September. POS Media Hungary is a media holding established in 2007, where the English SAS is also a partner....

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News

Cheaper products boosting sales for Sainsbury. Sales of the third largest British retail chain were up by 8,4 percent (5,3 percent without fuel) in the second quarter ending on 4....

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Austrian food weeks for the fifth time

The Austrian Food Weeks were held in Hungary for the fifth time between 9-22. October. 29 Interspar hyper markets, 50 Kaiser’s stores and 50 SPAR supermarkets participated in the promotion...

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Jamie Oliver's products in Hungarian Spar units

From today the famous chef's food and non food products are buyable in Interspar and Kaiser’s shops.  Spar always combinates in its wide sortiment the high quality and the fastidiousness....

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Wal-Mart cut forecast

No. 1 retailer reported third-quarter profit grow by 9.8%, but said a stronger dollar would squeeze its full-year profit.  Wal-Mart logged operating income of $3.03 billion, or 77 cents a...

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GlaxoSmithKline Kft. is the best workplace in Hungary

According to the common research of business daily Vilaggazdasag and Hewit „Best Workplace in Hungary” the employees of GSK (in the BEs category) and of Qunitiles Magyarorszag (in the SMEs...

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