Company and Personal News
Magazine: With German precision
Date: 2013-05-14 11:42:17
German ‘restaurant chain’ Kochhaus is expanding fast. The idea is not revolutionarily new: the concept is based on the fact that customers cook and Kochhaus units offer them all the...
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Fahrenheit 479o, a fine dining popcorn?
Date: 2013-05-14 10:29:50
We could tell you that this company uses organic ingredients and fair-trade practices, but instead we'll say that this artisanal popcorn is the snack food equivalent of finding Brian Atwood...
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The correspondent of the New York Times visited Hungarian restaurants
Date: 2013-05-14 10:22:13
Lisa Abend, the correspondent of the New York Times visited restaurants in Budapest. She visited the Onyx, the Mák Bisztró, the Pesti Disznó and the Macesz Huszár. In her view,...
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Magazine: Finally: a glass made especially for IPA
Date: 2013-05-13 12:13:09
Indian Pale Ale (IPA) was the sensation of 2012 among ‘artisan’ beers (or craft beers. Up until now no proper glass was made especially for IPA, but German company Spiegelau...
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Package starts a new life as an artistic decoration
Date: 2013-05-13 11:12:06
Who wants to win the latest application of HEINEKEN and the Design Terminál should plan an artistic decoration created from from bottle crates, bottles or cans. The competition aims to...
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This might even be the gift of the house
Date: 2013-05-13 10:36:27
So what exactly is Pipcorn? Basically, it’s mini-popcorn supercharged with flavor and a very delicate hull (translation: no more awkward popcorn hunks in your teeth). It’s also vegan, gluten-free, popped...
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Sales reps: in-house or as outsourced staff
Date: 2013-05-13 02:42:00
Demand for outsourced sales representatives keeps growing because many firms have been forced to lay off staff due to the difficult economic situation – says Ágnes Csiby, client service director...
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Every little helps!
Date: 2013-05-13 02:25:55
Tesco Hungary CEO Nigel Jones told our magazine that their turnover was HUF 709 billion in the 2012-2013 business year. Last year the company’s focus was more on innovation than...
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SPAR is on a growth track
Date: 2013-05-13 02:22:28
In 2012 SPAR Hungary realised a HUF 421.5-billion turnover, performing 8 percent better than in 2011. Last year the company continued to develop and refurbish its network of stores, and...
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Reál took a big step forward with its own warehouses
Date: 2013-05-13 02:19:25
Tibor Kujbus, managing director of Reál Hungária told us that 2012 was a busy year for the company. On 14 January the headquarters moved to a new office, located in...
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The Rossmann Baby Programme soon became popular
Date: 2013-05-13 02:16:28
Rossmann entered the Hungarian market in 1993. Today the drugstore chain consists of 181 units and employs 1,112 people in Hungary. The company’s turnover was HUF 43.6 billion in 2012,...
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Penny Market is soon to open its 200th store
Date: 2013-05-13 02:13:31
Penny Market’s first store in Hungary opened on 6 June 1996 and it currently operates 191 units. Penny Market has 60 popular private label products. According to market researchers, the...
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METRO: stronger focus on B2B
Date: 2013-05-13 02:10:25
METRO communications manager Yvette Krubl told our magazine that 2012 was the year of market rationalisation: three chains quit the Hungarian market and the fight for consumers strengthened. Demand kept...
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More Hungarian products in Lidl discount stores
Date: 2013-05-13 02:06:48
Lidl entered the Hungarian market in 2004 with 18 stores and in the last few years the company’s turnover has been growing by two-digit numbers. At the moment they operate...
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Products under the magnifying glass in dm stores
Date: 2013-05-13 02:03:43
Hungary’s first dm store opened on 8 July 1993 and today there are more than 260 units all over the country. In the last business year 7 new units opened...
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COOP’s market position strengthened
Date: 2013-05-13 01:59:47
Last year the COOP retail chain preserved its competitiveness and strengthened its market position by integrating almost 200 stores. CO-OP Hungary Zrt. CEO László Murányi told about 2012 that company...
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CBA and Cent stores performed well
Date: 2013-05-13 01:55:50
The CBA retail chain’s turnover was HUF 578.5 billion in 2012, surpassing the level of 2011 by 2.4 percent. Volume sales of CBA Príma and CBA Cent stores increased. Altogether...
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9030.png Last year was about expansion, this year Auchan will focus on consolidation
Date: 2013-05-13 01:51:45
Thanks to the acquisition of the seven Cora stores, Auchan’s turnover augmented by nearly 10 percent in 2012: the retail chain’s sales amounted to a gross HUF 299.5 billion. After...
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ALDI Housewives are popular – more successful campaigns from ALDI
Date: 2013-05-13 01:48:36
In 2012 ALDI Hungary decided that instead of famous people it would communicate about ALDI products via ordinary housewives: they selected a busy, a modern and a traditional one from...
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Diaper factory to be built in Gyöngyös
Date: 2013-05-12 02:55:04
András Dancsó, the director of the new Pampers production plant to be built in Gyöngyös told our magazine that in the 2011-2012 business year Procter&Gamble’s worldwide turnover was USD 83.7...
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(HU) A 40 éves Márka üdítőital rangos elismerése
Date: 2013-05-12 02:45:45
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MagyarBrands award for the most successful Hungarian brands
Date: 2013-05-12 02:39:55
At the gala ceremony those brands received their MagyarBrands award which the council of experts ranked in the MagyarBrands Top 200 consumer brands list and in the MagyarBrands Top 100...
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COOP wins MagyarBrands award in two categories
Date: 2013-05-12 02:37:24
The COOP retail chain won an award in both the consumer brands and in the business category at the MagyarBrands award ceremony, held on 17 April in the Budapest Operetta...
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Dr János Serényi was elected president of MagyarBrands
Date: 2013-05-12 02:35:10
Mr Serényi is an economist-engineer, economic journalist, international economic specialist and he has earned a doctorate degree in economy. He has been working in the Hungarian Superbrands programme as president...
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The whole country can profit from the success of MagyarBrands
Date: 2013-05-12 02:31:03
On 17 April the most successful Hungarian brands received their MagyarBrands award in the Budapest Operetta Theatre. At the cocktail party after the award ceremony our magazine interviewed Dr János...
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Never mind the ice or the snow – GKI is 20 years old!
Date: 2013-05-12 02:27:43
On 26 March GKI Economic Research Zrt. celebrated its 20th birthday by organising a superb conference on macroeconomic issues. The first speaker was GKI president Dr András Vértes, who looked...
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Magazine: Hygiene 2013
Date: 2013-05-10 11:47:55
Guests feel best in the toilet rooms of bars and restaurants if they don’t have to touch anything. This is the reason why Tork created the Elevation sensor foam soap...
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Half billion HUF development at Detki Keksz
Date: 2013-05-10 11:10:25
The site of the Detki Keksz Kft. was expanded with a 1,800 square meters storehouse base and a 800 square meters of factory space, in the scope of a total...
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A new four-star hotel has been opened in the downtown Szeged
Date: 2013-05-10 10:41:59
A new four-star hotel has been opened in the downtown Szeged under the Art Hotel name, in the immediate vicinity of Dóm Square MTI Photo: Kelemen Zoltán Gergely Mayor Botka...
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Soup against hangover
Date: 2013-05-10 10:39:20
On that painful morning after the night before, there is often nothing more tempting than a bacon sandwich. But scientists have now hailed a beef and noodle broth as the...
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