Company and Personal News
Unicum Plum: a novelty from Zwack
Date: 2012-03-26 12:20:48
At Hungary's first bitter master course, Zwack Sándor presented Unicum’s latest product the Unicum plum. The beverage specialty is a real world novelty. It is the first herbal liqueur, which...
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Auchan can be profitable in 2014
Date: 2012-03-26 12:10:17
Auchan Hungary Kft. closed last year with a 7.6 billion HUF loss, due to the significant tax burden, and the high amortization, but if the crisis tax will be terminated...
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Magazine: Let them play!
Date: 2012-03-26 11:54:24
Last time we were focusing on games, this time we try to analyse their social aspects. Let’s start with introducing a few playful programmes and sales increasing ideas. Traditional food-wine...
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Do everything to avoid fat food!
Date: 2012-03-26 11:11:20
Television adverts for food high in fat, sugar and salt should not be shown before the 9pm watershed, according to Scotland's public health minister. Michael Matheson has written to UK...
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Abraham hams by Zimbo
Date: 2012-03-26 11:06:49
From January 2012, Abraham-hams from Germany are being distributed by Zimbo Perbál Ltd. in Hungary. The brothers Rolf and Jürgen Abraham founded a ham smoking company in Moisburg near Buxtehude....
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Tesco is looking for new regional suppliers in Szolnok
Date: 2012-03-26 10:56:47
Tesco is about to move on to learn about even more Hungarian suppliers within the compass of their Regional Suppliers’ Forum. The next forum will take place in Szolnok, on...
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The banks accept the Széchenyi Rest Cards of the other banks
Date: 2012-03-26 09:30:37
After months of negotiations, the Széchenyi Rest Card issuer banks made their terminals permeable, which can improve the popularity of the new cafeteria device. The number of workers, who have...
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Czech tourists like the Budapest Spring
Date: 2012-03-26 09:29:33
Budapest, as well as the Hungarian thermal baths and spas are the most popular tourist destinations of the Czechs in the spring – shows the analysis of Association of Czech...
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Tesco's food safety practices meet the food safety standards
Date: 2012-03-23 12:06:29
Official controls were initated in connection with Tesco’s meat treatment practices, because of the news heard in the media, but the controls did not reveal any abnormalities in the controlled...
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Johnny Walker leaves Kilmarnock
Date: 2012-03-23 12:00:01
Kilmarnock was in shock on Wednesday morning with the bombshell news that the Johnnie Walker plant is to shut with the loss of 700 jobs. The devastating news was broken...
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If you love the bacon, marry the bacon – Video of the day
Date: 2012-03-23 11:35:09
Jack in the Box takes America's (literally) unhealthy bacon obsession to the next level with its “Marry Bacon” TV commercial from Secret Weapon Marketing, which turns out to be only...
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The number of the Széchenyi Rest Card customers exceeded 355 thousand in the first quarter
Date: 2012-03-23 11:10:38
The number of Széchenyi Rest Card owners exceeded 355 thousand until March 20, and the issuers contracted with nearly 15 thousand acceptance points. The required amount was more than 10...
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Scottish tea export to China
Date: 2012-03-23 11:09:44
A businesswoman exports tea from Scotland to China tea, which seems carrying water into sea. Tea is a Chinese invention and has five thousand years of history in the Asian...
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Luxury hotels to save the planet
Date: 2012-03-23 11:06:39
Sofitel Budapest Chain Bridge has joined UN's Plant-for-the-Planet campaign by adding 400 trees to their area and living an environment-friendly lifestyle in general. Plant-for-the-Planet is a children’s initiative that aims...
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The number of international conferences and events have increased
Date: 2012-03-23 10:33:29
Last year, 602 international conferences were held in Hungary, which is a 12.1 percent increase compared to 2010 and the number of participants increased as well – the Hungarian National...
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The Friendliest Competition of the Year
Date: 2012-03-23 10:15:15
More than 94 thousand votes have arrived to choose the friendliest hotel of 2011: in the category of hotels under less than 50 rooms, the absolute winner is Kék Duna...
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McDonald's: Don Thompson will replace Jim Skinner
Date: 2012-03-22 12:10:25
A leader change will occur at the world's largest fast food chain. Jim Skinner, leader of the chain retires in July – announced McDonald's. Chief Executive Jim Skinner will retire...
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Magazine: Step by step towards a healthier life
Date: 2012-03-22 12:09:19
Large fast food chains are rapidly adapting to consumer trends and pressure from society, for instance in fighting obesity and excessive salt usage. Last December Burger King changed the recipe...
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Pasta factory opening in Verpelét
Date: 2012-03-22 12:00:46
A specialized, frozen, stuffed pasta factory is being manufactured in Verpelét, with a base area of 5400 square meters. The factory by Asiafood Ltd. is going to start operating on...
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New City SPAR in the city centre
Date: 2012-03-22 11:26:51
The eight City SPAR store has opened its gates the city centre of Budapest on 22nd March 2010, at Vértanúk tere 1. The first City SPAR store has opened in...
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That's the way one of the most beautiful women of the world eats hamburger
Date: 2012-03-22 11:24:56
Padma Lakshmi, a modell of iNdian origin is not only fond of eating, but also leads a rather succesful cooking show in the States, and has also recently published a...
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Hungarian success at Bocuse D'Oron
Date: 2012-03-21 20:12:03
A rather impressive Hungarian success story was born within the compass of the European finals of this week's Bocude d'Or: Tamás Széll, the chef of restaurant Onix ended up at...
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We pulled it off! – an interview with Anna Zoltai
Date: 2012-03-21 12:59:18
Anna Zoltai, head of the HoReCa supervision department at the Central Agricultural Office (MgSzH) and her colleagues have a lot to do with the fact that Hungary finally has a...
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The meat plant in Debrecen remains closed
Date: 2012-03-21 12:33:14
After several months of agony, now both sides see that all efforts to restart the meat plant in Debrecen may be unsuccesful – Hajdú-bihari Napló wrote on Wednesday. Szűcs Viktor,...
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Deutsche Bank does not invest in food
Date: 2012-03-21 11:33:10
Deutsche Bank stops the issuing of investment products, backed by important agricultural or food products. The bank wrote in its report on responsible corporate behavior, that this year they will...
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Metro has increased the number of its stores
Date: 2012-03-21 11:31:07
Last year, the Düsseldorf based Metro Group’s sales decreased by 0.8 percent to 66.7 billion euros, its after-tax profit decreased by 2.1 percent to 741 million euros. To the results,...
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Card reader connected to Smart phones from PayPal
Date: 2012-03-21 11:30:10
PayPal’s new service, the PayPal Here application allows almost any kind of payment management services for small businesses. The smartphone can be the formed into a full-featured credit card terminal....
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Liquidation proceeding was launched against the Magyar Tejtermék Kft.
Date: 2012-03-20 12:15:33
Liquidation proceeding was initated against the Magyar Tejtermék Kft. (previous name: Tiszatej Kft., before 2011) The company which was profitable earlier, accumulated significant losses in 2010. The company had a...
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Two chefs and a hundred thousand guest a day
Date: 2012-03-20 12:14:52
Menus for British Airways customers during the Olympics and Paralympic Games – created by Simon Hulstone with support from Heston Blumenthal – have been unveiled. Hulstone's dishes have been inspired...
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Trigránit will not withdraw from Russia
Date: 2012-03-20 12:10:49
The Trigránit group is not withdrawing from Russia, but the planned investment in Moscow will not be accomplished – confirmed Lovas István, country director of the Trigránit group, chief executive...
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