Company and Personal News
Coca-Cola recalls its American glass stocks
Date: 2010-11-22 13:00:26
Coca-Cola withdraws 22 thousand sets of glasses in the United States, because the coloring material in the glasses contain cadmium, that is hazardous to health. Although the company said in...
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Econet plans 1.2 -2.2 billion HUF capital raise
Date: 2010-11-22 09:39:45
Econet.hu announced on Monday that they intend to raise 1.2 billion – HUF 2.2 billion HUF of capital in a private placement. The purchase price will be the turnover-weighted average...
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A million restaurant critics
Date: 2010-11-19 23:48:57
A decade ago it was the print media’s privilege to publish critiques about a restaurant. With the appearance of the Internet and Web 2.0 surfaces the situation changed because anyone...
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New yoghurt launched by Danone this year
Date: 2010-11-19 12:41:27
Danone launched Densia this autumn, and early sales indicators supplied by Mintel suggest the yoghurt is performing well. Densia differs from existing yoghurt products in its positioning. Instead of focusing...
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55 potential suppliers at Tesco Regional Supplier Forum
Date: 2010-11-19 12:21:30
The third Tesco Regional Supplier Forum was organized on 18th November in the city of Pécs. The event was followed by 55 traders and potential suppliers from he counties of...
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New Coop outlet in Tiszasziget
Date: 2010-11-19 12:19:32
One of the greatest companies of Csongrád county, Coop Szeged Ltd. has opened a new outlet this week in Tiszasziget. COOP Szuper Áruház was built of a more than 200...
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Tesco, Chicken and edification
Date: 2010-11-19 11:58:12
In recent days a number of media reported, that contaminated chicken were found at a Tesco store in Dunaújváros in mid-September. The company destroyed the total of 295 pounds of...
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Lidl continues the offensive
Date: 2010-11-19 11:11:24
It is planned, that fifty Lidl stores will be opened in Bulgaria, until February 2011 – reports Bloomberg. According to Milena Dragiiska, Bulgarian leader of the chain; Lidl would like...
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Spar, Pick, Coca-Cola – authenticity, recognition, responsibility
Date: 2010-11-18 16:14:31
According to the results of the second annual survey of B & P Braun & Partners Reputation Rating; The reputation of food companies in each of the five dimensions proved...
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The opinion of the CBA and the Spar differ over the special taxes
Date: 2010-11-18 16:11:49
The retail sector has never belonged to the highly profitable sectors, not even compared to the food production– said Feiner Péter,the chairman of Spar Magyarország Kft., in an interview in...
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Tesco has 800 Hungarian suppliers already
Date: 2010-11-18 16:00:21
Tesco expands the scope of its Hungarian suppliers. The retail-chain contracted with 40 new suppliers in October. Tesco Global Stores Ltd. expands the scope of its Hungarian suppliers, to increase...
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Unilever buys a cosmetics company for 1.2 billion euros
Date: 2010-11-18 15:30:20
The European Commission's competition authority has contributed to the earlier plans, that Unilever will acquire the European cosmetics business of Sara Lee. The 1.2 billion-euro transaction, among other things, meaning...
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Italian restaurants are using breathalysers
Date: 2010-11-18 14:19:59
Since the 13th of November the Italian restaurants that are serving alcoholic beverages after midnight, should keep breathalysers. The restaurant operators must put charts showing the alcohol content of spirits...
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Special international award goes to private labels by METRO: Horeca Select and Rioba
Date: 2010-11-18 11:19:39
The international jury of Brussels-based “International Taste & Quality Institute” gave a one- two- and three star award to several products of METRO, in fact their HORECA Select and Rioba...
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Healthy meal-based shop opened for mothers and their children
Date: 2010-11-18 10:41:51
Martian shop is a brand new restaurant for young mothers and mothers-to-be who are willing to follow a healthy diet and happen to live in Budapest or in a nearby...
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A new product, available in Hungary, won a new award
Date: 2010-11-18 10:34:26
Dove VisibleCare showergel won the award Prix de Beauté 2010. even though the product was just introduced this year. The Prix de Beauté issued by magazine Joy goes to famous...
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Kométa about to get involved with more investments in Hungary
Date: 2010-11-17 18:17:10
The fact that Kométa has won a Superbrand Award is a reflection of the company's strategy and preference of quality. “The products of Kométa 99 Ltd. have won several awards...
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Yet another Hungarian director at the leading fruit juice producer of Europe
Date: 2010-11-17 17:00:31
Marianna Bartos, new HR director of Eckes-Granini Group started working at the company in this position on 1st October 2010. Marianna Bartos finished her studies at ELTE-BTK, and worked in...
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Kométa expects 20 billion HUF revenues for this year
Date: 2010-11-17 13:45:03
The revenue of the Kaposvár-based Kométa ´99 Zrt. (Kométa) will be around 20 billion HUF this year, compared with the 22 billion HUF of last year. The company plans to...
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Borsodi expects five percent price increase for the next year
Date: 2010-11-17 13:43:29
From 2011, the Borsodi brewery plans a 1-3 percent average revenue growth. Although the Hungarian beer market has showed a 8-9 percent decline in 2010, the company expects to repeat...
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Adidas expands in China
Date: 2010-11-17 13:40:15
Adidas plans a major expansion in China. The German company will build-out a shop network consisting of 8 thousand businesses in the Asian country. In the next 5 years, the...
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Midnight discount action in the Romanian malls
Date: 2010-11-17 13:00:16
Thousands of shoppers stormed the Kolozsvár-based Iulius Mall shopping center on Sunday night. The huge midnight price reductions attracted the people to the mall – reports kronika.ro. At the same...
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Aranybika for sale for 2.1 billion
Date: 2010-11-17 12:00:20
Intrested can apply for the Hotel Aranybika, for the Best Western Hotel at the Kálvin Square and for the Hotel Délibáb of Hajdúszoboszló until the 29th of November. All hotels...
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E-merchants of the years are using Scarab Research
Date: 2010-11-17 11:54:33
tAll three winners of this year's Online Merchant of The Year Award use Scarab Research product analyzer system. The first prize was won by Bookline.hu has been a successful user...
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For smart people
Date: 2010-11-16 23:53:19
A growing number of Hungarians buy smartphones and the average mobile user spends about 20-30 minutes with browsing the Internet every day; 98 percent of them download different applications to...
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Starbucks: The most ethic and the best
Date: 2010-11-16 19:10:30
The experts of Allegra Strategies once again awarded the “The most ethic Company” award to the Starbucks, in addition the company also won the “Best café” award, both in Europe...
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If the Metro 4 will be completed, a shopping centre to be built
Date: 2010-11-16 19:07:44
Futureal is ready for the implementation of the long-time planned Etele Square shopping center, but the timing depends on when the Metro 4 will be finished – said Futó Gábor,...
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New board members of MVI elected
Date: 2010-11-16 16:35:30
The board members of the MVI (Association of Hungarian Caterers) have been elected on Monday, 15th November. President Tamás Háber, who has been in charge of the association for eight...
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Hungary has become the country of spa and wellness
Date: 2010-11-16 14:50:09
In Hungary domestic spa and wellness tourism came into vogue recently. In addition, because of the crisis, many people prefer to spend their holiday within the border. The holiday vouchers...
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Tesco refutes
Date: 2010-11-16 14:13:10
The Central Agricultural Office (MgSZH) fined Tesco for 850 thousand HUF, because they found 300 pounds of contaminated chicken meat in the company’s store in Dunaújváros – wrote the Magyar...
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