Company and Personal News
They are experienced now
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
This year brought the fifth Greedy Thursday and according to Magyar Turizmus Zrt.’s data more than 1,300 restaurants participated. It became evident that lower prices attract more customers to restaurants....
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Wine samples
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
There is a new term used in marketing: tryvertising (try + advertising), which stands for ‘get to know the product by trying it’. The term may be new but the...
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GROW Group becomes independent
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
GROW Group, one of Hungary’s leading human and organisation development groups ended its cooperation with TMI International and became an independent Hungarian brand as of January 2010. The Group won...
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MIRSA continues with a new name and even higher standards
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
The company bought the MIRELITE brand and from the end of February carries on under this new name : MIRELITE MIRSA Zrt.. MIRELITE is an acronym for: ELITE product of...
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Educational macro analysis
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
László Sólyom’s Wise Men’s Board and its team of experts recently published its book ‘Szárny és Teher’, which places great emphasis on improving the level of education in Hungary. Representatives...
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Facing the challenge in New York – part 6
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
From July Roland Oláh, formerly the chef of Café Erté, tries his luck in the USA. He regularly reports to our magazine: ‘I thought I would not have to work...
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‘Together for kindergartens!’ was a great success
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
On 27 January, Tchibo Budapest Kft.’s managing director and Zsuzsa Csisztu presented each of the six winner kindergartens with HUF 600,000. Tchibo’s ‘Together for kindergartens!’ campaign lasted from 1 September...
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400-million donation from Tesco
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Tesco donated eleven truckloads of clothes and other products to the Hungarian Food Bank Association at the end of February in Budapest. The association, together with the Hungarian Red Cross,...
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No odds beaten
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
On 23-24 February, UKBA organised its Junior Confectioners’ World Championship at Hungexpo, with 17 (23-year old or younger) contestants from 12 countries. Most of the competitors have already participated in...
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Univer’s triumphant ‘Kitchen Virtuosos’ prize game
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
The main prize of the game was drawn on 15 January 2010, in the presence of a notary: Róbert Beke from Besenyőtelek won the HUF 1,000,000 dream kitchen. Participants had...
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Gold medal of honour for Borsodi Sörgyár Zrt.
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Early March the Hungarian Football Association awarded Borsodi Brewery with a Gold Medal of Honour for their support of the professional league, the national team and the U-21 national team....
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The ‘beauty’ of the trade
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Confectioners’ Product Competition and Show was one of the main attractions at the 16th UKBA International Trade Fair for Confectionery, Bakery and Gastronomy. Junior confectioners were awarded in the cake...
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Defibrillator in the kayak-canoe boathouse
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Henkel Magyarország Kft. purchased two defibrillators: one for Lágymányosi Spari Kayak-Canoe Club and the other for the company headquarters in Dávid Ferenc Street. Managing director Dieter Knoll and Gyula Molnár,...
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Paprika Gourmet is looking for franchise partners
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Paprika Gourmet, a Hungarian deli store chain opened its first unit in Barcelona. Owner Veronika Fazekas told our magazine that the first two weeks proved there is great interest for...
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Bocuse d’Or Selection Hungary 2010
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
The Hungarian final of the world’s most prestigious international chef contest was held on 21-22 February at FOODAPEST. Kitchens of international standard and a 500-seat spectators’ stand awaited participants and supporters....
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Great music in Fressnapf stores
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Europe’s No.1 pet food and accessories chain commissioned Mood Media with establishing an in-store radio and scent marketing service. Fressnapf realised the importance of conscious audio communication and the importance...
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Unilever gathers speed
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
On 4 February, Unilever published its annual global results and the report on the last quarter of 2009. Last year the company’s turnover improved by 3.5 percent, equalling a 2.3-percent...
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Bocuse presented the prize to the winner
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Paul Bocuse, the founder of the Bocuse d’Or competition visited the Hungarian final. The old master himself handed over the prize to the winner. After the ceremony he and master...
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SNICKERS® Team finished fourth at the 2010 Budapest-Bamako
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Members of the team, Kálmán Lukács Tóth and Norbert Lehotzky competed well and the charity truck managed to deliver the donations offered by Mars Magyarország to Mauritania and Mali. The...
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Non-food categories perform well at Henkel
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Henkel group’s washing-household cleaner and cosmetics branches did well last year: the former expanded by 2.9 percent, while the latter realised a 3.5-percent growth. Due to the economic crisis, the...
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He was convincing!
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Gábor Kostyál, the chef of Helikon Hotel in Keszthely, won the Bocuse d’Or Selection Hungary. Q: You prepared really well! A: Two years ago I lost by a whisker, so...
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A real treat from Milli Mia Piruet
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
The new year brought something new at Milli Mia: from January the Milli Mia Piruet cream pudding is also available in cappuccino flavour. Cappuccino-cocoa Piruet will also appear in shops...
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New trade fairs in Düsseldorf in 2010
Date: 2010-03-22 08:00:00
Messe Düsseldorf GmbH will organise two brand new trade fairs this year: with the international glass production, processing and product fair Glasstec they will hold Solarpeq, a solar production equipment...
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Region leader tourism exhibition in Debrecen
Date: 2010-03-22 00:06:45
Between 26-28 March 2010, the Debrecen annual travel trade exhibition will be held for the 20th time, which is the largest such event in the region. The Debrecen Travel &...
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Spa and Wellness bath of Sárvár: A 3 billion HUF development
Date: 2010-03-22 00:02:22
The implementation of the Spa and Wellness Center takes place in the scope of the New Hungary Development Plan. The dominant element of the development of the spa – which...
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New Executive Director at Danone
Date: 2010-03-22 00:01:36
From the 16th of March, a new Executive Director took over the management of the Danone Dairy Production and Distribution Ltd. The Italian expert, Paolo Maria Tafuri (49) arrived with...
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DREHER 24 Everest Expedition: To the summit
Date: 2010-03-22 00:00:59
Klein Dávid and Várkonyi László aim to reach the summit of the Mount Everest without the help of oxygen supply and sherpas, in the scope of the Dreher 24 Everest...
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McDonald's for sustainable growth
Date: 2010-03-22 00:00:39
McDonald's has been seeking for years to use less and less natural resources in its restaurants. Thanks to the company's energy conservation program, the water usage significantly decreased, despite the...
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Pepsi withdraws its sugary soft drinks from the schools
Date: 2010-03-19 00:02:24
PepsiCo.having regard to the success of its similar American programs and continues to withdraw its sugary soft drinks from the schools all around the world. The world's number two soft...
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Majority of the firms in the Czech Republic are domestic-owned
Date: 2010-03-19 00:01:59
Nearly 57 percent of the 2.1 billion crowns capital of the companies in theCzech Republic is in the hands of Czech-owned companies – reports Čekija. The largest foreign shareholders are...
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