Company and Personal News
Facing the challenge in New York – part 12
Date: 2010-09-22 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: ‘Now I work in the French bistro Martel,...
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Sandwiches from Kométa salami for first-graders in Kaposvár
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
In the first days of the 2010/2011 school year Kométa ’99 Zrt. handed out delicious salami sandwiches to 700 first-graders in 17 primary schools. The company’s managing director Giacomo Pedranzini...
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A ‘thank you’ to customers
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
On 25 August the Tesco Clubcard loyalty programme commenced: after buying something in a Tesco store shoppers receive a point on their personal accounts after every HUF 200 spent. When...
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They are training guests
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
András Réz’s Werk Academy will start a culinary programme: those participating in the nearly 100-hour course will learn the basics of domestic and international gastronomy, together with the latest trends...
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The by-product of whisky production
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
One of the most important by-products of whisky production is the barrel in which the beverage is aged. Other distillates are also aged in whisky barrels and even a new...
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Nestlé radically reduced its offices’ energy usage
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Nestlé Hungária Kft. uses 1,000 litres less water per day in its Budapest headquarters. 300 employees work in the 3,700 m² complex and the company reduced the building’s energy usage...
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New marketing director at McDonald’s
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
From 1 August Jörg Pizzera fills the position of marketing director of McDonald’s in Hungary. The Austrian executive started his career at Unilever and joined the McDonald’s team in 2006....
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HOVENTA 2010 – Food, accommodation and the 21st century
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
HOVENTA will be organised on 19-22 October and present the challenges and solutions of the present and the future, in the fields of food and accommodation. HUNGEXPO organises the event...
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Professional coffee at home
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
In the United States McDonald’s units sold an average of 53 coffees per day last June – this June this number plunged to 24. At the sae time 82 frappés...
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Gallicoop’s five liver patés got top marking from consumers
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Gallicoop’s liver patés performed the best at the 10th Meat Hygiene and Meat Examination World Congress. The company entered the competition with five turkey liver patés: Grandmother’s, Natura, Premium, Crackling...
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Herz products resurface on the shelves
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Thanks to Bonafarm Group, Herz products find their way back to shops, less than six months after Bonafarm Zrt. brought the brand name. Nine products of the traditional high quality...
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Drop Shop wine bar
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Drop Shop is a real 21st-century place that would stand the test in any metropolis. The doormat says ‘Tasting Zone’ and we enter Scandinavian-style interior that is crammed with bottles...
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Levente Szalai, Hungexpo
“Changes in terms of content”
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
– What were your ideas when starting to organise Hoventa on your own? – We set up a different concept than the one used before, a part of which was...
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Zagat’s fast food restaurant ranking
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Zagat’s ranking of fast food restaurants was published in August, after the opinions of more than 6,500 testers were collected. They rated them on a 30-point scale. Subway performed the...
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Heineken Hungária’s new CEO
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
From SeptembervOladele Ajayi is the new CEO of Heineken Hungária. The first African manager in the Heineken Group to lead a Central European member company came from Nigeria. He studied...
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Nagel is the main sponsor
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Nagel Hungária Kft. is the main sponsor of POPAI Awards Hungary POP competition. The prestigious logistics company is connected to the field of ‘marketing at retail’ on many levels. They...
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L.A. Bodegita restaurant and bar
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
On the street level we find a world-class cocktail and tapas bar. In the basement there is a 50-person room and a small stage. Upstairs: a fine-dining restaurant that seats...
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István Kovács, secretary of Hotel Association of Hungary “As a main partner”
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
– How did you become exclusive partners of Hungexpo and Hoventa? – The former organiser, Hoventa Kft. was member of our association; Hungexpo took their place in the association as...
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News in brief
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
– Rézangyal Kft. is four years old. Their concept is well known: pálinka shop and pálinka corner under one roof. • – After a year and a half of planning,...
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METRO helps children who suffer from hunger in the summer
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Children’s Catering Foundation and METRO Hungary organised an awareness raising and donation collecting campaign in 4 cities and in the capital from 11 until 31 August, to help children in...
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Péter Feiner ask Ákos Kozák
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Question: Retail turnover fell in the first half of 2010. What do you think the perspectives are for the second half of the year? What can retailers and manufacturers expect...
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Chili lounge
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
The interior is of minimalist design with a Mediterranean touch and Chili seats 40 people. Recipes of the dishes came from all over the world, brought by the owner himself...
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Tesco's strategy: web stores all over the world
Date: 2010-09-22 00:00:10
Tesco’s CEO candidate has announced that online retail sales will start next year in Poland, in the Czech Republic and then in Shanghai. Philip Clarke – who will take over...
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The 25th Jubilee SPAR Budapest International Marathon is ready to start
Date: 2010-09-22 00:00:08
The greatest domestic running event, the 25th Jubilee SPAR Budapest International Marathon will be held on the 26th of September 2010. The SPAR is the main sponsor of the event...
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Tesco sells Viagra in the UK
Date: 2010-09-22 00:00:01
The chain estimates that millions of men can live full sexual life with the nonprescription medicine, that will be available in the drugstores of the chain. According to the communication...
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Manpower expansion with higher payments and fringe benefits
Date: 2010-09-21 00:00:55
According to the survey of K&H; In the next year, one-fourth of the the domestic micro, small and medium-sized enterprises plans to increase staffing levels. The research shows that 24%...
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Fider György leaves Szamos Marcipán Kft.
Date: 2010-09-21 00:00:05
Fider György, the former Trading Manager of Szamos Marcipán Kft. continues his career as the Operational Director of BAKO Hungaria Kft. from mid-September 2010. The Szamos Marcipán Kft. will not...
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The original Cuba Libre is 110 years old
Date: 2010-09-21 00:00:01
One of the world's most popular cocktail, the Cuba Libre was born in a bar in Cuba, in the summer of 1900. The Bacardi Rum and the classic combination of...
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One hundred new jobs in the new factory op PEZ and Ed.Haas in Jánossomorja
Date: 2010-09-20 00:04:55
Dr. Czomba Sándor, State Secretary of the National Economy Ministry, responsible for Employment Policy, inaugurated trhe 6000 m2 factory in Jánossomorja. In the scope of the 1 billion HUF investment,...
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Unilever is unbeaten for 12 years at the lead of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index
Date: 2010-09-20 00:03:00
Unilever is standing in the lead of the Food and Beverage category of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for 12 consecutive years. Due to the steps for sustainable development,...
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