SPAR Hungary celebrated twenty years last year

SPAR Hungary expanded further in 2011 and an important element of this expansion was the refurbishment of another 27 former Plus stores. Two new units also opened, one of them is a 2000m² supermarket in Szeged that features a ‘SPAR to go’ snack bar. At the moment SPAR’s network consists...

CBA: Príma and Cent came to the rescue

In 2011 the CBA network’s turnover was HUF 565 billion, surpassing the HUF 555 billion performance of 2010 despite the recession. CBA still has the most units among Hungarian chains, precisely 3,372 stores. Last year was a difficult one as more than 100 CBA stores went out of business, but...

dm-drogerie markt is in top form

The first Hungarian dm store opened in Budapest in July 1993. Currently they have 256 units all over Hungary and employ 2,251 people. In the 2010/11 fiscal year dm’s turnover was HUF 65.85 billion in Hungary, growing from the previous year despite economic recession. dm also managed to increase its...

Tesco’s revenue was above 700 billion

In the 2011-12 fiscal year Tesco Hungary’s turnover augmented by 6 percent, thanks to innovations and to increasing the number of their services. Tesco Hungary’s gross revenue was HUF 705.2 billion, the retail chain opened 7 new stores and created 11,000m² of new floor space. Tesco’s 100-percent Hungarian poultry programme...

The logistics center of Alföld Pro-Coop was implemented from half-billion HUF

The storehouse base of the Alföld Pro-Coop Zrt. is ready with a 462 million HUF investment in Kecskemét. The European Union supported the project with 161.8 million HUF. With the development, a more than 3700 square meters, modern fresh and frozen food warehouse was created. The company supplies its network...

The Gallicoop turkey processor is crisis resistant

The determining Hungarian poultry company, the Gallicoop Pulykafeldolgozó Zrt. based in Szarvas closed last year with a 31 billion HUF revenue. That means a 13.6 percent sales increase, compared to the 27.3 billion HUF sales revenue of 2010 – the company told MTI on Friday. Despite the significantly higher costs,...

Hey-Ho’s manufacturer requests bankruptcy protection

The manufacturer of Hey-Ho fruit juice, the First Hungarian Fruit Processing and Fruit Juice Manufacturing Inc. (Elma) asked for bankruptcy protection. The company has been profitable even in 2010,its turnover was more than three billion HUF. The company was founded in 1992. According to its website, the company has been...

Pepsi pays tribute to Michael Jackson

Soon Pepsi cans will appear on the shelves of the stores with the face of the king of pop. Pepsi pays tribute this way to Michael Jackson celebrating the 25th anniversary of the release of his  ‘Bad’ album. In celebration of the 25th anniversary of his ‘Bad’ album, the soft...

Tesco has agreed with the trade unions on the wages of cashiers

The satisfaction of its employees is important for the supermarket chain, and therefore Tesco will pay the same amount of rate collated with the trade unions. Tesco has agreed with  two trade unions of how much wage difference will be paid to the cashiers for the November 2011 to December...

Unbroken success last year

Róbert Bárdi, sales director with Dunapack Kft. told our magazine that 2011 was a good year for the stronghold of domestic corrugated cardboard manufacturing: their sales revenue was HUF 31 billion – 30 percent better than planned – despite the effects of economic recession – and they managed to strengthen...