[Added: 15.10.2010]

Lavazza launches 2010 calendar - Italian coffee brand Lavazza has launched its 18th iconic calendar and a pan-European advertising campaign.

Meykar operates as the sole distributor of Lavazza Blue products in the Western Turkey.  The 2010 Lavazza calendar illustrates ‘The Italian Espresso Experience' through Italian music. It features six world-famous models and takes inspiration from six well known Italian songs, such as Nessun Dorma and Con te partiro'.  The calendar aims to underpin the affinity between Lavazza with fashion, art and culture. The artwork will form the basis of a worldwide multi-million EUR advertising campaign.

[Added: 13.10.2009]

Elmeco will take part in HOST 2009 in Milan, from 23rd to 27th of October at Exhibition Building in RHO: Hall 18 - Stand E103 / F102

[Added: 15.09.2009]

Buzlas fan page on facebook.com has passed 1000 members.  Please join: http://www.facebook.com/buzlas

[Added: 21.07.2009]

Frio introduces new summer smoothie: the Peach | Buzlas announced the national rollout of a seasonal smoothie, the Peach.  The newest smoothie is made with 100% whole fruit.  According to the company, the smoothie line is now available at coffee houses, delis, bars, hotels and cafes across Turkey and the Middle East.

Frio fruit smoothies now come in six flavour combinations: Strawberry, Black Mulberry, Gum/Melon, Very Berry, Mango and Peach.

"We're delighted that the Frio's name and product range continues to grow in the Middle East and we're confident that the unique flavours we're offering will see us thrive into 2009 and beyond" said, Murat Fidanboy, marketing director of Buzlas, the manufacturer of Frio brand and added "Frio uses only 100% real fruit. Our fruits are all tree-ripened. This ensures the maximum nutritional value and best flavour quality. The result is a naturally sweet smoothie, rich in nutrients and fiber and lower in calories, with no trans-fats.  Our new product offering adds another flavour combination to the variety of Frio Smoothie."

About BUZLAS - MEYKAR

Founded in 1997, Buzlas - Meykar is the leading manufacturer and distributor of frozen beverages – slush and smoothie products in Turkey. Its flagship products, Buzlas, Granita  and Frio are all all-natural fruit, clear, non-carbonated slush and smoothie drinks that are produced in a variety of real fruit flavours and is distributed to leisure sites, hotel chains, schools, military bases, shopping malls, supermarket and convenience stores in Turkey, and is rapidly expanding throughout the international markets.

Serving global customers like Club Med, Kempinski, Dunkin Donuts, 7 Eleven, Barnie’s Coffee, Odeon Cinemas, TGI Fridays, Swissotel, Rixos, Eurest, Robert’s Coffee, BTA, and lots more, Meykar offers high profits with 5+1 concentrates that are made of real fruits.

Offering special distributor programs to help buyers to install beverage equipments free on charge, Meykar helps to service these equipments and arrange to supply customers with ingredients required for production of the frozen beverages. 

You can learn more about MEYKAR at www.buzlas.com

[Added: 11.11.2008]

Buzlas has big plans for the Gulf Region... Buzlas, the international slush beverage company has announced its Gulf regional plans.  The company based in Izmir is planning to open its first regional office in Dubai in 2008.

Buzlas® is Turkey’s largest slush drinks operator with over thousand units running in Turkey alone. In the Middle East, Buzlas® has had several market research operations in the previous years and finally made the decision to enter the region through Dubai. By the regional office in Dubai, Buzlas is planning to expand into Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, Yemen and Oman.
“Beyond Buzlas®, our newest brand Granita® is a premium product; it is not made from any artificial ingredient, only from real fruits. In fact, Granita® is a smoothie experience” said company’s export director, Mrs Derya Yorukoglu.
Yorukoglu described the slush market in the Middle East was "wide open". She said Buzlas will face some competition in the region but believed Buzlas offered more than the competition.
“We have plans to open a series of new offices across the region as our products continue to expand their appeal in the region,” said Mrs. Yorukoglu, “Within the next decade we will become one of the most established players in the beverage sector, catering to a multi-national community of customers across the UAE.”
“We will offer what has not been offered so far, our own distributor program; this way we can help our customers to install our machines free on charge to their buyers and thereafter we will service the machines and arrange to supply customers with ingredients required for production of the frozen beverages.  We will retain the ownership of the dispensers and as a result our customers will not be required to make any investment in equipment.”

About Buzlas

Founded in 1997, Meykar is the leading manufacturer and distributor of frozen beverages - slush products in Turkey.  Its flagship products, Buzlas®, Granita® and Frio® are all all-natural fruit and fruit flavoured, clear, non-carbonated slush drinks that are produced in a variety of real fruit flavours and is distributed to leisure sites, hotel chains, schools, military bases, shopping malls, supermarket and convenience stores in Turkey, and is rapidly expanding throughout the international markets.

Serving global customers like Club Med, Kempinski, Dunkin Donuts, 7 Eleven, Barnie’s Coffee, Odeon Cinemas, TGI Fridays and lots more, Meykar offers high profits with 5+1 concentrates that are made of real fruits.

Offering a special distributor program to help you to install slush machines free on charge to your customers, Meykar helps you to service these machines and arrange to supply your customers with ingredients required for production of the frozen beverages. 

[Added: 15.10.2008]

Buzlas moves into smoothie with the new brand Frio...  Buzlas, the Turkish frozen beverages firm has made its first push into smoothie market with the launch of their newest brand Frio.

Frio will come in a variety of fruits from melon to black mulberry that are all made from 100% real fruits. "We all have hard time to find frozen beverages that are healthy" said Buzlas co-founder Baran Fidanboy, "Frio is exactly the kind of thing that we'd want to drink – made from real fruits - , and we think that consumers will love it."

Since it was set up in 1998, Buzlas has taken a 70% share of the Turkish frozen beverages market. With Frio it is now making a grab for the global smoothie market which has grown into a billion dollar business in the recent years.

About Buzlas

Founded in 1997, Meykar is the leading manufacturer and distributor of frozen beverages - slush products in Turkey. Its flagship products, Buzlas, Granita  and Frio are all all-natural fruit, clear, non-carbonated slush and smoothie drinks that are produced in a variety of real fruit flavours and is distributed to leisure sites, hotel chains, schools, military bases, shopping malls, supermarket and convenience stores in Turkey, and is rapidly expanding throughout the international markets.

Serving global customers like Club Med, Kempinski, Dunkin Donuts, 7 Eleven, Barnie’s Coffee, Odeon Cinemas, TGI Fridays, Swissotel, Rixos, Eurest, and lots more, Meykar offers high profits with 5+1 concentrates that are made of real fruits.

Offering a special distributor program to help you to install beverage equipments free on charge to your customers, Meykar helps you to service these equipments and arrange to supply your customers with ingredients required for production of the frozen beverages. 

Contact

info@buzlas.com
Meykar Food and Beverage Co.
Buzlas - Granita - Frio
Engin Sk. 2/3 Cengelkoy, Istanbul 81220, Turkey
+90 216 308 9801
+90 216 308 9806 (fax)
8286 Sk., No 1, Cigli, Izmir, 35620, Turkey
+90 232 376 6492
+90 232 376 6853 (fax)
www.buzlas.com

[Added: 21.03.2008]

Buzlas.com has become the leader in traffic rank in 2008... According to Alexa.com, the web traffic ranking company, Buzlas.com has become the leader in the reach and traffic rank among the slush beverage companies all around the world as of the end of 2007.

[Added: 01.03.2008]

Another successful Gulfood draws to a close for Buzlas... As the region's largest and most established food and hospitality equipment, supplies and services trade show draws to a close, it's safe to say that Gulfood has once again been a roaring success for Buzlas.

Having seen considerable growth in visitors to the booth, the exhibition continues to drive the expansion of the Gulf market for Buzlas.

"Buzlas will take its place in next year's Gulfood with a larger and revised booth" says export director Mrs Derya Yorukoglu.

[Added: 03.02.2008]

Buzlas targets Morocco for 2008… Having extended its customer base to other countries since 2002, Buzlas plans to enter the Moroccan market in the first quarter of 2008. Export Manager Derya Yorukoglu stated that they targeted the whole Middle East and North African countries; therefore they kept on negotiations with companies in countries where Buzlas did not exist. 

She added “Morocco has a population of 35 million where half is below age 35.  Driven by tourism, there is a fast development in the economical statistics. This is giving us a great opportunity to pass on the experiences we have gained at tourist attracted coasts of Turkey.  Therefore one of our company partner; Murat Fidanboy is in Morocco, having interviews with various companies in Casablanca, Marakesh and Fes.  I believe that we would complete the initial introduction of our products to Morocco by the first quarter of this year.”

[Added: 01.02.2008]

Do not miss this opportunity to visit us at Gulfood on Hall 7, Stand No C7-13.  Buzlas will be present at Gulfood 2008, Hotel & Equipment Exhibition and Salon Culinaire, the region's largest and most important industry event of the year. Export Manager Derya Yorukoglu said “This organisation gives us the chance to meet our customers’ representatives not only in UAE but all the other countries in the region. Face to face communication is important both in our tradition and the region. So even this four days is important for us all to build and develop strong relations and demonstrate our products and concept on slush business. We have prepared our entire infrastructure to meet our customers’ expectations in all manners.”

Some of the facts on Gulfood;

In 2007, Gulfood brought together 2,471 companies specialised in the food and hospitality trade from 75 countries.
Gulfood 2007 attracted 37,618 trade attendees from 140 countries.
Gulfood 2008 is open to trade visitors only.
Gulfood 2008 is now FULLY BOOKED.

Please visit http://www.gulfood.com/ for further information and pre-registration.

[Added: 02.11.2007]

"The Big Idea" will be held in Ciragan Palace Kempinski, one of respected Buzlas serving hotel chain. On 14 Nov. 2007, the founder of "Shake That Brain" problem solving system, Joel Saltzman, is taking place on "The Big Idea" conference.  For more information: www.thebigidea-tr.com

[Added: 17.10.2007]

Among 10thousand hotels, Delphin De Luxe Resort came 3rd...

World's largest tour operator, TUI, chooses Delphin De Luxe Resort (3 year Buzlas customer) as the 3rd best hotel on its 2007 list.  Collecting millions of its customers ballots, every year TUI chooses top 100 Hotels all around the world.

Buzlas region director, Soner Kir, confirming the success says "we have 2 other customers that are in the top 100: Robinson Club Nobilis ve Delphin Palace."

Founded in 1997, Meykar Foods, owner of the top two frozen beverage brands, Buzlas and Granita, is the leading slush drinks company in Turkey.  Operating over 1000 locations in Turkey and 12 countries around the world, some of Meykar's references are:

AFM Cinemas, CiraganPalace, Rixos, Club Med, TED Club, Sofra-Eurest Catering, USAS - Gate Gourmet, Capitol Cinemas, Dunkin Donuts, Cevahir Cinemas, Robinson Club, Xanadu Resort, El Torito Mexican Chain, Gloria Hotels, Delphin Hotels, Kadýkoy Anadolu Lisesi, Divan Catering Services, Voyage Hotels, TGI Fridays, Kervansaray Hotels, Fuga, Larespark, Spice Hotel, La Blanche, Parkorman, ENKA Club, Vera Hotels, Hotel Lara Beach.

[Added: 05.10.2007]

Buzlas is at the new Istinya Park... Turkey's best Slush Drink is now available at AFM Cinemas new complex at the Istinye Park.  Years before its openning all the world known brands were in line to get a store, and AFM Cinemas, Turkey's leading cinema chain, with its 12 theather top of the line addition, is openning today.  Istanbul's one and only 3D IMAX theather is taking place in the project as well.

[Added: 22.05.2007]

SECOND IRAQ INTERNATIONAL FAIR TO OPEN ON WEDNESDAY and Meykar Foods will be exhibiting.  Guests have begun to arrive in south-eastern province of Gaziantep to attend the Second Iraq International Fair to open on Wednesday and continue until May 27th.

The fair is being co-sponsored by the Iraqi Trade Ministry and Turkish Forum Fairs. A passenger jet carrying the Iraqi Deputy Oil Minister Motasam A. Hassan and 110 high level bureaucrats arrived in Gaziantep today.

Over 3,000 Iraqi businessmen are expected to participate in the fair. More than 1,000 companies from 30 countries will attend the Gaziantep fair.

[Added: 14.05.2007]

Buzlas is on the tennis courts this time...  Turkey’s summer sports event, the Istanbul Cup International Tennis Tournament, will be held from May 20-26 at the Tekstilkent Tennis Arena.  Buzlas® today announced its commitment to the sport by being the official slush drink of the tournament.  For more info, please contact Mr Aydin Duruoglu, aydin_duruoglu@buzlas.com or +90 216 311 8946

[Added: 05.04.2007]

El Torito Mexican Restaurants cool down its customers with Buzlas Granita products.  Mexican Chain with 92 restaurants in USA and 7 in Japan, is planning to open more restaurants outside Istanbul and Ankara.

Ex US pilot, Lerry Cano, started the restaurant chain inspired after a friend's gift, little bull, and named in Spanish, El Torito.  Each restaurant, on average, makes sales over 2 million USD per year.  El Torito serves fajitas, margaritas, guacamoles and tortillas to customers in its restaurants.

For more information, please contact derya.yorukoglu@buzlas.com

[Added: 10.02.2007]

Buzlas is exhibiting again at Gulfood 2007 - The 12th Gulf Food, Hotel and Equipment Exhibition and Salon Culinaire. 
Event dates: 19th to 22nd February 2007 Monday to Thursday
Event Venue: Halls 1 to 8, The Pavilion and the new Zabeel Hall Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre

Gulfood 2007 Outstanding Growth of 40% Highlights Strong Demands of Global Food Market.

Region’s Largest Food and Hospitality Event Attracts Key Industry Leaders From Across The World.  Gulfood, the most sought-after and important food and hospitality event for the Middle East, Africa and Indian subcontinent region, is set for yet another record showing in 2007. With 40% increase in exhibition space, Gulfood 2007 will be the largest ever presentation in the event’s history. The 12th edition of show has been expanded to occupy an additional 15,000sqm in the new Zabeel Hall, and all exhibition space is fully sold out.

For more information please contact Baran Fidanboy, bfidanboy@buzlas.com

[Added: 01.02.2007]

Buzlas Team Continues to Grow...  As of February 2007, the leading slush drinks company Buzlas assigned Derya Yorukoglu as Export Manager. Yorukoglu will be responsible from expanding marketshare of Buzlas Granita and equipments in international markets. Yorukoglu comments: “I am delighted to join Buzlas team. I am looking forward to leverage Granita’s unique feature of natural fruits over the competition and retain distribution channel in Middle East, Russia and Europian countries”.

Derya Yorukoglu was born in London in 1972, holds a BA degree in Marketing and International Relations. She has started her career at Aktel sales department, followed by sales executive, account manager, sales and marketing manager, regional manager responsibilities at Bridge Information Systems, Novell, BEA Systems and Sidera.

[Added: 25.01.2007]

Countdown for !f Ystanbul begins!  One of Buzlas leading vendors AFM Cinemas' !f istanbul AFM International Independent Films Festival, your address for all that is cutting-edge, political and new in recent world cinema, will rock the city of Istanbul between February 15-25. Held with the support of Yapy Kredi University Banking, the festival takes place Beyo?lu AFM Fita? and Caddebostan AFM-Budak movie theaters. !f Ankara will be held in Ankara between March 1-4.

The “HIT FILMS” section screens the latest films from famous directors and award-winning films from prominent world festivals. Undoubtedly, the most controversial film of this section will be Death of a President, a fictional documentary about a future where the US President George W. Bush is assasinated. The film created a big buzz at its premiere in the Toronto Film Festival. Other films in this section will be Half Nelson, which has brought its lead actor Ryan Gosling a number of awards; Wristcutters: A Love Story, an award-winning film in Sundance, starring the legendary musician Tom Waits; Lives of Others, Germany’s much-hyped, possible Oscar-nominee for this year’s Best Foreign Language Film; and Sherrybaby, with a heart-breaking performance from actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. Another star of this section will be Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, shot by Turner Prize-winner Douglas Gordon and French artist Pillippe Parreno, with 17 synchronised cameras and a crew of 150 people.

!f Istanbul’s new themed sections bring us the latest trends in global cinema. “AKT!FIST” will include controversial documentaries on such key issues as the Iraq War, globalization and global warming. Among films in this section is Earthlings, a documentary on animal use produced and narrated by Joaquin Phoenix and guaranteed to increase the number of vegetarians in the audience; Fuck, a radical documentary on how the language we use is a political tool; Day Night Day Night, a unique perspective on the preparations of a suicide bomber before the bombing; and My Life as a Terrorist, the first-ever confessions of ‘70s’ infamous leftist militant Hans Joachim-Klein on how he renounced his involvement in armed struggle.

[Added: 10.12.2006]

Elmeco is exhibiting again at SIGEP Trade Show in Rimini.  Elmeco will be exhibiting at 28th SIGEP in Rimini (Italy) from Jan 20th to 24th.  Elmeco booth: Hall C1 Stand 65.

[Added: 03.04.2006]

The BIG BIZ was born.  Elmeco has created its new machine, a 5 litre, small slush machine.  Below you will find an editorial by Umberto Cortese, General Manager of Elmeco.

"Luis Belart of Horcata Solera in Madrid phoned me in March last year.  He said to me, "Umberto, for the next season we'll need a Slush machine of 6 litres, with good technology and competition.  There is the market and I'll engage myself to buy 150 units immediately".

My answer was instinctive and without delay: "OK".  I'm proud to say that we have realize in only 12 months the project "The Big Biz", plan, prototype and industrialization.  This has been possible by the help of new software and of firm conduct and of my collaborators' care, in particular Salvatore Larducci.  We have put togheter in this project little size, technologies in the van and price. As always, a characteristic, light and elegant design. A little machine that furnishes.  A little machine for a big business, just so "Big Biz".  We thank our customers that every day they throw themselves in improvement and in launching of new products."

[Added: 24.10.2005]

Three Turkish Hotels (Top two are Buzlas customers) are among World's best ten hotels. German tour operator TUI, one of the biggest tour operators in the world, made a list of 100 best hotels titled ''TUI Holy 100'' according to the comments of its clients.

Totally 16 hotels in Turkey are in the list while three of them were ranked among the best ten.

Turkey's Amara Beach Resort (Buzlas customer) was ranked the fifth, Hotel Cornelia De Luxe Resort (Buzlas customer) was ranked the ninth and Iberotel Sarigerme Park was ranked the tenth in the best ten. In the list, there are also Robinson Club Camyuva and Pamfilya (Buzlas customer), Barut Hotel Arum, Hotel Cornelia De Luxe Resort, Hotel Delphin Deluxe Resort (Buzlas customer), Hotel Sunrise Queen (Buzlas customer), Iberotel Sarigerme Park and Club Lykia World Village. These hotels were again in the list last year.

Hotel Amara Beach Resort, Robinson Club Nobilis (Buzlas customer), Hillside Beach Club, Hotel Asteria, Robinson Select Maris, Rixos Hotel Bodrum (Buzlas customer), Hotel Sea Garden (Buzlas customer) and Hotel Zeytinada have entered the list for the first time this year.

[Added: 27.09.2005]

Meykar Announces GAP Food Trade Show Was a Tremendous Success. The company's Marketing Director, Emre Fidanboy, announced that the GAP Food, Gaziantep tradeshow, which was held September 22th and 25h at the Gaziantep Convention Cente, was by all accounts a tremendous success. "Bottom line is we stole the show," stated Mr. Fidanboy. "We were the hottest, most exciting booth there. We had a hard goal. The conversion process of turning leads into distributors is already underway and I am supremely confident that we will have commitments before the end of next week. Our team will be on the road for the best part of the next two months and we are confident that we can and will surpass our goals.

The picture is from the mosaics of the ancient city of Zeugma which is now buried under Gaziantep. You can learn more about Zeugma by clicking here.

[Added: 10.08.2005]

Buzlas will be available at the F1 Turkey GP. Buzlas will be sold at all the food locations at the new F1 track, Istanbul, during the 19-21 August,2005.

[Added: 08.08.2005]

Buzlas® has a new customer: Pine Beach Resort To Be Operated by Maritim

With Maritim the convention and conference business can now even take place at the beach, as the five star hotel Pine Beach Resort on the Turkish Riviera is now being run as a Maritim hotel. "This is our first step onto the Turkish market with more steps to follow", said Mr. Wolfgang Hedderich, managing director and shareholder of HMS International Hotel GmbH which cooperates with Maritim.

With the Maritim Pine Beach Resort, Maritim is extending its portfolio of interesting resort destinations which include such popular Maritim hotels as on Mauritius, Tenerife and Malta. Earlier this year three Maritim hotels on Cuba (Holguin, Havana and Varadero), one on Bali and lately the Maritim Hotel Yadis Djerba joined the group.

The first Maritim hotel in Turkey has been in operation for a good three years and offers 30 conference rooms of various sizes, the largest hall alone measuring 2,320 square meters. The convention and conference area can accommodate up to 2,600 convention guests. The Maritim Pine Beach Resort is thus the largest hotel for conventions and banquets in Turkey. The hotel is owned by the Turkish building contractor and architect Mr. Metin Kaya who treads new paths with this cooperation and who sees a great opportunity in the international marketing by Maritim Hotelgesellschaft. For this resort hotel fits perfectly into the core business of Maritim hotels - large conventions, events and banquets and even major car presentations.

It goes without saying that the preconditions for a relaxing holiday are ideal. When you set a foot outside the door, you find yourself directly on the wonderful beach of the Turkish Riviera in the south of the country.

The hotel complex - in the vicinity of the well-known holiday resort of Belek - is surrounded by 57,000 square meters of garden and pine forest.

Central point and capital of the Turkish Riviera is the pretty harbor city of Antalya approximately 40 km from the hotel.

This modern resort has 408 rooms, including rooms for non-smokers or for handicapped guests, four king suites and eleven junior suites. Six bars and three restaurants present culinary delights for every palate. The offer ranges from a classic buffet restaurant to a Turkish specialities restaurant and leaves no wish unfulfilled.

The leisure amenities are boundless. One highlight is the generous Thalasso Therapy Centre which comprises hydromassage, sauna, steam bath, electrotherapy, pressotherapy and a lot more. This is matched by sporting amenities including, among others, two tennis courts, a beach volleyball ground, a fitness centre, a basketball court and nearby golf courses. Children between the ages of four and twelve can be looked after separately in the kids entertainment section if so wished.

With 46 hotels, Maritim Hotelgesellschaft is ranked among the leading German hotel chains. Ten of the hotels are abroad on Bali, Cuba, Djerba, Malta, Mauritius, Tenerife, in Riga/Latvia and now also in Turkey. As marketing and sales partner of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc., Maritim is represented worldwide. The leading role of Maritim Hotelgesellschaft within the European first class hotel market is to be consolidated further by continual growth.

[Added: 01.08.2005]

Istanbul Grand Prix tickets nearly sold out. Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ITO) President Murat Yalcintas and ITO council members have examined Istanbul Park Track where the Turkey Formula 1 Grand Prix will be held. Most of the tickets have already been sold Yalcintas told. The track cost about 300 million new Turkish liras including all infrastructure works to construct, and according to Yalcintas, "The contribution of this track to Turkey’s promotion is tremendous. It is one of the biggest investments for Turkey."

[Added: 02.07.2005]

A massive musical effort to focus attention on global poverty has kicked off in Tokyo today with the first Live 8 concert performances. Live 8 events are taking place in 10 cities on four continents, starting in Japan and ending in North America. Organizers hope Live 8 -- timed to happen ahead of next week's G8 summit -- will help pressure the world's eight wealthiest nations to double aid to Africa and write off the continent's debts.

We encourage you all to support the efforts by clicking here.

[Added: 22.05.2005]

Buzlas® is chosen as the slush drink for 7-Eleven Turkey. 7-Eleven pioneered the convenience store concept way back in 1927 at the Southland Ice Company in Dallas, Texas. In addition to selling blocks of ice to refrigerate food, an enterprising ice dock employee began offering milk, bread and eggs on Sundays and evenings when grocery stores were closed. This new business idea produced satisfied customers and increased sales, and convenience retailing was born! For more information please contact: Aydin Duruoglu, aydin@buzlas.com

[Added: 19.05.2005]

Buzlas®, third year in a row, is chosen by Gloria Verde Hotel at Belek, Antalya. Located right next to the golf course of Gloria Golf Resort in Belek, Antalya, Gloria Verde is situated in 50.000 m² pine field which is connected with a path road about 2.8 km between the course of Gloria Golf and Gloria Verde. The most important feature of Gloria Verde, which is just at the sea, is that during the construction of property neither of the trees had been cut. With its 5 storied main building and family rooms in the garden.

[Added: 15.05.2005]

Buzlas® and Granita® are available to all Miniaturk visitors. Istanbul has a brand new Maquette park which has began to operate since April 23rd, 2003. The mini Turkey Park called Miniaturk has mini models of old ottoman architectural works in Turkey. On Miniaturk, Turkey's rich historical and cultural heritages are being displayed with their miniature forms.

The park is located over on a 56-hectare area along the coast of the Golden Horn. Hagia Sophia, Aspendos Theater, Suleymaniye Mosque, Sumela Monastery, Fairy Chimneys, Mount Nemrud and the ancient city of Ephesus are some of those among the historical and cultural works of art in the park. There is also a small bridge which is copied from the Bosphorus Bridge between Europe and Asia.

To learn more about Miniaturk, please visit www.miniaturk.com.tr

[Added: 04.05.2005]

Carrefour Turkey, a customer for Buzlas® products for its many rental stores in shopping malls expands through acquisitions.

Carrefour would become the leader of the Turkish food retail business operating under its 3 main formats: hypermarkets, supermarkets and discount stores.

Carrefour Turkey has entered into a binding agreement with Fiba Holdings to acquire the shares it owns in two Turkish retailers, Gima, which is listed on the Istanbul stock exchange, and Endi. Gima is the number 3 supermarket chain in Turkey operating 81 stores throughout the country. Gima is listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.

Endi is the number 4 discount chain in Turkey operating 45 stores. GIMA and ENDI together reported 2004 consolidated net sales of approx. euro 384 mm.

Fiba owns 60% of Gima and 56% of Endi. Gima owns the remaining 44% of Endi directly.

Following the acquisition of Fiba’s shares, Carrefour Turkey would launch a public tender for the remaining shares in Gima. The closing of the transaction and the finalization of financial terms are subject, inter alia, to the undertaking of due diligence and the approval of Turkish authorities, including the Capital Market Board (SPK) and the Turkish Competition Board.

Carrefour Turkey is currently the number 2 food retailer in Turkey with 2004 net sales of euro 702 mm. Carrefour currently operates 12 hypermarkets, 7 supermarkets and 255 hard discount stores in Turkey. With this transaction, Carrefour would become the leader of the Turkish food retail business operating under its 3 main formats: hypermarkets, supermarkets and discount stores.

This transaction confirms the commitment of Carrefour and its partner Sabanci, which owns 40% of Carrefour Turkey, in expanding joint operations in the Turkish market. This operation is part of Carrefour Group’s overall strategy to establish market leadership in all markets where it is present.

[Added: 02.05.2005]

Buzlas® and Granita® will be served to 30 thousand Liverpool fans coming for the Champions League final game in Istanbul which will be held on May 25th, 2005.

Liverpool FC's match with AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League final in Istanbul on 25 May will not just create history on the pitch – it will also generate quirky twists of fate, trivia and coincidences to delight fans for years.

Europe's biggest clubs, now meeting with greater regularity since the introduction of the Champions League 12 years ago, usually find their previous games reviewed and analysed in endless detail with players vowing to right old wrongs, ready to avenge painful defeats - or inflict new ones.

But the 50th final of Europe's biggest club competition will, unusually, feature two sides who have played in 21 continental finals between them since 1958 and a combined total of 504 European matches - but who have never played each other.

[Added: 07.01.2005]

Unprecedented rush for Gulfood 2005. Meykar will be exhibiting at Gulfood 2005 – Hall: 4 and Booth No: 400

With less than two months to Gulfood 2005, organisers Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) are having to deal with an unprecedented waiting list of 140 companies still trying to join the largest international exhibition of its kind in the region.

Gulfood, will take place from February 20 to 23 at the DWTC Complex where Meykar will be launching its new product Granita®.

The 10th edition of Gulfood has expanded in all sectors and will continue to be the main business platform for the food & drink, hotel & catering equipment and food packaging and processing industries. More than 2,000 participating companies from 43 countries will fill eight halls, while 35 national pavilions will support Gulfood, an increase of 10 from the last show.

For more information please visit: www.gulfood.com

[Added: 27.12.2004]

On behalf of our partners and employees, Meykar sends its thoughts and prayers to victims of the recent disaster in Southeast Asia. We encourage you all to support the relief efforts by visiting unicef.org or by clicking here.

[Added: 25.12.2004]

Meykar introduces GRANITA@, Premium Slush and Opens a New Chapter in Slush Drinks History.

Luxurious New Slush Delivers an Intense Fruit Experience

Meykar will offer Granita® premium slush in stores throughout Turkey. Best described as a "frozen fruit drink” Granita® has an intense, full-bodied fruit parts (minimum 25%) with flavour and a rich, silky texture, which provides an indulgent slush experience that builds on the traditional slush experience.

"Granita® premium slush is a revolution that is dramatically different from traditional slush," said Aydin Duruoglu, managing director for BUME Foods, a Meykar joint venture. "Imagine drinking a fruit. Our expertise is in handcrafting premium beverages from the finest ingredients. With Granita®

[Added: 10.12.2004]

Elmeco®’s JuiceOn is ready. JuiceOn, a post-mix drink machine, is a refrigerator with a very appealing design, which is able to automatically mix, when requested, water with juice as desired, thus granting more freshness and a longer lasting conservation.

JuiceOn has several applications and thanks to its advanced functions it can work in self-service. The places where it can be used are Hotels (breakfast area), Bars, Self-service restaurants, Cafés, Cinemas, Bowling Alleys, Discos, and Fast Foods.

[Added: 30.10.2004]

Turkey marks Republic Day — Throughout Turkey parades and ceremonies are being held Friday to mark the 81st anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic.

[Added: 14.10.2004]

Turkey, making its first appearance on a Formula One calendar after the debuts of China and Bahrain this year with a new circuit being built near Istanbul, was pencilled in for August 21. The governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) published a draft calendar with more races than ever -- an unprecedented 19 -- after intense speculation about the fate of the British round.

[Added: 28.09.2004]

One of Buzlas®'s respected customers, Ciragan Palace Hotel Kempinski Istanbul, has been choosen as "The 3rd Best Palace Hotel" in the world by the Independent Newspaper.

[Added: 14.09.2004]

The TED Club, a Buzlas® customer and the oldest tennis club in Turkey has successfully organised its 56th TED OPEN Istanbul Challenge. It's unlikely that any other international sports event has gone on for this long without a hitch. As a matter of fact this superb history has earned TED much respect. Recently, in 2004 ATP pronounced TED OPEN as the top Challenger tournament. The final was played between Dutch Peter Wessels and Italian Daniele Bracciali where Wessels beated Bracciali 2-0.

[Added: 03.09.2004]

Sergio Zyman will give a speech at Ciragan Palace Kempinski in Istanbul, one of Buzlas’ respected customers.

The Ciragan Palace (First member of Leading Hotels of the World in Turkey), once the residence of the last Ottoman Sultans, has been restored to its former glory and is the only luxury hotel on the European shores of the Bosphorus. It offers the perfect combination of Turkey's great tradition of hospitality with five-star standards.

Sergio Zyman was formerly the chief marketing officer at The Coca-Cola Company. As principal of Z, a new consulting company, he has worked with such companies as Microsoft, 7-Eleven, Miller Brewing Company, and Campbells. A highly sought-after speaker, he frequently travels the world to speak to large audiences and has been featured in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and Fortune. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

[Added: 25.08.2004]

Visit Us at the ISTANBUL Food 2004. If you are attending the Food 2004 in Istanbul on Septenber 9 - 12, visit The Buzlas on HALL 7, where you can take a look at our new products and machines. Name of the Show: Food 2004, Description: International Food and Beverage & Food Processing Exhibition, Date: 9-12 September, 2004, Venue: CNR World Trade Center, Address: Atatürk Havalimani Karsisi, 34830 Yesilkoy, Istanbul, Turkey, Tel: +90 (212) 663 08 81, Website: http://www.itf-gida.com/, Organizers: ITF and ITE London

[Added: 20.08.2004]

Buzlas® will exhibit at Gulfood 2005 which is the largest, most comprehensive and representative show for the food, hotel and hospitality industry in the Middle East and North Africa region, has set its sights firmly on accelerated growth by building on its acknowledged track record as the premier regional platform for the industry.

The show, which takes place from February 20 to 23, 2005, capitalises on the advantage of being at the hub of a high-spending and rapidly growing target market, announced organisers Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC).

[Added: 04.08.2004]

Good news for Turkey: 90% Occupancy Makes Tourism Sector 100% Happy – From ehotelier.com - President of Turkish Hoteliers Union (TUROB) Ahmet Barut disclosed yesterday that most hotels on the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts can boast occupancy rates near 90 percent. Barut indicated that the occupancy rates are down form last year's numbers, but the decline could be attributed to the fact that the number of beds has increased. "The number of beds increased in comparison with the number of tourists. Hence, the approximate occupancy rate of the hotels is less than last year's number." Barut pointed out that the occupancy rate is 90 percent in coastal cities such as Antalya, Fethiye, Marmaris, Bodrum and Cesme.

The occupancy in Kusadasi is lower than the others, as are the rates in interior cities such as Ankara and Capadocia. Osman Ayik, President of the Mediterranean Tourist Hoteliers Corporation, reports that they reached the occupancy target in Antalya. "The actual data indicate to us that everything is going well, as expected. A 20 percent increase is expected. Hotels in Antalya that had 100 percent occupancy last July have nearly 90 percent this year, even though more tourists are coming to Turkey. This is because the city now has a 50,000-bed capacity. The number of tourists has not kept pace with the increase in beds. Despite this, Antalya leads Turkey in terms of the highest influx of tourists." Barut indicated that the occupancy rates are down form last year's numbers, but the decline could be attributed to the fact that the number of beds has increased. "The number of beds increased in comparison with the number of tourists. Hence, the approximate occupancy rate of the hotels is less than last year's number." Barut pointed out that the occupancy rate is 90 percent in coastal cities such as Antalya, Fethiye, Marmaris, Bodrum and Cesme.

The occupancy in Kusadasi is lower than the others, as are the rates in interior cities such as Ankara and Capadocia. Osman Ayik, President of the Mediterranean Tourist Hoteliers Corporation, reports that they reached the occupancy target in Antalya. "The actual data indicate to us that everything is going well, as expected. A 20 percent increase is expected.

Hotels in Antalya that had 100 percent occupancy last July have nearly 90 percent this year, even though more tourists are coming to Turkey. This is because the city now has a 50,000-bed capacity. The number of tourists has not kept pace with the increase in beds. Despite this, Antalya leads Turkey in terms of the highest influx of tourists."

[Added: 12.07.2004]

27 Million Tourists To Visit Turkey In 2020 is reported by WTO. As Turkish tourism industry's leading supplier of slush beverages, Buzlas® is available in all popular tourism locations in Turkey. A total of 27 million tourists will visit Turkey in 2020, according to prediction of the World Tourism Organization (WTO). There will be very important developments in Turkish tourism sector as of this year, it was forecast by WTO in the Turkish Vakifbank's report on tourism sector. Turkey will attract 17 million tourists in 2010 and 27 million tourists in 2020. The country would earn 12.5 billion U.S. dollars and 19.8 billion U.S. dollars in 2020 from tourism, it was predicted.

[Added: 09.07.2004]

Leading Hotels & Resorts Group, JOY, has selected Buzlas® as its sole supplier of slush drinks at its locations in Turkey. Started in 2001 with Kiris World, today Joy Group has 10 hotels in its portfolio and 8,000+ bed capacity. For more information: www.joyhotels.com

[Added: 19.06.2004]

TUSAN HOTEL at Kusadasi with 366 rooms and 1040 beds has started to serve Buzlas®. Providing an expansive view of Kusadasi Bay with spectacular sunsets, from its elegantly styled rooms and suites on the natural cove 5 km away from the city centre. White sandy TUSAN beach, swimming pools, restaurants, fascinating attractions and so much more are the entire community of pleasures of TUSAN. Now TUSAN adds Buzlas® at its quality products. For more information: www.tusan.com.tr

[Added: 12.06.2004]

Magic Life, a member of TUI Group, has approved to offer Buzlas® to all-inclusive vacation guests. Magic Life Holiday Villages today has agreed that it has formally accepted to offer Buzlas® slush products to its vacationing clientele. The all-inclusive resorts chain, which has been in operation in 6 countries: Turkey, Greece, Tunisia, Egypt, Bulgaria and Spain, is one of a very select group of hotels and resorts to get approval to serve the premium slush beverage. "We are very pleased to be able to offer Magic Life guests and visitors a great cup of Buzlas® when they are visiting Turkey" says Baran Fidanboy, MBA, Managing Director of Meykar Food and Beverage. One of the longest running all-inclusive resort in Turkey, Magic Life has 7 locations in Turkey: Belpark, Kemer, Sirena, Seven Seas, Sarigerme, Bodrum and Marmaris. Magic Life offers a unique combination of a beautiful locale, a variety of exciting activities, comfortable accommodations and delicious, award-winning food. For more information on Magic Life, please visit: www.magiclife.at

[Added: 02.06.2004]

Once again Buzlas® becomes slush drinks caterer for Gate Gourmet, Turkey - USAS, leading Airport Restaurants Division in Turkey. Gate Gourmet is a world leading airline catering company. Its turnover in 2003 amounted to CHF 2.3 billion. With the world’s most important airlines among its cus-tomers, Gate Gourmet produces over 195 million meals per year and employs a staff of about 22? in its 120 flight kitchens. This international enterprise is located in 30 countries on all continents and, through its non-catering divisions, also offers supply chain management and in-flight operations management (egatematrix), inspection and validation services (Gatesafe) and in-flight equipment sourcing (FiveOceans).

[Added: 27.05.2004]

Meykar Food and Beverage has chosen Elmeco SRL - First Class as its supplier of visual slush machines and will install machines in its Istanbul, Antalya and Izmir establishments over the summer. First Class is the most recent and innovative Slush machine in the Buzlas® catalogue. Manufactured by Elmeco, First Class machine are with horizontal, double auger operation and digital electronic. Thanks to its exclusive cooling system located on the base and the simplicity with which it can be washed, First Class is the only machine that permits easy preparation of products such as sorbets, milk-shakes and yoghurts , not to mention slush and cold drinks. With care taken over minimum details, also with a view to its decorative function, the original design of First Class is patented. It is available in 3 models , with 1, 2 and 3 containers respectively; containers are independent each-other; each container holds 12 litres , which corresponds to a total of over 60 glasses of slush. This makes First Class particularly suitable for environments which are usually frequented by a large number of customers. In any case, in the First Class family you can choose the best solution for all your needs. For more information: Baran Fidanboy, bfidanboy@buzlas.com

[Added: 25.05.2004]

Buzlas® chosen to equip Voyage Hotels in Turkey. A member of ETR Tur Group. Club Voyage and Buzlas® today announced the deal in which Buzlas® will equip the Voyage Group Hotels with its slush machines and products. As a part of the deal, Buzlas® will provide Voyage with machines at all summer locations: Cesars Belek, Sorgun, Torba Bodrum, Bodrum Village, Charm Bodrum, and Selge. For more information please contact Mr Huseyin Ercan (hercan@buzlas.com).

[Added: 24.04.2004]

Third year in a row, Club Med Turkey to sell Buzlas® Line of Slush Products. Meykar Food and Beverage has reached an agreement with Club Med Turkey (www.clubmed.com.tr) to supply a selection of Buzlas® products to all 5 holiday locations in Turkey: Palmiye, Kemer, Beldibi, Foca and Bodrum. For more information please contact: Baran Fidanboy (bfidanboy@buzlas.com) or Ali Ozluk (ali.ozluk@clubmed.com)

[Added: 23.04.2004]

Today Turkey marks National Sovereignty and Children’s Day. 81 years ago, Mustafa Kemal ATATURK established National Sovereignty and Children’s Day to honour both the children of Turkey and the founding of the national parliament of the new Turkish nation.

[Added: 19.04.2004]

Meykar to open a distribution centre in Istanbul, Meykar plans to locate distribution centre in Istanbul. The new distribution centre will provide sales and marketing services for Buzlas® to Istanbul locations and focus on distributing the company's products across the northwest portions of Turkey. "We have received a lot of positive feedback from the community, and our team is dedicated to being a great service company," said Baran Fidanboy, managing director for Buzlas®. The operations will be run by Mr Aydin Duruoglu. For more information please call Mr Duruoglu at +90 555 501-3830.

[Added: 15.04.2004]

Meykar has decided to exhibit at the 10th Gulf Food, Hotel and Equipment Exhibition on 20 - 23 Feb, 2005 at Dubai International Exhibition Centre. Gulfood is a biennial Food, catering and hotel Equipment exhibition held at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre and is the fastest growing exhibition of its kind in the Middle East. The Exhibition Profile includes Food and Beverage, Food Processing Machinery, Hotel Equipment, Refrigeration Equipment, Foodservice Equipment, Hotel Supplies & Services, Food Packaging, Labelling Equipment, Coding and Measuring Equipment, Disposable Items, Hospitality Information Systems, and Bakery & Confectionery products/Equipment. For more information: please visit: http://www.gulfood.com/ or contact Baran Fidanboy bfidanboy@buzlas.com.

[Added: 07.04.2004]

New Buzlas® Website v3 - 2004 is now online! Combining a completely renewed interface design and enhanced content management, we invite you to browse every page of our site and send us your comments about our new face on the Internet.

[Added: 07.04.2004]

Buzlas is one again the choice of ROBINSON CLUB in Turkey. At their two of the best locations in Turkey PAMFILYA and NOBILIS GOLF CLUB, Buzlas® will be served for 24 hours.

[Added: 02.04.2004]

Meykar Food and Beverage Co. has reported an operating earnings increase of 89.3% over the 2003 compared to 2002. "This performance, coupled with our continuing commitment to producing the finest slush beverage, is validation that our strategic plan is working and gaining momentum," said Baran Fidanboy, managing director of Meykar. Meykar's revenues for 2003 increased by 295% compared to 2002. The solid sales growth was fuelled by Meykar’s export and all inclusive 5-star hotel chain sales with the pump of new product introductions, the company said. "We are particularly gratified by the enthusiastic response to our new products. This is a credit to the quality of Buzlas® and to the improving slush beverage economy," said Fidanboy. For more information please contact Meykar: info@buzlas.com.

[Added: 20.03.2004]

Buzlas has exhibited in Brno, Czech Republic at SALIMA 04 with Prochazka. For more information in Czech Republic please contact Mr Pavel Prochazka by email: prochazka@mymail.com or by telephone: +420 (235) 300 607.