Company and Personal News
New “green” promotion from Tesco
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Tesco-Global Áruházak Zrt. launched its “Is your school green?” waste-recollecting competition, which lasts from 11 September 2009 until 11 January 2010. Tesco stamps into a stamp book (which can be...
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Hungarians finish 4th
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
As part of the Hoventa trade exhibition, the Central European preliminaries of the Global Chefs Challenge were organised for the second time. Tamás Tóth and Zsolt Berki put on a...
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Facing the challenge in New York – part 3
Date: 2009-10-27 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: “Starting at the Boulud – this is all...
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Tetra Pak Danube stands firm
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Despite the economic recession, Tetra Pak Danube operates steadily in Budaörs. In the first six months, the company realised a sales turnover of EUR 75.7 million. Company CEO Svend Weidemann...
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Mosoly Alapítvány is supported foundation of the year in 2009
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
The foundation’s winning the title implies a HUF 40 million support for the Mosolyvarázs programme from Tesco-Global Áruházak Zrt. and Procter&Gamble, to help chronically ill, disabled and poor children....
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Development is knocking at the door?
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Despite economic difficulties Ákos Niklai, the president of Magyar Turizmus Zrt. thinks that the perspectives of HoReCa are hopeful, because the sector is about to develop if it can improve...
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’Wake your body up’ awarded
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Coca-Cola Hungary won an international innovation prize for its Test-ébresztő programme in the health preserving initiative category (there were 350 entries from 40 countries). The programme has been going on...
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Gastronomic tour for foreign journalists
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Magyar Turizmus Zrt. invited 16 journalists to make themselves acquainted with Hungary’s culinary values on 20-24 September. The flavour-trip started at Óbuda and continued in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, Tokaj and Budapest....
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Gyermelyi wins the Coop Rally
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
The Gyermelyi team won this year’s ”Coop Rally for quality food products from Hungary”, ahead of Sara Lee Hungary and the Coop Star/Tisza-Coop team. This year a record number of...
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Placards in the socialist era
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
From 10 October 2009 until the end of February 2010, the Hungarian Museum of Trade and Tourism exhibits Hungarian retail, tourism and HoReCa-themed placards from the period 1945-1989....
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Unilever on top of Dow Jones sustainability index
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
In the food category, Unilever has the highest sustainability index with a 81 percent performance. Twenty-two aspects were considered and in environmental protection Unilever achieved 100 percent. The company has...
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Sága „Nyerjen egy év nyugalmat!” nyereményjáték
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Advertising Sága’s prize game ”Nyerjen egy év nyugalmat!” that lasts from 1 October 2009 until 11 December 2009. Agency: Hammer Advertising / média: PHD Customer: SáGa Foods Zrt. Product: Sága...
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Artisjus royalties
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
On 3 September 2009, the Society Artisjus Hungarian Bureau for the Protection of Authors’ Rights held an informative meeting for HoReCa organisations and the representatives of the Hotel Association of...
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The real guest book
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Nearly all restaurants and bars with their own website have a virtual guest book, but few people write into them – customers believe they are censored. They are probably right...
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PICK Liver patés won the Hungarian Product Grand Prix
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
On 2 September, the annual Hungarian Product Grand Prix was held in Parliament’s Felsőházi hall, where László Kovács, president/CEO of PICK Szeged Zrt. received this year’s grand prize for PICK’s...
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Heaven in hell
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
It is the end of the year, the time has come “to cast an account”. HELL Energy Magyaroszág Kft. is happy to do it, since HELL energy drink has been...
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Trends and facts in HoReCa
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Horeca-Forward was the title of the conference organised by Karrier & Stílus Tanácsadó Kft. in September. Presentations at the conference offered useful knowledge to everyone working in the HoReCa sector....
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Real time feedback
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
A simple recipe to satisfy customers: give them what they want. We can get to know what it is if we ask their opinion. An Atlanta-based company, VOC Systems Inc....
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Törley Gála wins gold medal at Mundus Vini
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Törley’s Gála sec champagne won the only gold medal for Hungary at the MUNDUSvini Great International Wine Awards in Germany. In the wine competition there were 5,726 entries from 44...
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Star chefs in Budapest
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
The Hungarian Bocuse d’Or Academy and Hungexpo invited 4 famous French chefs for 5-6 October, owners of prestigious restaurants in Lyon. They met members of the Academy and went to...
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Does it feel good to enter this place?
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
What influences owners when selecting the design of their restaurants and bars – this was our topic with Dr. László Gerlán, the managing director of Formative Zrt., a company that...
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Wider range of services on Auchan’s website
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Auchan Magyarország Kft.’s website (www.auchan.hu) has been revamped. Shoppers can now create their own profiles, which the system recognizes and only shows promotions in their favourite stores. It is easy...
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Chef competitions with limitations
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Vilmos Kreil, the president of the Hungarian Bocuse d’Or Academy informed the public that according to Yves Huncler, there was a chance of 83-year old Paul Bocuse visiting the Hungarian...
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Renting specialist
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
The selection of furniture to rent was rather poor 3-4 years ago, until Dublino Hungary Kft, appeared on the market. It was their idea to introduce novelties like the ”director’s...
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GfK Hungária is 20 years old
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
GfK Hungária was founded in 1989 by GfK’s Austrian affiliate, Fessel-GfK. Back than the company employed less than ten people, now it employs ten times more and its sales turnover...
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She blossomed in silence
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
A few months ago, a young female cook caught the press’ attention, Zsuzsa Sára who works at Arany Kaviár in Budapest. She won a TV contest ahead of 17 male...
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The market is sparkling
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Recession did not leave the world’s champagne market intact, but the decrease in domestic consumption was below the average at 10 percent. In terms of volume tank-fermented champagnes, especially the...
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Wine advice from the computer
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Laurel Kft.’s oenological information terminal is also called a digital sommelier. Recently two of these devices were installed in CBA stores with IBM AnyPlace Kiosk as their base, helping shoppers...
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