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Trade magazin named as the official media partner of Sirha Budapest

The next Sirha Budapest trade show will take place on 4-6 February 2020. Just like in former years, the event’s official media partner is going to be Trade magazin. The...

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Lush Naked – no-plastic store

In 2018 Lush opened its first ‘Naked’ stores in Milan and Berlin: in these shops products are sold without a plastic packaging. As the next step Lush opened a similar...

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A new trend: in-store greenhouses

Auchan has teamed up with Agricooltour to grow herbs and lettuce in a Torino store, which the customers can pick themselves. The 30m² greenhouse was built in November 2018. Casino...

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Brexit: Tesco finally in talks about storing more goods

Tesco has finally announced plans to stat storing more goods as the March deadline for Brexit is approaching. The UK’s biggest supermarket chain is currently in talks with suppliers about...

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What goes bad first, the chicken or the egg?

The National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) did a comprehensive survey among primary school students on food safety. According to a European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) report, in 44.8 percent...

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Amazon for Teens

E-commerce giant Amazon has launched services that are directly available to 13-17 year old consumers. The teenagers can browse, read recommendations and place orders on the platform, but their purchases...

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REWE: no more organic cucumber in plastic shrink-wrap

At the Internationale Grüne Woche in Berlin REWE announced that they would stop selling organic cucumbers in plastic shrink-wrap in Rewe and Penny stores. Earlier the retailer already banned plastic...

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Pernod Ricard buys stake in African online retailer

French company Pernod Ricard has announced that they acquired a strategic share in Africa’s leading online retailer, Jumia. The two companies wish to develop an innovative distribution strategy in the...

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Appeninn Holding became the majority owner of Club Aliga

The Appeninn Vagyonkezelő Holding Nyrt. has become the majority shareholder of the Club Aliga. The value of the sale exceeded 14.1 million euros – announced Appeninn Holding on the website...

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New sales leader for Unilever Food Solutions

Last November Péter Bisits joined the Unilever Food Solutions team as sales leader for Hungary. Mr Bisits has worked in the HoReCa sector for more than 20 years. Relying on...

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Glatz acquires Márker Distribution

Austrian company Glatz GmbH – the owner of Glatz Hungary Kft. – has bought Márker Distribution Kft. This means that in addition to Filippo Berio olive oils, Kronen corn germ...

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Trade awards presented

The tourism sector’s year-starting reception and award ceremony has been organised for the 27th time. This year MVI’s Restaurant Owner of the Year award went to Katalin Pintér, the owner...

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Lidl invests 1 million euros in solar energy in Ireland

Until the end of 2019 Lidl is investing EUR 1 million in the installation of solar panels at eight stores. The announcement came after the group’s store in Nenagh switched...

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The problems with cashless payment

A British study calls attention to the problems with cashless payment: ‘Access to Cash’ informs that in the United Kingdom the proportion of cash payments is 34 percent at the...

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New Nestlé coffee factory in Egypt

Nestlé opened a new 12,740m² Bonjorno coffee production plant in Egypt. There are 240 people working in the factory, which was built from CHF 13.9 million. It was in January...

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Health is the direction

A recent online survey with 1,400 participants by GfK Hungária has found that Hungarians are increasingly health-conscious in their eating habits. People are looking for food information online more and...

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Mobile payment platforms are spreading in Europe

After the US launch four years ago, Apple Pay is now available in Germany too. Partner companies already included Deutsche Bank, HypoVereinsbank, Bunq and Boon, Comdirect, N26 and O2 banking....

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Colruyt Group tests smart lockers for parcel delivery

Belgian retailer Colruyt Group is testing smart lockers for parcel delivery in 6 stores, which are called Bringme Box. The lockers – developed by intelligent logistics solutions provider Bringme –...

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Amazon sends free samples

As part of Amazon Sampling, the online retailer sends free samples of new and established brands’ products to shoppers. It is Amazon that selects the customers who receive the free...

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Hungarian Wine Grand Prize

At the beginning of the year the Circle of Hungarian Wine Writers published their Super 12 list for the third time. The experts have decided that two wines are worthy...

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Trade competitions at Sirha in Lyon

At the same time as the Bocuse d’Or competition took place, Lyon also hosted the International Catering Cup, one of the most important world contests for event gastronomy companies. Albatros-Expo...

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Good Hungarian performance at the Bocuse d’Or

The Hungarian team finished 12th from 24 teams at Bocuse d’Or 2018-2019. In the Lyon final the team led by Ádám Pohner achieved a superb result. Denmark won, Sweden came...

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Starbucks: 10 new cafés instead of the planned 1,000

Instead of the formerly planned 1,000 new units, Starbucks has decided to launch between just 6 and 10 new cafés. The decision comes as the competition for a cup of...

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Lidl: less salt, sugar and fat in private label products

Lidl had made a pledge already in January 2017 to optimise the composition of several private label products: they cut the sugar content of Crownfield breakfast cereals by 35 percent;...

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Taco Bell tests a vegetarian menu

Taco Bell is testing a vegetarian menu that combines the chain’s old and new vegetarian offerings. With this step Taco Bell is trying to reach out to younger consumers who...

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With a pragmatic approach

Our magazine has interviewed Éva Vojtek, who is a real Jolly Joker in the Guild of Confectioners.    What does your business card say? – Actually I have two, one...

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This is what happened in 2018

In December Ferenc Horváth, president of the Guild of Hungarian Confectioners summarised their most important results in 2018 The building of the guild’s headquarters will soon be completed. As for...

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Zewa Project reloaded

In the Zewa Designer Competition 16 in-store display designs, created by students of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, were competing. The brand celebrated the winners with a press...

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Uncle Karcsi passed away

The guild reports it with great sadness that MVI member and our beloved friend Károly Arnold passed away on 31 December 2018, at the age of 86. Many times he...

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Quality is the connection

XO Foods was one of the main sponsors of the guild’s end-of-year gala dinner. Our magazine interviewed the company’s sales director for Hungary, Martin Hanák. The Gundel Károly Award ceremony...

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