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Let’s play cards!
It seems that the hospitality sector is also going cashless: with card payment mistakes are less likely to be made, service is faster and turnover can be monitored better. Cashless...
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The EU-Japan Trade Agreement comes into force
The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement will come into force on 1 February, which will abolish the vast majority of customs duties of about 1 billion euros per year for the...
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Tizenhat tonna csirkehúsból készült terméket hívott vissza a Tyson Foods
Mintegy 16 tonna szennyezett, csirkehúsból készült, elősütött terméket hív vissza a Tyson Foods, a világ legnagyobb húsfeldolgozó vállalata, írja az amerikai lapok, például a Huffington Post nyomán az origo. A...
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The return of the king
Ferran Adriá is going to open a creative culinary laboratory and a gastronomic innovation museum where his world famous restaurant elBulli used to be, on the Costa Brava. The 56-year-old...
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Walmart uses game app in training
From February Walmart uses a simulation game app called Spark City to train newly recruited store staff. Workers have to manage the dry goods section of the store in real...
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Our potatoes
Nébih has organised a one-day conference about harmonising Hungarian potato growing with the needs of the gastronomy sector. Experts told that from the several hundred potato varieties grown in Hungary...
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(HU) GfK: Merre halad a magyar digitális fogyasztó?
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Amazon delivers with robots
In Snohomish (Washington) Amazon has started using robots to deliver products to customers’ homes. Six Scout robots do the job every day, from Monday to Friday. Shoppers can ask for...
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Tesco and Jamie Oliver teach community kitchen cooks
Tesco and Jamie Oliver have joined forces to teach more than 1,000 cooks at community kitchens to bring the most out of the food donations that they receive. In the...
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JD.com: drone delivery in Indonesia
JD.com has used a drone to deliver products outside of China: in January a box of books and backpacks were delivered to a distance bigger than 250km. JD.com has been...
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Changes at Nébih
As a result of the recent structural changes at the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih), head of department Anna Zoltai – she was dealing with the hospitality sector – was...
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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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