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Hungarian Wine Grand Prize
Date: 2019-01-31 10:13:00

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...

Trade competitions at Sirha in Lyon
Date: 2019-01-31 10:11:22

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...

Good Hungarian performance at the Bocuse d’Or
Date: 2019-01-31 10:06:55

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...

Starbucks: 10 new cafés instead of the planned 1,000
Date: 2019-01-31 10:01:20

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...

Lidl: less salt, sugar and fat in private label products
Date: 2019-01-31 10:01:16

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;...

With a pragmatic approach
Date: 2019-01-31 09:57:46

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...

This is what happened in 2018
Date: 2019-01-31 09:49:03

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...

Zewa Project reloaded
Date: 2019-01-31 09:48:30

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...

Uncle Karcsi passed away
Date: 2019-01-31 09:42:12

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...

Quality is the connection
Date: 2019-01-31 09:34:27

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...

Portugal plans to make PET bottles returnable
Date: 2019-01-31 09:34:08

The Portuguese government has launched a programme to encourage the return of non-reusable plastic bottles: a new bill states that from 1 January 2022 a system for the storage of...

GKI: 2018 was probably the best year of the decade for Hungary
Date: 2019-01-31 09:20:50

GKI estimates that Hungary’s GDP expanded by 4.6 per cent in 2018 and this rate was remarkably high in the EU. The growth cycle is likely to have reached its...

Wrangling about the profit
Date: 2019-01-31 09:13:11

At the end of January the European Commission (EC) decided to go to court about the Hungarian rules for the retail sales of agricultural and food products – the EC’s...

Turkey: EBRD loan for developing Migros
Date: 2019-01-31 08:58:27

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced granting an EUR 60-million loan for modernising Migros stores in Turkey. Not only stores will be revamped from this sum,...

Retail Decoded continues
Date: 2019-01-31 08:57:06

Shop!’s podcast series already has six episodes: in the latest one Jean-Pierre Lacroix, president of the Toronto-based agency Shikatani Lacroix gives an insight into how artificial intelligence technology can be...

nIm – milk in Klingonese
Date: 2019-01-31 08:50:40

Fozzy Group, one of the biggest food retailers in Ukraine has opened a 1,170m² Star Trek-themed supermarket in Kharkiv. In the store product categories are also indicated in the Klingon...

Lidl-Müller partnership in the United Kingdom
Date: 2019-01-31 08:50:21

Lidl’s strategy heavily builds on British farmers, so two thirds of their products in UK stores come from local suppliers. Last year Lidl entered into a partnership with Müller Milk&Ingredients:...

Unilever buys ‘Vegetarian Butcher’
Date: 2019-01-31 08:50:19

Unilever has acquired Dutch ‘vegetarian butcher’ company De Vegatarische Slager. The Utrecht-based ambitious manufacturer of meat substitutes established 4,000 points of sale in 17 countries in 11 years. Their products...

Continente launches electronic invoice in Portugal
Date: 2019-01-31 08:50:17

Continente is the first food retailer in Portugal to have introduced e-invoicing: by using this service shoppers receive invoices via e-mail in real time, at the time of purchase. The...

Magazine: Blockchain is waiting for retail to discover it
Date: 2019-01-31 07:39:34

On 16 October the Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BKIK) organised a conference about the not yet utilised opportunities offered to retail by the blockchain technology. Zoltán Házi, the...

Walmart tests self-driving cars
Date: 2019-01-31 07:07:24

Walmart plans to speed up the home delivery of FMCG products by using self-driving cars – the model is being tested in Arizona, in cooperation with Udelv. In the current...

Alibaba buys Berlin-based company data Artisans
Date: 2019-01-31 07:07:22

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group paid USD 103.3 million for data processing and streaming company data Artisans, which has customers such as Uber, Lyft, eBay, Comcast, a Huawei and Kin....

Two from three British shoppers chose Aldi or Lidl at Christmas
Date: 2019-01-31 07:07:19

Two thirds of British households bought food and drinks in an Aldi or Lidl store before Christmas. According to the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel, almost all retail chains saw...

Carrefour: new store format in Italy and Belgium
Date: 2019-01-31 06:59:28

In Portogruaro Carrefour Italia debuts with a new hypermarket that aims at making shopping simpler: they sell organic fruits and vegetables supplied by local farmers, ready meals to go, there...

British Co-op to open 100 new stores in 2019
Date: 2019-01-31 06:59:25

Co-op is investing GBP 200 million in opening 100 new stores in the United Kingdom in 2019. The development programme will create 1,500 new jobs. These shops will open at...

Leclerc and Carrefour: new pick-up locations for pedestrians
Date: 2019-01-31 06:59:21

‘E.Leclerc Relais’ is the name of Leclerc’s latest, 7th pick-up location for pedestrians in Paris, which opened on 9 January. Carrefour has also announced that before the end of January...

Tesco uses robots for home delivery
Date: 2019-01-31 06:49:37

Teaming up with Starship Technologies, Tesco started using robots for home delivery in the United Kingdom: from a Tesco Extra store 1,000 products can be ordered, which are delivered in...

Alibaba to build a trade hub in Belgium
Date: 2019-01-31 06:43:46

Alibaba, the biggest Chinese online retailer is to build its own 220,000m² base in Belgium, close to the Liége airport – reported Handelsblatt. The company will invest at least EUR...

More young people bought Christmas presents using apps
Date: 2019-01-31 06:37:56

The latest report by Selectivv has revealed that more and more consumers are using some kind of smartphone app to buy gifts. In the last quarter of 2018 the number...

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News and articles

Hungarian Wine Grand Prize Date: 2019-01-31 10:13:00

Trade competitions at Sirha in Lyon Date: 2019-01-31 10:11:22

Good Hungarian performance at the Bocuse d’Or Date: 2019-01-31 10:06:55

Starbucks: 10 new cafés instead of the planned 1,000 Date: 2019-01-31 10:01:20

Lidl: less salt, sugar and fat in private label products Date: 2019-01-31 10:01:16

Taco Bell tests a vegetarian menu Date: 2019-01-31 10:01:14

With a pragmatic approach Date: 2019-01-31 09:57:46

This is what happened in 2018 Date: 2019-01-31 09:49:03

Zewa Project reloaded Date: 2019-01-31 09:48:30

Uncle Karcsi passed away Date: 2019-01-31 09:42:12

Quality is the connection Date: 2019-01-31 09:34:27

Portugal plans to make PET bottles returnable Date: 2019-01-31 09:34:08

GKI: 2018 was probably the best year of the decade for Hungary Date: 2019-01-31 09:20:50

Wrangling about the profit Date: 2019-01-31 09:13:11

Turkey: EBRD loan for developing Migros Date: 2019-01-31 08:58:27

Retail Decoded continues Date: 2019-01-31 08:57:06

nIm – milk in Klingonese Date: 2019-01-31 08:50:40

Lidl-Müller partnership in the United Kingdom Date: 2019-01-31 08:50:21

Unilever buys ‘Vegetarian Butcher’ Date: 2019-01-31 08:50:19

Continente launches electronic invoice in Portugal Date: 2019-01-31 08:50:17

Magazine: Blockchain is waiting for retail to discover it Date: 2019-01-31 07:39:34

Walmart tests self-driving cars Date: 2019-01-31 07:07:24

Alibaba buys Berlin-based company data Artisans Date: 2019-01-31 07:07:22

Two from three British shoppers chose Aldi or Lidl at Christmas Date: 2019-01-31 07:07:19

Carrefour: new store format in Italy and Belgium Date: 2019-01-31 06:59:28

British Co-op to open 100 new stores in 2019 Date: 2019-01-31 06:59:25

Leclerc and Carrefour: new pick-up locations for pedestrians Date: 2019-01-31 06:59:21

Tesco uses robots for home delivery Date: 2019-01-31 06:49:37

Alibaba to build a trade hub in Belgium Date: 2019-01-31 06:43:46

More young people bought Christmas presents using apps Date: 2019-01-31 06:37:56

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