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Isobar Budapest’s new business development director
Since August 2019 János Arany has been the regional business development director of Isobar Budapest (Dentsu Aegis group). His arrival marks the start of a new era for the company,...
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Cif announces winners
Cif’s global campaign for a cleaner world arrived in Hungary this spring. First they cleaned the station building of the MÁV Children’s Railway in Hűvösvölgy, and later playgrounds, schools and...
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Dreher is brewing experiences
Dreher Breweries is 165 years old this year. Our magazine interviewed CEO Gábor Békefi on this occasion. What would you like to highlight from the company’s successful history? – What...
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Ranking al dente – the world’s best restaurants
There is no such thing as an objective ranking of restaurants, but ‘The World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ by Restaurant Magazine comes pretty close. They have divided the world into 26...
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Cooking courses for cancer patients
A culinary centre in Idaho organises cooking courses for cancer patients. Chemotherapy often changes the taste perception of patients and some people don’t even feel taste after the treatment. The...
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Battling hangover professionally
An instant noodle company has launched a service called ‘Hangover Taxi’. If you wake up with a headache and nausea after a long night out drinking, all you need to...
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Pink is beautiful!
2018 was the year of ping gins, several major gin brands launched pink versions of their products. The colour comes from some kind of berry in most cases, usually strawberry....
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Five impulse buying strategies
In March American marketing specialist Katie Kochelek published an article on the Shop! website. The topic was 5 strategies that can be used to motivate shoppers for impulse buying. 1....
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More spectacular shop windows make shoppers more loyal
According to a recent study by Shop!, the shop window can be one of the best opportunities for a store and a brand to sell themselves instantly. In the offline...
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The wise man’s cookbook
Election expert and amateur cook Dr Zoltán Tóth has recently published a book, titled ‘A Civilian in the Kitchen’. Once a month Dr Tóth gets together with friends in his...
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Starting it early enough
Creative chef Tamás Stiller started his Kindergarten Garden project in 2011 and financed it himself for years. The programme is teaching the little ones how to grow fruits and vegetables....
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Culinary compromise
In August the Kölcsey Centre in Debrecen was the host of a conference on the culinary world of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. The idea for the conference came from Imre Martin,...
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Where can entrepreneurs use security cameras?
An amendment to the Hungarian property protection act, which entered into force this April, brought stricter rules in the use of security cameras. The changes in the law were necessary...
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Hungary’s best breads
In 3 categories almost 50 breads have entered the 8th Bread Competition of the Hungarian Baker Association. For the first time not only association members, but anyone could enter the...
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POPAI Hungary celebrates another victory
On 26 June the winners received the Shop! Global Awards of the international trade associations POPAI and Shop!, at the international trade exhibition GlobalShop in Chicago. Winners were announced in...
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The new generation
The new presidency of the guild has created the Youth Group of the Guild, the foundation of which was the sweeTEN programme. Our magazine asked vice president Balázs Ipacs about...
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The winner
Norbert Tóth is only 38 years old, but he has already been working in the trade for almost 25 years. He believes in the power of using high quality ingredients...
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Hungary’s cakes in 2019
In 2019 the Guild of Hungarian Confectioners organised the Cake of Hungary competition for the 13th time. A jury of experts picked the winner from 31 entries: in 2019 Blessed...
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Culinary tour in October
The Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs (MVI) will organise a culinary tour to the Czech Republic and Germany between 2-5 October 2019. Some of the destinations: Pilsner Urquell Museum in Plzen,...
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The Taste Leader
Our magazine asked editor Zsuzsa Gyimesi about the book commemorating László Jakabffy, which will be published by the Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs (MVI) in November. A member of MVI’s body...
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Magazine: The 3rd GREEN BRANDS Academy: What makes a brand green?
At the 3rd GREEN BRANDS Academy on 5 June the speakers agreed: ecological operations make a brand green, but it is also crucial to inform the public – in a...
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Statistical data about the hospitality sector in 2018
Károly Zerényi, a member the Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs’ (MVI) body of representatives has prepared a report on the performance of Hungary’s hospitality sector in 2018, based on the new-methodology...
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Magazine: Profi, the local superstar can become the market leader in Romania
The experts of LZ Retailytics forecast that by 2023 the Profi chain will be the market leading FMCG retailer in Romania. They say this mainly has to do with the fact...
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Opten: Hungarian fish farming has started to grow
Following the downturn in 2017, the number of fishing and fish farming businesses has increased as the main activity started to grow last year, while the sector’s total net sales...
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Chamber of Agriculture: there will be poor apple harvest and strong demand
Hungarian apple growers expect strong demand, as this year’s harvest is expected to be lower than the 600-650 thousand-tonne multiannual average. It will be about 450-500 thousand tonnes – the...
Read moreAM: summer cereal and rape harvest is over
Harvesting of summer crops has been completed, and despite the harsh weather, Hungary will be adequately secured in the 2019/2020 season – the Ministry of Agriculture (MTI) announced on Thursday....
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The Farmer Expo was opened in Debrecen
With the participation of three hundred exhibitors, the largest agricultural and food trade fair in Eastern Hungary, the Farmer Expo was opened in Debrecen. At an exhibition on the university’s...
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