A gluten-free life for 80 billion forints a year
A gluten-free life for 80 billion forints a year
Date: 2019-09-16 12:32:25
Gluten-free groceries had a 4-percent share in total grocery sales between July 2018 and June 2019. Gluten-free foods were sold in the value of almost HUF 80 billion. Dóra Hajnal,...
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Europe is slowing down, but we aren’t
Date: 2019-09-16 12:24:19
Like-for-like retail sales augmented by 3.4 percent in Europe in the 2nd quarter of 2019. The sales growth in this period was 7.7 percent in Hungary – this was the...
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Who is killing the great chefs of Europe?
Date: 2019-09-16 12:19:38
A famous French chef, Marc Veyrat, who is the head of La Maison de Bois restaurant in Manigod, has written a letter of complaint to the editors of the Michelin...
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Changing loyalty programmes in retail
Date: 2019-09-16 12:17:33
On average two thirds of European household participate in some kind of loyalty programme operated by a retailer. There are big differences between the countries, though, as in Belgium every...
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Mobile payment is ahead of a breakthrough in Hungary
Date: 2019-09-16 12:17:30
About five years ago Apple Pay and Android Pay broke new ground in contactless mobile payment, especially in Western Europe. However, it is still early days in Hungary in this...
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A sweet experiment
Date: 2019-09-16 12:17:04
Hungarian craft brewery Mad Scientist has come out with a new 11-percent abv beer called White Mead 50% Irsai Olivér™ with must. The new beer is made with premium acacia...
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Instant payment to be launched in Hungary next spring
Date: 2019-09-16 12:10:35
The Central Bank of Hungary (MNB) has recently postponed the introduction of the instant payment system in Hungary – the new date is now 2 March 2020. By using the...
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There was no APA when we started drinking beer
Date: 2019-09-16 12:06:00
…but Soproni has now given us Soproni Óvatos Duhaj APA, a new beer that won in the ale category at the International Beer Challenge! Soproni brand manager Dalma Szabó told:...
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Alcohol-free alcohol
Date: 2019-09-16 12:03:08
At the end of summer an alcohol-free distillate appeared in the Hungarian market. Its distributor, Coca-Cola HBC Magyarország says Fluére is a novelty even at European level and it can...
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Mobile payment with QR code can be the key to fewer cash payments
Date: 2019-09-16 12:01:48
In the instant payment system mobile payment with QR code has become popular in those countries where the market regulator and market players developed an open-source standard, or where banks...
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What kind of sandwich do Hungarians like?
Date: 2019-09-16 11:58:51
The big Kométa sandwich survey has found that half of Hungarians eat a sandwich every day. From the 1,242 respondents 80 percent of men said a big tasty sandwich is...
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Top chefs will be competing in the Hungarian Bocuse d’Or selection
Date: 2019-09-16 11:54:50
The Hungarian Bocuse d’Or Academy has selected the 10 chefs that will complete in the Hungarian final of the competition. Some of them are the heads of Michelin-starred restaurants or...
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Dessert competition
Date: 2019-09-16 11:38:05
Bolka Dessert Boutique’s peach and almond cake has been named this year’s dessert of Budapest. The public could taste the new dessert for the first time at the 9th Sweet...
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50 years celebrated
Date: 2019-09-16 11:33:35
It was 50 years ago that teaching started at the Faculty of Commerce, Hospitality and Tourism of the Budapest Business School’s (BGE) predecessor institution. BGE celebrated the anniversary with a...
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Nébih guides for cutting food waste
Date: 2019-09-16 11:24:02
Four working groups of the No Leftover programme of the National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) have compiled guidance documents that can help in preventing the production of food waste...
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A community food stand opens on thousand square meters
Date: 2019-09-16 11:23:51
The Agricultural Marketing Center has been promoting Hungarian food in the form of community appearance at countless foreign exhibitions for decades. As this year’s OMÉK focuses on the food industry...
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The Ministry of Agriculture helps the competitiveness of Hungarian livestock farmers with subsidies
Date: 2019-09-16 11:21:25
The Ministry of Agriculture (AM) also provides subsidies to Hungarian livestock farmers to help the sector cope with strong international competition – the Ministry announced on Friday. According to the...
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MNB: card payments ratio continued to expand in the second quarter
Date: 2019-09-16 11:20:19
The infrastructure of card payments and the rate of card payments also expanded in the second quarter of this year -the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) announced on its website...
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Workforce, trends and prices
Date: 2019-09-16 11:17:59
The Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BKIK) has conducted a survey with the participation of restaurant and confectionery owners and guests. It has found that young people’s salary expectations...
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Thirty-five wineries and 50 programs at the Villányi Red Wine Festival
Date: 2019-09-16 11:17:16
Thirty-five wineries and nearly fifty gastronomic, cultural and pop music programs await the visitors to the Villányi Red Wine Festival, which will be organized for the 32nd time between October...
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Madosz: the quality of tobacco is better than last year
Date: 2019-09-16 11:16:50
The quality of the tobacco produced this season is expected to be better than last year, and the quantity will be good as well – the president of the National...
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A feed plant was opened in Somogy County
Date: 2019-09-16 11:14:59
The Hungarian economy is growing fastest in the European Union today – the Minister of Foreign Affairs said at the inauguration of the 3.1 billion HUF worth feed production plant...
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Strong customer authentication has arrived
Date: 2019-09-16 11:13:54
On 14 September, as part of the Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) entering into force, strong customer authentication (SCA) will be introduced in Hungary. This will entail changes in e-commerce,...
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A record number of Hungarian companies presented themselves at the Agromalim trade show in Arad
Date: 2019-09-16 11:12:28
The CED Central European Economic Development Network Nonprofit Ltd. has presented a record number debuting opportunities of its twenty-two Hungarian partners at the Agromalim Agro-Food Trade Fair in Arad, held...
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African Swine Fever: pig breeders can get free disinfectants
Date: 2019-09-16 11:12:19
Pig farmers can get free disinfectants from their veterinarian – the National Food Chain Safety Agency (Nebih) has published on its website. In a statement, the agency stressed that it...
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The University of Pécs terminates the purchase of PET bottled beverages
Date: 2019-09-16 11:06:35
The University of Pécs (PTE) terminates its supply of plastic, PET-bottled water and beverages – the institute announced on Monday. It is reported that the leadership of PTE – as...
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NAV draws attention to the marketing conditions of new types of tobacco products
Date: 2019-09-16 11:05:48
“Smoke-free” alternatives to smoking, such as refillable electronic cigarettes or heating devices containing real tobacco but at a much lower temperature than conventional cigarettes, are also spreading in Hungary –...
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Retail sales in the United States grew faster than expected
Date: 2019-09-16 11:01:09
Retail and hospitality sales in the United States expanded at a higher rate than expected for the sixth consecutive month, indicating that the steadily rising consumer spending is likely to...
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The earliest direct evidence of human milk consumption has been discovered in Britain
Date: 2019-09-16 11:00:19
The earliest direct evidence of human milk consumption to date has been identified in Britain – BBC’s news portal wrote. The authors of the study, published in the journal Archaeological...
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World Without Waste
Date: 2019-09-16 10:49:00
In January 2018 Coca-Cola HBC joined forces with The Coca-Cola Company and launched the World Without Waste project. One of the project’s goals is to collect and recycle the equivalent of...
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