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Bocuse d’Or Hungarian final The international chef competition’s Hungarian final will take place on 8 February. In the prestigious competition the following chefs will compete to decide who will represent Hungary...

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They got used to success

Tibor Bial director Czech Trade Tibor Bial, director of CzechTrade’s Budapest office informed our magazine that they are present at 3-4 of Hungexpo’s trade exhibitions every year. These presences are always very...

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Tesco to sell nearly 8,500 tons of apples this year

This year Tesco is expected to sell 8,500 tons from 14 types of apple. Almost 90 percent of the apples sold in Tesco stores are supplied by growers from Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg and...

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Growth strategy transforms Invitech Solutions

Invitech Solutions – a member of the Invitel Group – wishes to increase its share in the domestic ICT market. To this end the company has created a single sales...

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Coupons on mobile

Mastercard launched the Priceless Specials programme in June 2015. It is now also available in the form of a mobile app. The app makes it possible to check it in...

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Southern Italy in focus

Marco Bulf director of the ITA office in Budapest ITA (Italian Trade Agency) is a network of trade offices ran by the Italian state. Its task is to promote products ‘Made...

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Kométa appoints new domestic meat product sales director

Due to the increase in sales turnover, Kométa will divide meat and meat product sales into two areas, which will be managed by two different directors. Newcomer Gábor Zab will...

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Automation at eMAG

The logistics centre of eMAG in Üllő, which was built 2 years ago and already operates on 21,000m², is waiting for this year’s Black Friday and Christmas periods with 600,000...

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Tobacco retailers ask for delaying the introduction of standardised packaging

On 7 November a conference was organised for National Tobacco Shop operators and their partners. It turned out that about 40-50 percent of tobacco shops are in a difficult situation, while...

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New version of NAK’s smartphone app launched

As a result of the first phase of the NAK APP 2.0 project, the services which were formerly only available on the NAK website can now also be used on...

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METRO gives car to happy winner

On 27 November László Török from Dunakeszi received the main prize of the METRO Winning Weeks prize game, a brand new TOYOTA Yaris Hybrid. Those METRO customers could participate in the...

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Magosz wins chamber elections

At the end of November the members of the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) were voting: from the approximately 360,000 NAK members 47,696 turned up. No less than 88.3 percent...

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Auchan offers discounts to families with small children

Auchan Hungary launches a new loyalty programme for pregnant women and families with children under the age of 6, called Auchan Bébé Program. The programme runs under the retailer’s Bizalomkártya loyalty...

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Soproni Démon becomes an Óvatos Duhaj

Soproni Óvatos Duhaj is to turn into a product range: after the huge success of Soproni Óvatos Duhaj IPA that debuted this summer, dark beer Soproni Démon also bears the...

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Szentkirályi Talent winners announced

The Szentkirályi Talent Programme is realised in cooperation with the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB). A six-member board of trustees has selected the programme’s three winners: kayaker Ádám Varga, swimmer Nándor Németh and sailor Máté Benyó. They...

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Joint Henkel-SPAR campaign for ill children

From November the children in Szent Borbála Hospital in Tatabánya can regularly meet the Red Nose Clown Doctors. The programme has been organised for the seventh time: every shopper who bought...

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ALDI starts selling discount motor fuels in Hungary

In January 2018 ALDI is going to open filling stations in the parking lots of several stores. OMV Hungária will partner with ALDI to sell high quality, MSZ EN 590 and...

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Isomalt factory inaugurated in Tiszapüspöki

On 30 October Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga and Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas ceremonially opened the isomalt factory of KALL Ingredients Kft. The new factory...

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Praktiker: the online shop develops the fastest

Although Praktiker operates 20 DIY stores in Hungary, it is the ‘21st’ unit, the online shop that develops the fastest. The online shop had been launched in 2009 but it went...

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Strong third quarter for Henkel

In the 3rd quarter of 2017 Henkel’s sales revenue augmented by 4.9 percent to EUR 4,981 million. Organic growth was 3 percent, while adjusted operating profit (EBIT) rose by 7.1...

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The year of breaking records

From many points of view, this year was about breaking records in Hungary: the consumer confidence index reached the level where it had been before the recession – 76 points...

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A good broom sweeps clean

Péter Antal, managing director of Amsa Higiénia Kft. informed our magazine that they sell hygiene equipment to food industry manufacturers. The company has been waiting for a long time for Horeca businesses...

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Booming coffee market

Bence Vig, managing director of Progast Kft. opines that demand is growing for quality coffee, and this entails a need for buying new machines at many places. Hotels have also realised by...

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Our main goal is to showcase products

In the last 2-3 years the market of professional kitchen machinery didn’t really change – informed Sándor Gál, owner and managing director of Assur Kft. Although grant money is available for...

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Quality and rationality

According to Krisztián Újvári, sales manager of Coninvest Kft., in the last 2-3 years there were two major changes in the domestic market of professional kitchen machinery. The first one is...

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Positioned higher

The food stands of the Christmas market in Budapest’s Vörösmarty Square have had enough of the criticism they receive for the food they serve. They asked Teodóra Bán, managing director of...

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Winners of the 2017 HUNGAROPACK Hungarian Packaging Competition

The Hungarian Association of Packaging and Materials Handling (CSAOSZ) organised the first HUNGAROPACK Hungarian Packaging Competition in 1967. They celebrated the competition’s 50th birthday with the patronage of Minister of Agriculture...

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Nielsen: chocolate Santa Clauses brought the two-thirds of the turnover

Chocolates are the biggest favorites of the Christmas holiday season: over 400 million tonnes ie over eight million was sold in October-December 2016, according to the 90 food category of...

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ALDI Hungary’s green programme rewarded

ALDI Hungary’s 2017 complex energy project won the CSR Hungary award in the ‘Environment-Green Excellence’ category. As a responsible company, ALDI Hungary continuously develops and introduces environmentally friendly solutions that reduce...

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