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Pizza, even for Halloween!
Stuffed Pizza Skulls – Make and bake pizzas in a skull shaped pan for Halloween or any time you want to creep out your family or friends....
Read moreMagazine: Wieners and frankfurters are purchased less often
In the first six months of 2017 Hungarian households purchased less wiener and frankfurter, because the number of buying occasions decreased. Nine from 10 households purchased the category in the examined...
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Adventures in beer gastronomy
As part of the Beer Gastronomy Week’s programme, guests could enjoy special menus matching food with beer in 14 restaurants of Budapest and other cities, between 9 and 15 October. With...
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Wine-tasting world championship
Last weekend the Hungarian team finished 7th in the final of the Championnat du monde de degustation, the wine-tasting world championship organised in France. Teams had to identify 12 types of...
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Young Sommelier World Championship
At the end of September Budapest hosted the Young Sommelier World Championship of Chaine des Rotisseurs. Competitors had to be younger than 31 years. Three young sommeliers qualified for the final, where...
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NÉBIH’s summer experiences
The National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) experienced many positive trends during their summer inspections, which took place between 1 July and 31 August. NÉBIH’s experts visited food manufacturers, retail units,...
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International conferences at BGE
The UN has declared 2017 to be the International Year of Sustainable Tourism and in connection with this BGE’s Institute of Tourism and Hospitality organised a conference at the end...
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Hungarian happiness in Abu Dhabi
In the final of the WorldSkills competition held in Abu Dhabi – the biggest vocational education and skills excellence event in the world – 1,259 young people from 62 countries...
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A 3rd place this time
International competition S.Pellegrino Young Chef was organised for the third time this year, with the participation of many thousand chefs younger than 30 years from more than 90 countries. Two young...
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Excellent results at the WACS competition
In October Prague was the host of the Global Chef Challenge competition of the World Association of Chefs Societies (WACS), where Balázs Adamek and his commis, Mercédesz Murányi finished first. Anna...
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Gala dinner
On 19 November the Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs (MVI) will organise its annual gala dinner for the 7th time. This time the dinner will commemorate József Dobos C., who was born...
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Gundel Award 2017
This year’s winner of the Gundel Károly Award is Balázs Csapody, the owner of Kistücsök Restaurant in Balatonszemes. Mr Csapody has been working hard for many years for the success of...
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The Croatian TOP10 has 82 percent of the market
The 10 biggest retail chains in Croatia had combined sales of EUR 3.72 billion in 2016, which constitutes an 82.1-percent market share. Konzum is still the biggest player with a...
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South Korean cosmetics at Unilever
Unilever is to spend USD 2.7 billion on buying a South Korean cosmetics manufacturer, in order to stay the fourth biggest player in the skin care market. Carver Korea’s sales...
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New Purina factory in the USA
Nestlé has announced that a new factory will start production in the USA, making Purina pet care products. The new production plant – the 21st Purina factory in the USA...
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The English like a German retailer the most
German discounter Aldi was voted the most popular retail chain of 2017 in the United Kingdom. In a voting organised by the magazine Good Housekeeping, the discount supermarket chain finished...
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Lidl is testing menu boxes in Switzerland
Lidl Switzerland is testing menu boxes: they deliver ready-to-cook meals to consumers’ homes. Customers can try a new recipe every week and only the freshest ingredients are used for the...
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Lavazza buys shares
cé Italian coffee company Lavazza has acquired an 80-percent share in Nims, a company that sells coffee capsules and coffee vending machines. The two companies started cooperating back in 1994....
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Premium water in Coca-Cola’s portfolio
Coca-Cola North America has announced the acquisition of Topo Chico, a premium category mineral water brand. The Mexican product will be made available all over the USA. There is a...
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Less wine produced in France than ever before in the last sixty years
This year less wine will be made in France than ever before in the last 60 year. In volume a 19-percent decline is expected: 36.9 million hectolitres of wine will...
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Successful quarter for Pepsi
In the 3rd quarter of 2017 sales by PepsiCo jumped 1.7 percent. From the Western markets sales only dropped in the USA, but even this decline wasn’t the result of...
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Milestone in the life of the Russian bear
Russia’s biggest retail chain X5 opened their 11,000th shop. The new 1,400m² supermarket is located in Moscow and sells 10,000 different products. In the 2nd quarter of 2017 X5’s sales...
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SPAR’s 21 million euro investment in Austria
SPAR Austria is building a new hypermarket in the shopping centre of Steyr. The EUR 21-million project will be completed by the end of 2018. 200 people will work in the...
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Profi continues to conquer Romania
Romanian retailer Profi will open 8 new stores in the country – in different retail channels. Two large stores will be built in Bucharest, while in other cities 100-230m² stores...
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Danone invests in a start-up
Frozen organic baby food manufacturer Yooji is now enjoying the financial support of Danone. The company’s artisan products are available in 600 shops. Yooji will remain independent: Danone feels it...
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From large to small in Poland
Polish wholesale chain Eurocash took over 188 Mila stores, for which they paid EUR 82 million. The move forms part of the wholesaler’s strategy to establish a supermarket chain that...
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Tesco’s lasting growth path
Compared with the first half of 2016, Tesco reported a 1.1-percent sales growth in the first half of 2017. The sales increase was the biggest in the UK and Ireland....
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Milk’s price going up
Data from the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) and KSH’s market price information system (PÁIR) revealed that the price of raw milk in Hungary was HUF 96.03/kg in September 2017....
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