‘No Food Waste Event’ programme launched
‘No Food Waste Event’ programme launched
Event catering is a special segment of the hospitality sector, where often too much food is available and some of it ends up as waste. With the coordination of the Hungarian...
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Fines imposed on a quarter of businesses in the Lake Balaton region
In July the inspectors of the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) found some kind of irregularity at the premises of every fourth business in the Lake Balaton region. It seems that...
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Half year results in 2018
The 5-percent VAT brought the expected results – sales of hospitality units surged, reported blokk.hu. In the first four months of the year they realised HUF 322-billion sales, which was a...
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SzTNH about CloudCasting
Upon the request of the Hungarian Hotel and Restaurant Association (MSZÉSZ), the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (SzTNH) issued a statement on the activities of CloudCasting Kft. Hotels are only obliged to...
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Centralised event organising
A new government decree centralises the organisation of events by state institutions. From July events must be licensed and from 2019 annual event organisation plans must be made by these institutions...
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Good performance in the final of the WorldChefs competition
It was in July that the World Association of Chefs Societies (WorldChefs) congress took place – the organisation unites 10 million culinary professionals from 105 countries. In the related competition Hungary...
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Cakes of Hungary
The Guild of Hungarian Confectioners organised the Cake of Hungary competition for the 12th time. This year the jury selected the winner from 29 cakes: Little Girl from Komárom, the creation...
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Carrefour expands its organic product selection
The organic product market has kept growing in recent years in France. This is the reason why Carrefour has bought organic product distributor chain So.bio. So.bio operates in the province of...
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Survey to be made on companies’ food waste
The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) is conducting a survey on companies’ food waste and private label products. AKI has already found out earlier that after households it is food companies...
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Nyárlőrinc-based Szikrai Winery increases production capacity
Szikrai Winery Kft. in Nyárlőrinc received nearly HUF 180 million funding from the Economic Development and Innovation Operative Programme (GINOP) to increase the company’s competitiveness. The winery’s production capacity has tripled: now...
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Hailstorm protection with IT support
The IT system that serves the nationwide hailstorm protection system is up and running. HUF 300 million was spent on improving the performance of the Apollo super-computer that had been purchased...
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Grant programme for gene preservation
The Minister of Agriculture has announced a grant programme for 2018, the main objective of which is to finance the work done to preserve, manage and develop the genetic material...
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Nyíregyháza-based Color Pack invests in developing printing factory
Printing and packaging company Color Pack is investing HUF 773 million in developing its factory in Nyíregyháza. The company is buying a cutting-edge offset printing machine, which is capable of printing...
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The power of design
Online trade magazine Convenience Store Decisions has analysed how a shop interior and various design solutions can influence sales performance. One of the examples was a Cruizer’s petrol station shop in...
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First there were ‘food trucks’, now there are ‘fashion trucks’ too
In an article published at the Retail Customer Experience website Will Hodgkiss, the CEO of Venture Food Trucks revealed: fashion retailers can be successful with the same concept as food...
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Podcast series about retail issues
Shop! started its own podcast series, titled Retail Decoded. The show’s host is Jo Rossman, the editor of Shop! Retail Environments magazine, and guests from the fields of retail trade, shop...
Read moreITM: growth in household income is the driving force of retail trade
The increase in retail turnover is due to the growth in household income, which is expected to continue in the coming months – Pomázi Gyula, the Deputy Minister of State...
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The harvesting of blue grapes has begun in Villány
In Villány, due to the warm weather, the grape harvest of kékoprtó has begun – the secretary of the 2500-hectare wine-growing region’s commune council told MTI on Friday. Nagy Gergely...
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Gluten-free products and production line at the Omega Bázis
The Omega Bázis Kft., the distributor of ABY products, introduced a natural and gluten-free snack family to the market. Deák Csaba, the managing director of the Lábatlan-based food company said...
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Profession.hu: 44 percent of the Hungarians do not in the field of their highest degree of education
44 percent of the Hungarian workers do not work in the field of their highest degree of education, and an additional 44 percent are actively thinking about the change of...
Read moreITM: Internet has become a basic necessity
Nowadays, the Internet has become a basic necessity – the Deputy Minister of State of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology (ITM) told M1 news channel on Friday morning. Solymár...
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Food Bank: in September we can help others by eating again
For many of us eating is a self-evident source of joy, but unfortunately worldwide there is a growing number of people who lack enough daily food without food. The Food...
Read moreSMEs can develop from 20 billion more
SMEs can apply again for fundings of the Ginop-2.1.8-17 application to help to boost their competitiveness. Various points of the Ginop-2.1.8-17 program have been modified at – Világgazdaság Online wrote....
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British poultry industry giant created four hundred new jobs
The Bernard Matthews Group, which is also interested in Sága Foods Zrt. created four hundred new jobs in England. The poultry industry giant creates the jobs as a result of...
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The economic performance of the euro area has improved slightly in August
Despite a slight deterioration in manufacturing performance, the economic performance of the euro area has improved slightly in August. The London-based IHS Markit’s Economic Research Institute announced on Thursday, that...
Read moreSwine fever in China
One of China’s largest pig processing plants to be shut down for six weeks, after a few days ago fattening pigs died on the site, due to African swine fever...
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Ancient cheese was found in an Egyptian tomb
The world’s oldest hard cheese was found in the grave of Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb – Világgazdaság Online wrote. The 3200-year-old cheese could be made of cattle, goats and sheep milk,...
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British pet shops are no longer selling puppies and kittens
British pet shops will no longer sell puppies and kittens to prevent illegal livestock breeding – the BBC news portal reports. Anyone who wants to buy puppies or kittens younger...
Read moreYou are me, baby! – Video of the day
What would happen if women acted like men at bars? If you've had your fill of terrible pickup lines, offers of shots from uninteresting and/or creepy parties and drunks attempting...
Read moreEating together can trigger sexual desire!
When it comes to consuming calories with a person of the opposite sex, sharing meals sparks significantly more jealousy than meeting that same person for coffee. “Our research suggests that...
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