Company and Personal News
Too many irregularities!
On-site inspections by the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) detected excise tax frauds in every third bar, restaurant and shop they visited in February. Some of the cases were...
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Free-from Chefs of the Year
This year was the first that professional chefs also competed in the Free-from Chef of the Year competition, which is organised by the free-from brand Csak a Mentes. The event...
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Reusable cup survey
According to a survey conducted with more than 4,000 participants by the Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BKIK), bars, clubs and guests favour reusable cups, but they would like...
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Huge changes at Tesco
Tesco renovated 25 of its stores in the 2022/23 fiscal year, which ended at the end of February. The renovations affected 12 hypermarkets and 13 convenience stores across the country...
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You can now buy more sugar, flour, oil, milk, chicken breast and eggs in SPAR stores
Easter, the time of the holiday, is approaching, and in most families, major shopping is scheduled for the coming days. Quality and quantity of customer service is important to SPAR...
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Permanent price reductions have been introduced in PENNY stores
Since January, PENNY has permanently reduced the prices of nearly 400 products by up to 33 percent. The price reduction mainly affects dairy products, dry pasta and meat products, but...
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Jack & Coke Jack Daniel’s whiskey and Coca-Cola alcoholic carbonated drink have also arrived in Hungary
Jack Daniel’s and Coca-Cola officially launch the sale of the joint drink of Jack Daniel’s and Coca-Cola on the Hungarian market. The product will be available at home from April...
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Flavored coffees are extremely popular in Hungary
Coffees enriched with various aromas are mostly consumed with milk by coffee lovers, especially in moments when they want to slow down, relax and have some time for themselves. Nespresso’s...
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CHEF the World!
You can’t start early enough: the National Association of Public Sector Catering Service Providers (KÖZSZÖV) has joined forces with the National Society of Conservationists (MTVSZ), to organise a three-round, environmental...
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Coffee and literature
Starbucks Magyarország announces its poem writing contest for the fifth time in 2023. The competition’s title is Starbucks Coffee Poets, and the coffeehouse chain will celebrate it with a limited...
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MCI’s new presidency
On 20 February 2023 the Hungarian Confectioners Guild (MCI) held its general meeting in Hunguest Hotel Bál Resort, where member also elected the new presidency. In order to facilitate decision-making...
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Hotel management students
The BGE KVIK team has participated in the hotel management competition called European Mise en Place Cup Service – it was organised by the Center4Hospitality for the fifteenth time –...
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Renewal for ALDI Online
As a reaction to the rapidly growing popularity of online grocery shopping, ALDI and ROKSH have decided to revamp the ALDI Online website. For instance customers can now also communicate...
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New contest: Budapest 150 Cake
On behalf of the Municipality of Budapest, Budapest Brand Nonprofit Zrt. and the Hungarian Confectioners Guild (MCI) announce a special cake competition, celebrating the 150th anniversary of unifying Pest, Buda...
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A new SPAR store opened in Sárospatak with an investment of HUF 750 million
SPAR Magyarország opened a new supermarket in Sárospatak with an investment of about HUF 750 million. The modern store, which also takes into account energy saving, created 20 jobs in...
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Professional and community life
In February the Hungarian Confectioners Guild (MCI) held its general meeting in Balatonalmádi, where president Balázs Erdélyi presented his report on 2022. Last year wasn’t easy for MCI, but it...
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January sunshine in our winter of discontent…
Our magazine asked László Kovács, president of the Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs (MVI) about the opportunities and hardships 2023 can bring. He told that the wave of restaurant retreated by...
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Sales increase, but smaller profit for Henkel
ales by the Henkel Group reached EUR 22.397bn in the 2022 fiscal year. This corresponds to a nominal growth of 11.6% and to a significant organic sales growth of 8.8%....
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The turnover of the transport company Gebrüder Weiss continued to grow
Gebrüder Weiss Kft. achieved HUF 34.1 billion in sales last year, 12 percent more than the previous year – the shipping and logistics company announced to MTI on Wednesday. According...
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Soft drinks and equal opportunities – Picture of the day
The product is Japanese, and the raised Braille symbols on the box cover are of course intended for the blind and visually impaired....
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Beer breakfast from a Budapest guerrilla brewery
The most creative brewers of the small-brewery beer market surprise the public with more and more unusual combinations, since it is increasingly difficult to stand out from the crowd with...
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Irregular mouth-opening cake – Video of the day
A simple, spectacular, original cake that does not require serious dexterity, with many, many calories – timeless, because the idea is new, but we would also believe that it has...
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Szatmár bitter liqueur was recalled from the market
Várda-Drink Zrt. recalled Szatmár bitter liqueur from the market due to beta-azarone content above the limit value – the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) informed MTI on Wednesday. Nébih...
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New shades of black
Márton Vajda, premium spirits and coffee manager of Coca-Cola HBC Magyarország, told our magazine that Hungarian coffee consumption was more than 19,000 tonnes in 2022. “Coffee bean prices elevated by...
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You can apply again for the HoReCa Heroes competition!
The HoReCa Heroes competition, founded in 2021 by the HoReCa and Event Section of the Hungarian Marketing Association (MMSZ) and Trademagazin, is once again waiting for those who want to...
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MMSZ HoReCa and Event Division – marketing webshop
The HoReCa and Event section of the Hungarian Marketing Association (MMSZ) held a self-marketing communication workshop at the METRO Gastro Academy on March 29. At the event, Zsuzsanna Hermann, managing...
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Foodpanda’s summary of last year
At the end of last year foodpanda summarised the year’s food ordering habits in Hungary. It was revealed that the number of bank card payments grew. Pizza and hamburger were...
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Italian dessert course
On the 7th Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, in Hungary the Italian Trade Agency (ICE) gave centre stage to confectionery. In cooperation with the guild of confectioners, they...
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GfK’s April German consumer sentiment index improved
The consumer sentiment index of the GfK economic research institute in Nuremberg strengthened to an eight-month high in April, but it increased somewhat more mildly than expected. The mood index...
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Extra profit tax, price cap, supplier challenges – Zsolt Pálinkás, CEO of Tesco, spoke about the future
“We have never had extra profit. If we start from the fact that the industry has an average profitability of 2-5 percent, and this is accompanied by a turnover-based deduction...
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