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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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CO-OP and Bonafarm are both committed to Hungarian food
On March 27, CO-OP Hungary Zrt. and the Bonafarm Group held a senior-level meeting on the situation of the Hungarian food industry and food retailing, as well as on further...
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Foodora is here: Hungarian users get a subscription program and a new image
Another important chapter in the evolution of foodpanda is coming to an end, as of May 1, it will continue to operate under the name foodora. As the next step...
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Pepsi is changing its logo
For now, only in North America, but starting in 2024, the Pepsi logo will change all over the world, reports CNN. According to the company, based on their tests, when...
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Lángos at Balaton will be terribly expensive
The guesthouse in Badacsony is considered especially cheap in Balaton: based on a map last year, only two out of 30 places had the plain flaming cheaper than HUF 800,...
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Three + one things we didn’t know about Marco Rossi
Marco Rossi’s name has become synonymous with the Hungarian national football team in recent years. The Italian master has been leading the home team since 2018, but he has been...
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Bird, food – Picture of the day
The plates shown in today’s pictures are the works of New York food stylist Anna Keville Joyce. ...
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Since mid-April, foodpanda has been operating under the name foodora
From the middle of April, the foodpanda food ordering platform will be operating under the name foodora, despite the change of brand name, the business model will remain unchanged –...
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“I believe in miracles”
László Kovács, president of the Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs (MVI) evaluated the past year for our magazine “Hospitality still feels the impact of the pandemic-induced crisis, both financially and mentally,...
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KSH: the gross average earnings are the lowest in the hospitality sector
In January 2023, the gross average salary of those employed full-time was HUF 528,000, and the net average salary calculated with allowances in mind was HUF 363,900. The gross average...
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Waberer’s may pay dividends from its 2022 earnings record
The management of Waberer’s International may propose a dividend payment of HUF 100 per share, after it closed last year with the highest EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) of...
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Nébih: Lidl has recalled Snack Day gluten-free tallers
Due to unlabeled gluten content, Lidl Hungary is recalling and withdrawing from the market the products called Snack Day brand gluten-free tallier with cheese and gluten-free tallier with shallot, the...
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Guinness Maker Diageo Appoints Its First Female CEO
DiageoPLC named Debra Crew as its next chief executive, tapping an internal candidate to succeed longstanding leader Ivan Menezes at the helm of the alcoholic beverage company. The London-based maker...
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The miller and the well-dressed girls – Picture of the day
Although we are more than half a decade after the world economic crisis, poverty is still high in some areas of the USA: the most impoverished sew clothes for their...
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Smart farming – Video of the day
Agricultural machines controlled by artificial intelligence....
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Tesco will raise or cancel the purchase limit for price-stop products before Easter
Tesco will raise the purchase limit for price-fixed products in the period before Easter, and in the case of eggs, it will also be cancelled, Tesco-Global Áruházak Zrt. told MTI...
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