News and articles
Shaken, not stirred
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
After the increase in excise duty and VAT, spirit distributors spent most of 2009 with rethinking their price strategies. Although the number of spirit buyers is declining, the average price...
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Tradition and evolution
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Hungarian Gastronomy Association (MGE) organised its “Tradition and evolution” contest for the third time on 25-26 October. Tamás Molnár B. said after the preliminaries that quality improved this year. The...
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Digestible!
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Art-installation-performance-food/drinks: If we go along this line, we reach 21st century’s close relationship between art and gastronomy. Think of receptions held in museums, food styling or food art. There are...
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Light at the end of the tunnel?
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
A regional study recently published by PricewaterhouseCoopers paints a slightly unexpectedly positive picture of the consumption markets of upcoming states. According to experts, most global companies realised before the crisis...
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Europe’s Day in Commerce for the fifth time in Hungary
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
The National Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers as the Hungarian member organisation of EuroCommerce organised the domestic Europe’s Day in Commerce on 3 November. László Herczog, the Minister of Social...
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Tchibo celebrates with planting trees
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Tchibo celebrates its 60th birthday with planting 6 trees within the framework of its “Together for kindergartens” programme, making the environment more pleasant for the little ones. It is the...
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Together for a higher-level culture of wine
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Zwack Izabella Borkereskedés and WSET (Wine and Spirit Education Trust) International Wine Academy signed an agreement of cooperation in November. WSET helps Zwack in shaping the company’s wine portfolio, offers...
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The market of baking additives, dessert powders and fruit preserving agents expands
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Powder product sales are on the increase, the market expanded by 17 percent in terms of value in August 2008-July 2009, to surpass the annual HUF 8 billion level. In...
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Two restaurants – four chef’s hats
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
The profession is frustrated by the fact that Hungarian gastronomy was unable to earn a Michelin star yet. However, according to information by Index, this year another prestigious guide, GaultMillau...
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24-hour market
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Buying food from ”local” producers is a fashionable thing nowadays. It is often difficult or costly for producers and consumers to find each other, without an intermediary. Peter-und-Paul-Hof, a German...
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Fresh! 100% frissen préselt gyümölcslevek nem koncentrátumból
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Fruit juice made not from concentrate, but pressed directly from the fruit....
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Awards presented at Europe’s Day in Commerce, 2009
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Klauzál Gábor Prize: Posch Péter, WestEnd Ingatlanhasznosító és Üzemeltető Kft. ügyvezető igazgatója; Dr. Vígh Gábor, Mammut Zrt. vezérigazgatója; Ay János, MKIK koordinációs és marketing igazgatója; Boros Péter, COOP Győr Zrt....
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Milli Mia cottage cream with marzipan
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
The new member of the Milli Mia dessert family, marzipan Krémtúró hit the shops in October. Its launch is supported by tasting sessions in different hypermarkets and a Krémtúró multipack...
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2009, the year of changes at Mary-Ker
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
All of Mary-Ker Kft.’s brand products were modernised and changed in the spirit of healthy eating, thanks to innovations in 2009. From October 2009, Mary-Ker Pasta Kft. produces and distributes...
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The rebirth of home baking
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
As a result of austerity measures, the positions of several food categories connected with home cooking/baking improved. Families do not buy as many ready-made cakes as before and spend less...
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Learn, learn, learn!
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
The Hungarian duo finished 4th at the Central European final of the Global Chefs Challenge (a side event of Hoventa). Tamás Tóth told our magazine a few days after the...
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Advertising fine dining
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Owners of Maloney & Porcelli, a restaurant in New York have probably consulted their lawyers before launching their new “service”. Since their prices are quite high, guests can type in...
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Hírös Kecskeméti Mézes Ágyas Meggy
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Youthful taste that is easy to consume....
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“Many retail companies would like to be in our place”
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Péter Boros, CEO of COOP Győr Zrt. was awarded the Klauzál Gábor Prize. Q: Could you list the most important steps in your career? A: I started out as an...
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Old-new beer on the shelves: Spaten
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Borsodi Sörgyár Zrt reintroduces Spaten to the Hungarian market. This traditional German Pils is now brewed in Bőcs and appears in stores completely revitalised....
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Trends in high turnover food products
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Retail turnover growth of a few high turnover food products in October 2008-September 2009, compared to the previous such period (measured in value; in percentage)....
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Kalifa now also offers Oriental flavours
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
– I am happy to say that our sales turnover in the cooking-baking segment in last October-December improved by more than 20 percent. Around Christmas, Kalifa ground poppy seed and...
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We will be there at Bocuse d’Or Europe!
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Out of the 35 countries only 20 can be represented at Bocuse d’Or Europe in Geneva on 7-8 June 2010. Mr Philippe Rochat, the president of the contest in 2010...
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Unhappy hours
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Many were afraid that after the banning of smoking in bars and restaurants activists would not stop. In Catalonia, the authorities decided that happy hours and “open bar” promotions were...
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Gyulai Májas konzerv
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Liver pâtés in cups and aluseal packaging, based on the recipe of the famous and popular Gyulai liver pâté....
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VOSZ aims for government-level interest representation
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Besides celebrating, on Europe’s Day in Commerce complaints were also voiced: the sector mostly laid the blame on the government for the sector’s problems. We asked what the reasons were...
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Social responsibility awarded
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Coca-Cola HBC Magyarország Kft. won the Social Responsibility prize at the Figyelő Top 200 Gala on 16 October. This year there were 24 applications for the prize. On behalf of...
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Eckes-Granini’s management visited Hungary
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
SIÓ-ECKES Kft.’s headquarters in Siófok was the place where the shareholders, board members and executive directors of Eckes-Granini Group held their annual meeting. The aim of the visit was getting...
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The same number of people buy more baking products
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Certain product categories are able to improve sales even in a negative consumer atmosphere, because at the time of crisis people spend more time at home. In January-July 2009, we...
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The Moor is leaving
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Tamás Háber announced his resignation from the presidency of the Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs as of next March. News: The Federation of European Wine and Gastronomy Associations awarded Pécs’s Aranykacsa...
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