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Penny Market installs LPG cylinder vending machines
In July the Penny Market store in Érd installed Hungary’s first LPG cylinder vending machine. Thanks to the system developed by FLAGA Hungária Kft., it only takes a few minutes for...
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World champion products in dm drugstores
Footballer Lukas Podolski – who played for the German national team 130 times – and dm have teamed up to create a special new brand. The STRASSENKICKER range consists of four...
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Lacikonyha Magyarország: new managing director
As of June 2018 László Bruszt is the managing director of Lacikonyha Magyarország, a member of the Polish group Prymat. The new managing director believes that one of his most important...
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Gyulai Artisan Sausage wins two stars
Brussels-based The International Taste & Quality Institute rewarded Gyulahús Kft.’s Gyulai Artisan Sausage with two stars. The jurors, who come from the 16 most prestigious European culinary and sommelier organisations, evaluated...
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Cofidis Magyarország team up with eMAG
In early July Cofidis Magyarország joined forces with eMAG. At the moment eMAG is the biggest online-only retailer in Hungary, while Cofidis is a specialist of online loan services. //...
Read moreTesco donation to children in need
Tesco shoppers contributed to the Happy Childhood donation collection programme of the Hungarian Interchurch Aid with almost HUF 34 million. The money will be used to organise summer camps for abused...
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Because it is plastic…
This August the Responsible Gastro Hero Foundation started a campaign to stop using plastic straws. Joining the initiative, many cafés, bars and restaurants stopped serving drinks with plastic straws. Judit Vighné Boóc,...
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Premium draught beer to take away
Mug is a sports bar chain in Moscow. Recently they commissioned Ivan Maximov with redesigning the chain’s branding, who also came up with the idea of pint-sized paper cups for serving...
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Association of Hungarian Brewers: the director has left
In August Dr Attila Schillinger resigned as director of the Association of Hungarian Brewers. He has filled the position since November 2014 but now leaves for the USA to start his...
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Our best wines this year
This year’s National Wine Competition (OBV) broke previous records in terms of both the number of producers and entries: the 51-member jury evaluated 770 wines submitted by 223 wineries. Three grand...
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Wine in cans
Our magazine reckons that there would be nothing wrong with selling Hungarian wine in cans. This innovative product is already popular in many parts of the world. What is more, just like...
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Gender neutral restaurant service
Tied House restaurant in Chicago had opened this February and its manager Meredith Rush decided the staff wouldn’t differentiate being men and women when serving food and pouring drinks. This means...
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The Instagram universe
For some people a nice meal is just half as good if they can’t post a photo about it on the internet. A great food photo is also an excellent marketing...
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Meat Dress Barbie – at a rather high price
Niu Pot is a Chinese hot pot restaurant in New York that serves rib eye as the dress worn by a Barbie doll. The Meat Dress Barbie had originally been created...
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Hold organic food restaurants in your hands
The Responsible Gastro Hero Foundation develops smartphone apps to make the life of those consumers easier who eat sustainable foods. Their new app can be downloaded free from the Apple Store...
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The biggest restaurant chains in the world
US trade magazine National Restaurant News publishes the list of the world’s top 200 restaurants every year, based on their sales revenue (US sales data). On the 2018 list McDonald’s is...
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With input from Boulud
Spyce is the first restaurant in the world where not the service but cooking is done by robots. The restaurant is located in the campus of MIT and the project was...
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Campaign to attract more tourists
Between 15 September and 30 October 2018 the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ) is going to implement a destination-based communication campaign. The campaign’s goal is to show that Hungary is a tourist...
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‘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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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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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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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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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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