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Seven trends shaping grocery retail in 2023
1. Alcohol manufacturers turn towards ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktails:since those consumers who drink alcohol show growing demand for RTD cocktails, manufacturers will satisfy this need in 2023. Beverage companies believe that a...
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Offering a seamless hybrid shopping experience can be essential in 2023
Communicating values Krishnakumar Davey, president of client engagement at IRI has told Grocery Drive that retailers know: prices have become so high that shoppers can’t spend more, thus retailers are...
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Gen Z at Shop! Ideation
At the end of 2022 Colombus (Ohio, USA) was the host of the annual Shop! Ideation conference. There were presentations about retail and point of sale marketing, a “Retail Challenge”...
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Takarék AgrárTrend Index decreases further
On a 48-point scale, the Takarék AgrárTrend Index dropped to 29.5 points in the last quarter of 2022. Compared with the previous quarter, the decline was 0.1 points, and the...
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Facebook is the top marketing tool for SMEs
According to a recent survey by Marketing Commando, the No.1 marketing tool for Hungarian SMEs is still Facebook – 84% of them use this platform. Second most popular is the...
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New smart device payment for K&H customers
K&H customers can choose from more smart payment solutions: Google Pay now runs on certain types of FitBit smartwatches. Last year Google acquired smart fitness and sports watch company FitBot,...
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NAV grants access to online cash register data
As of 6 February the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) makes it possible for taxpaying enterprises to get access to the data transmitted by their online cash registers. Péter...
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Greener cola production facility with Siemens solutions
The Coca-Cola factory in Austria had partnered with Siemens to install an energy management system, called Simatic Energy Manager Pro, which greatly contributed to the reduction of the factory’s energy...
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Danone: less methane in the supply chain
Danone has announced that it will reduce methane emissions from its fresh milk supply chain by 30% by 2030. By emitting less methane, the dairy company aims to reduce the...
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Sponsors welcome
In 2023 the National Association of Public Sector Catering Service Providers (KÖZSZÖV) joins forces with the National Society of Conservationists (MTVSZ), to promote healthy and sustainable nutrition, and in connection...
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Socially sensitive
Last December Nem Adom Fel Foundation has organised a professional forum about the role that workers with disabilities play in the hospitality sector. Participants had the chance to learn about...
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Valentine’s Day dinner without strawberries
Responsible Gastro Hero Foundation promoted sustainable eating with a funny Valentine’s Day themed campaign: in February they launched a dating service for seasonal cooking ingredients, where fruit and vegetables that...
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Bronze statuette for Hungary
What a success for Bence Dalnoki and Patrik Nyikos at the Bocuse d’Or in Lyon! The Hungarian team finished third at the world championship for chefs. Last year the team...
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Winter flavours at the filling stations
It started four years ago that OMV comes out with a gourmet product selection in every season. This time Attila Bicsár, the well-known creative chef of Sauska48 has compiled the...
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Ecologist Mátyás Hunyadi at the Chain Bridge Club – Sustainable retreat instead of sustainable development?
At the January club meeting human ecologist Mátyás Hunyadi was the speaker, and the topic was sustainability. By 2019 the level of CO2 concentration in the atmosphere reached 421 parts per...
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K&H Sustainability Index: the intention is there
K&H first published its sustainability index in the first half of 2022. The results of a second survey, which was done half a year later, reveal that sustainability is a...
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Deliveroo breaks even
With a strong second half of 2022, British delivery service Deliveroo reached break-even in all regions. Last year the delivery service saw transaction volume increase by 7 %, while its market...
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Mastercard says shoppers buy less but shop more often
According to a forecast for 2023 by the Mastercard Economics Institute, shoppers will have to change the contents of their shopping baskets if they wish to keep up with the...
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Christmas bejgli donations
László Selmeczi, managing director and co-president of the confectioner guild (MCI) told our magazine: last year they took the flavours of Christmas to the workers and patients of the Hungarian...
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KSH: The turnover of retail stores decreased by 4.5 percent
In January 2023, according to the raw data, the turnover volume of retail trade decreased by 3.9 percent, adjusted for the calendar effect, by 4.5 percent compared to the same...
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Walmart develops e-commerce website for SMEs
Walmart Business is the name of the e-commerce website that Walmart has developed especially for SMEs. The website offers a selection of more than 100,000 items, and is meant to...
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Colruyt opens another autonomous container store in Belgium
Colruyt Group member Okay Direct has opened a second autonomous convenience store. The unmanned container store was set up in the car park of Okay Lennik, and its floor space...
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The works of the Hungarian Bocuse teams are also published in a book
The recipes of the dishes of the Hungarian teams competing in the Bocuse d’Or international cooking competition, as well as their revisions, will be published in a book under the...
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The expectations of tourism companies improved significantly in February
The expectations of tourism companies improved significantly in February – the National Association of Tourist and Hospitality Employers (VIMOSZ) and GKI Gazdaságkutátó told MTI on Monday based on the latest...
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The French government announces an “anti-inflation quarter” in supermarkets
The French government agreed with the big supermarket chains to keep food prices “as low as possible” until June; within the framework of the “anti-inflation quarter”, supermarkets can freely choose...
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Retail sales in Romania increased by 5.7 percent in January
According to raw data, the volume of retail sales in Romania increased by 5.7 percent in January compared to January of the previous year, the Romanian National Institute of Statistics...
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The French government announces an “anti-inflation quarter” in supermarkets
The French government agreed with the big supermarket chains to keep food prices “as low as possible” until June; within the framework of the “anti-inflation quarter”, supermarkets can freely choose...
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The pálinka bonbon of the year is also sought at the 23rd Gyula Pálinka Festival
The Pálinka Bonbon of the Year competition, which will be held as a side event of the 23rd Gyula Pálinka Festival, will be announced for the first time – the...
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The CEO of Budapest Airport is leaving at the end of July
Chris Dinsdale, the general manager of Budapest Airport, will leave the company at the end of July, and from August he will take up the position of president and CEO...
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Scientific results are indispensable for successful agriculture
The advantage of our country’s GMO-free status must be used even more effectively than before – said Minister of Agriculture István Nagy at the 150th meeting of the Genetic Technology...
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