News and articles
Green FB-community
Date: 2020-10-01 13:16:28
This autumn the Responsible Gastro Hero Foundation started a Facebook group called Hospitality Units and Events Going Green. The group seeks to provide help to those bars, restaurants, catering and...
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Extraordinary general meeting
Date: 2020-10-01 13:12:57
POPAI Hungary Association held its annual general meeting online. The award ceremony of the Hungarian leg of the Shop! Global Awards contest was also part of the programme. Members first...
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Mastercard’s instant payment service is ready to take off
Date: 2020-10-01 13:11:22
At the end of August Mastercard announced the Hungarian launch of its Pay by Account service. As of 1 January 2021 a law that has been passed recently makes it...
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Big coffee brand from a small café
Date: 2020-10-01 13:10:40
In Saratoga Springs (New York) the owner of a small café, Mike Brown used to serve his own coffee blend to guests. Seeing how popular it was, he named it...
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Official social media page for Hungarian wines
Date: 2020-10-01 13:04:25
The Agricultural Marketing Centre (AMC) and the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ) have teamed up to start collective wine marketing activities in social media, under the ‘Wines of Hungary – Personally’...
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Protection for Hungarian wines
Date: 2020-10-01 13:00:48
Adulterated wines from outside of Europe that turn up in European shops harm the sales of Hungarian wines very much. It is the national economy’s interest to protect Hungarian wines...
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Coronavirus pandemic generated record-level sales growth in e-commerce
Date: 2020-10-01 12:58:21
According to a joint survey by GKI Digital and Árukereső.hu, in the first six months of 2020 domestic online sales exceeded gross HUF 355 billion, which constitutes a 35-percent growth...
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Shopping experience and stable operation is the key to success in e-commerce
Date: 2020-10-01 12:43:10
Between mid-March and the end of April more than 50,000 new shoppers appeared in e-commerce, while the average order value and the number of basket items both grew – reveals...
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Experience, but a frustrating one
Date: 2020-10-01 12:42:48
For 58 percent of the nearly 3.5 million online shoppers shopping in the digital space is a frustrating experience – reveals the Mastercard-commissioned Payment Experience Report. The report points out...
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Great performance at the London wine competition
Date: 2020-10-01 12:32:19
Decanter World Wine Awards is the biggest wine competition in the world. This year the wines of 56 countries were competing and it took one month for the 116 experts...
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Hungarian products promoted on Coop Days
Date: 2020-10-01 12:12:10
On the COOP Hungarian Day events of Tisza-Coop Zrt. the products of Prima Maroni Kft., Ceres Zrt., Abonett Kft., Gyulahús Kft. and Sofidel Hungary Kft. were in the spotlight. Tisza-Coop...
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New owners at Gallicoop
Date: 2020-10-01 12:10:37
Three Hungarian private equity funds, Takarék, Béta and Status Food have become the 100-percent owners of Gallicoop Zrt., the company announced in a press release on 11 September. The new...
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Beer industry: Not a good summer
Date: 2020-10-01 12:07:56
Like-for-like domestic beer sales dropped 10 percent in June-August 2020 – Sándor Kántor, director of the Association of Hungarian Brewers informed the media. In this period beer export fell 3.5...
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Lidl committed itself to reduce the use of microplastics
Date: 2020-10-01 12:03:20
Beyond the consistent work to reduce the use of microplastics in its private label products, Lidl has set itself in a statement to eliminate the use of microplastics in the...
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Quality food from a small budget!
Date: 2020-10-01 12:00:19
At the end of September several teams competed in the final of the 9th National Public Sector Catering Chef Competition (OKÉS). The task was to cook a 3-course menu from...
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Adapting to the ban on plastics
Date: 2020-10-01 11:55:53
From 2021 certain types of plastics are banned in the European Union and many of these (drinking straws, plates, cutlery, etc.) are used regularly by hospitality units. How does this...
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Mountain villages: there will be less wine this year, but can be an excellent vintage
Date: 2020-10-01 11:55:23
This year, the harvest began in all wine regions later than last year, with 15-20 percent yield loss expected for varieties affected by drought and spring fros – Légli Otto,...
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Trend change is around the corner in freight transport
Date: 2020-10-01 11:53:27
The pandemic is likely to generate a trend change in freight transport: while Hungarian – mainly international-destination – road transport produced a major drop in the first half of 2020,...
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Investing in the future
Date: 2020-10-01 11:46:53
Eszterházy Károly University and Ostorosbor Winery signed a strategic cooperation agreement in August. Gergő Soltész, president-CEO of Ostorosbor Zrt. told: the collective goal is supporting and promoting vine and wine...
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Online marketplaces can save Hungarian businesses
Date: 2020-10-01 11:30:00
During the pandemic, more than a third of SMEs increased their sales in online marketplaces, according to representative research by GKI and eMAG. The survey examined, among other things, how...
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Focusing on food chain safety
Date: 2020-10-01 11:29:07
The Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO), thus the entire food chain supervision is directly subordinated to the Minister of Agriculture as of October 1, 2020. In the future, Dr. Lajos Bognár...
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GKI: half of the teleworkers workked for a company based in Budapest or Pest County in September
Date: 2020-10-01 11:26:59
In September, GKI Zrt. conducted a survey of the domestic employment situation among Hungarian enterprises. The questions were answered by 820 companies, the survey did not cover large multinationals. Compared...
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There is a special tax risk in the home office
Date: 2020-10-01 11:25:37
Because of the coronavirus, a significant number of companies have switched to working from home. However, home office processes designed without due diligence can involve significant tax risks – EY...
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Mobile apps – Nike in 3-digit growth
Date: 2020-10-01 11:25:35
Mobile experiences have become a vital part of Nike’s marketing strategy, providing a direct sales channel and a way to maintain one-to-one relationships with its most loyal customers. Nike drives...
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Frostkrone launches new free-from range, Green Date
Date: 2020-10-01 11:25:30
Frostkrone Food Group has launched a new free-from product line under the Green Date label inspired by fresh green vegetables. The products are not pre-fried and are free from gluten,...
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Student display competition 2020
Date: 2020-10-01 11:25:14
POPAI Student Design Awards student display competition was announced this year, organized by POPAI Hungary in cooperation with Zewa as theme sponsor and the main sponsor of SPAR Group. Online...
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Master Good Kft. Is building workers’ accommodation at its two sites
Date: 2020-10-01 11:25:04
The Kisvárda-based Master Good Kft., which deals with poultry processing and builds workers’ hostels, handed over the certificate of support for the 584 million HUF investment to the company’s representatives...
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Analysts: dynamic wage increase remain this year
Date: 2020-10-01 11:20:59
Until the end of this year, the rate of wage growth will remain around 10 percent, which will also be helped by the composition effect, with the exclusion of part-time...
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MediaMarkt makes all its stores accessible
Date: 2020-10-01 11:20:58
All MediaMarkt stores will be renewed as part of a long-term plan. During the renovation project, all stores will become a certified barrier-free location in collaboration with Access4you. Access4you is...
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New CEO at the lead of the Hungarian Branch of Cofidis
Date: 2020-10-01 11:20:02
From December 2020, Jean-François Rémy, the former CEO of Cofidis in the Czech Republic, will take over the position of CEO of the Hungarian Branch of Cofidis. He replaces Holló...
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