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Green FB-community

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

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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Big coffee brand from a small café

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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