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Coronavirus: dometic e-commerce traffic can explode at the end of the year for
Due to recent restrictions to help control the epidemic, e-commerce traffic in Hungary could explode again in the year-end shopping season. According to recent surveys, 37% of Hungarians plan to...
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Professional awards for the COOP staff again
Prestigious professional awards were presented last Thursday on the occasion of European Trade Day. The outstanding work of several employees of the COOP Economic Group was also awarded. The professional...
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Lidl continues its salt and sugar optimization program
In 2019, Lidl Hungary announced that it would reduce the added salt and sugar content of its own-brand products by an average of 20 percent by 2025. As a responsible...
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A 7 pm close could affect 30,000 stores out of 120,000
Grocery stores, malls, hypermarkets and large specialty stores need to close sooner than usual, – blokkk.com wrote. Webshops can no longer handle much more, the receiving point also needs to...
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What a vaccine could mean for retail
There’s finally hope of an end to a pandemic that has destroyed lives and livelihoods, and upended consumer behavior. For now, uncertainty still rules. The Monday report that pharmaceutical giant...
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Tesco has taken 454 tons of hard-to-recycle plastic out of use
In February 2019, Tesco undertook to remove all hard-to-recycle materials from its own-brand products by the end of 2020. One and a half years after the commitment, the department store...
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The role of franchisees has become more important
According to a study by franchising.hu, the relationship between the franchise owner and the entrepreneur taking over the franchise is more important than it used to be. Today only those...
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HELL’s sales could increase by a fifth this year
HELL ENERGY, which now has an export market on 5 continents and covers more than 50 countries, was launched as a family business in 2006 and is the market leader...
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Charity cooking
Famous chefs teamed up to help in people in need with charity cooking. On 9 November Lajos Pap led the work in the kitchen of La Fiesta Party Service, where...
Read moreChinese pork prices have fallen for the first time in a year and a half
After more than a year, for the first time in China, the price of pork fell, as in the country as production increased, began to alleviate the previously very severe...
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Investor sentiment deteriorated in November in Germany and in the euro area
In November, for the second consecutive month, the German economic research institute ZEW in Germany and the euro area deteriorated significantly, as the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic and...
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Liver paté: A small but strengthening category
Liver paté is a small processed meat product category where sales are growing: 9,700 tons of liver paté is sold in a year – volume sales were up 3.4 percent...
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Greener Common Agricultural Policy
More than half of agricultural revenues in Hungary come from European Union funding, in which the financial resources of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) play a key role. István Tresó,...
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Hungary’s best pálinkas
In early November more than 400 pálinkas of 48 distilleries competed in Miskolc, in the National Pálinka and Marc Pálinka Contest. Hungary’s best pálinka in 2020 became Brill Pálinkaház’s aged...
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Chefs’ manifesto
20 October has been International Chefs Day since 2004. The Responsible Gastro Hero Foundation celebrated the occasion with a sustainable recipe collection compiled by the chefs joining the international Chefs’...
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Most people are satisfied with their workplaces in the coronavirus situation
According to an 1,100-respondent nationwide representative survey by Opinio, 64 percent of Hungarians want their workplace to inform them about the COVID-19 situation. 34 percent said the most important is...
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We spend more than 50 thousand on Christmas gifts this year
For the 6th year in a row, Árukereső.hu and GKI Digital have been conducting joint Christmas research, which asks the adult population of the Internet about preparing for the festive...
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Good Wine campaign
The second part of the National Council of Wine Communities’ (HNT) Good Wine promotion campaign has commenced. Once again the campaign seeks to educate young consumers about quality Hungarian wines....
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Trademark use granted to 19 SPAR Regnum products
Hungarian Product Nonprofit Kft. has granted trademark usage rights to 19 fresh meat products made by SPAR. The certificate guarantees that all of the pigs were bred, slaughtered and processed...
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SweeTEN 2.0 pilot programme ends
This year the further education programme for talented young confectioners continued under the sweeTEN 2.0 name. The programme was organised in cooperation between the guild and the Budapest Economic Vocational...
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PLMA – The latest news from Europe
Retailers keep announcing cooperation related decisions. Carrefour and Tesco took a step back in their collective private label product sourcing, because the French competition authority had problems with it. In...
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(HU) Megingathatja a kkv-kat a járvány második hulláma
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Online and health are top trends in the world of private label too
In the PLMALive.eu monthly online video news programme the main topic was the PLMA online ‘World of Private Label’ trade show, which takes place between 1 and 4 December; the...
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GVH gives green light to NAGISZ’s ownership change
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has given its approval to the owners of private equity firm PortfoLion Green Fund (a member of the OTP Group) buying a 97.91-percent share in...
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Pilot master’s exam for confectioners
The first version of the pilot master’s exam for confectioners – developed upon the request of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and industry – has come to an end. In...
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It will take 1-2 years for things to get back to normal!
László Kovács, president of the Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs (MVI) talked to our magazine about the state of play in the hospitality sector and possible scenarios for the near future....
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Music royalties
Answering the question of the Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs (MVI), Artisjus revealed that they don’t plan to introduce further reductions in the music royalties that bars, restaurants and hotels must...
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Tax cut calculator
Hospitality units that participate in dual trade education are entitled to a reduction in their financial contribution to vocational education. The size of this tax cut depends on several factors,...
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