Tag "Trade magazin 2024/10"
Gruppo Tonazzo gives up meat products for a plant-based future
Italy’s iconic meat processor Gruppo Tonazzo has announced that it will stop the manufacturing of all meat-based products by the end of the year. The company will focus on the...
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Organic farming is the key to and a leading model for sustainable agriculture
International and national organic farming experts met in Budapest at the 18th European Organic Congress. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/10 The debate focused on the...
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Impossible Foods opens plant-based pop-up shop in Chicago
Leading alternative meat brand Impossible Foods has opened its first physical store, a pop-up concept called Impossible Quality Meats in Uptown Chicago, offering plant-based food options including appetizers, salads, wraps,...
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Arla Foods to launches plant-based Lurpak in the UK and Denmark
Multinational cooperative Arla Foods launched a plant-based version of Lurpak butter in the UK and Denmark. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/10 The initiative is in...
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Ipsos: we love and fear artificial intelligence at the same time
According to a global AI monitor survey by Ipsos (published in June 2024, involving 32 countries and nearly 24,000 respondents), half of us are enthusiastic about AI and the other...
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Digital companies in Hungary
How are Hungarian firms performing in terms of digitalisation compared to their EU competitors? That’s the question GKI’s analysis aims to answer. This article is available for reading in Trade...
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Increased demand for vegan food at UK airports
Holidaymakers with a traditional preference for a meat-heavy breakfast and beer are increasingly opting for vegan meals, snacks and dairy substitutes at UK airports, while many have swapped beer for...
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Norway’s Kiwi promotes healthy eating by cutting vegetable prices in early autumn
Norwegian discount retailer Kiwi is cutting the prices of 25 of its best-selling vegetables, since shoppers see price as the biggest barrier to healthy eating. Seven out of ten shoppers...
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Comprehensive survey on domestic cheese consumption
The objective of the Milk Interbranch Organisation and Dairy Board is to get more Hungarian cheese into Hungarian households, therefore the focus of its communication campaign for 2024-2025 is on...
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Not just burgers and meatballs from the new vegan meat brand in Europe
A new plant-based meat brand inspired by Beyond Meat, Moving Mountains and Heura has been launched in the European market, which the company says offers a tasty and high-quality alternative...
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China filed the most GenAI patents
According to the latest report from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a total of 54,000 GenAI patents were filed worldwide between 2014 and 2023 – and more than 25%...
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We slaughtered less, but exported more cattle
According to AKI slaughtering statistics, cattle slaughtering in January-July 2024 was 10.2% below the January-July 2023 level in live weight. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/10...
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New generation of plant-based meat alternatives are high in salt and expensive
While the vast majority of plant-based meat substitutes significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and water use compared to meat, they tend to be more expensive, according to a report by...
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Tip or service fee
Service fee is a statutory type of revenue for a catering establishment that can only be used to pay the wages of its staff. It is paid to all employees,...
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Dunnhumby and Placer.ai use new AI-based tool to analyse competitive threat
Dunnhumby and Placer.ai have developed a new AI tool for assessing the competitive threat retailers represent, and providing information on what features are attractive to shoppers at geographic, chain and store...
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Amazon uses AI to scan products for defects before delivery
Amazon uses AI to detect faulty products before they are delivered. Amazon’s “Project P.I” model (P.I. stands for private investigator) combines generative AI with computer vision to help find defects...
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No more raspberries, say hello to figs
Owing to the climate change, plant species that once thrived in the region are disappearing from the Carpathian Basin. Raspberries are scarce, while figs and some banana varieties are becoming...
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Agora Vision: Demand for Hungarian Products won’t drop in the future
Hungarian Product Nonprofit Kft. hosted its 10th anniversary conference in Tata. The main topics were the future of the food industry, trade and innovations. This article is available for reading in...
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Many Hungarian companies are already using AI
In early August Hungarian Product conducted a survey among 260 of its trademark-using partners, to find out to what extent they have introduced AI into their business and production processes...
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Was the “chips tax” a success – how to fight obesity in Hungary?
More and more Hungarians are struggling with being overweight and the situation is getting worse. If we take a look at the figures, we can see that obesity is a growing...
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Pastry roll wins star
The bakery of Bonbonier Chocolate Manufaktúra has won a star at the Great Taste Awards, with its puff pastry roll made with caramelised cinnamon and apple. After winning twenty chocolate...
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On the threshold of a paradigm shift in food supply – Food policy analyst Réka Szöllősi was the guest at the September meeting of Chain Bridge Club
First Réka Szöllősi told in her retrospective that consumer protection aspects increasingly replaced technological and food safety standards in the European Union between 2004 and 2010: salt reduction, trans-fats, public...
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Zalando and OpenAI deepen cooperation
Zalando is back on track: in the second quarter both sales and profits increased. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/10 The future may bring greater use...
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Front and back
Earlier this year John Lee, owner of Cafe W in New York, asked his staff to create a new croissant based on the onigiri (a Japanese rice ball, which is...
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Just Eat Takeaway is losing market share
Just Eat Takeaway reported a 6% drop in the number of orders placed in the third quarter at 211.1 million, with the decline particularly significant in the US at minus...
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Omnichannel Scale 2024: How can Hungarian retailers remain competitive?
The Omnichannel Scale 2024 study gives a comprehensive overview of how retailers can seize the opportunities, while facing the challenges of implementing an omnichannel strategy. This article is available for...
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Hungarian AI software rewrites the international business world in hospitality
AI-powered Everguest Intelligence offers a complete solution for the everyday tasks of tourism and hospitality professionals. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/10 100% Hungarian developed Everguest...
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Hello METRO, HelloPay!
Starting in July, the popular HelloPay integrated catering system – which has been a success at numerous festivals and catering venues – is available for purchase from METRO and from...
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Consumption could recover in 2025
At the end of August the Equilibrium Institute published its quarterly macroeconomic report and PwC partner Gábor Farkas discussed the main points with Ákos Kozák, economic research director of the...
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Financial support for rural hospitality units
At the beginning of September, the third phase of the HUF 13bn funding scheme by the Hungarian government for rural catering businesses ended. In the fourth phase, rural cafés and...
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