Tag Archives: competition

WorldSkills, the bi-annual youth contest for newly graduated students of 40 professions was regularly organised in the past 80 years. This year Calgary was the host and Hungary sent representatives of 13 professions (one competitor with an accompanying expert). Zsolt Berki earned the right to participate this spring; his mentor...

Vilmos Kreil, the president of the Hungarian Bocuse d’Or Academy informed the public that according to Yves Huncler, there was a chance of 83-year old Paul Bocuse visiting the Hungarian final. Mr Kreil is of the opinion that Erik Schröter, the Michelin star-holder chef of Cateau Visz will be a...

The Hungarian Bocuse d’Or Academy and Hungexpo invited 4 famous French chefs for 5-6 October, owners of prestigious restaurants in Lyon. They met members of the Academy and went to Café Erté, Bock Bisztró and Gundel. They spoke with great respect about the cuisine of Bock Bisztró, the kitchen of...

As part of the Hoventa trade exhibition, the Central European preliminaries of the Global Chefs Challenge were organised for the second time. Tamás Tóth and Zsolt Berki put on a great display and finished fourth only by a whisker. The Dutch team won, followed by the Swiss and the Luxembourgers.

According to Dr Judit Firniksz, a competition law expert with law firm Réti, Antall and Madl Landwell, a concentration process took place in Hungarian food retail in the past 15 years and unique. Smaller stores established franchise systems and managed to compete with multinational chains successfully and Hungarian retail chains...

In just four months, FOODAPEST opens its gates in Hungexpo Budapest Fair Center. We are happy to inform you that in 2010 Trade Magazine will be the official journal of FOODAPEST. In the next issue of our magazine, you can read more about the programmes resulting from this cooperation. Preparations...

The Competition Authority launched a re-investigation at several chains of stores, to make sure whether they have complied their previous commitments The Economic Competition Authority among other things, investigated the supplier contracts of Tesco, Provera, the Auchan and Metro last year, to verify that they did not abuse with their...

Hoventa trade fair, the biggest annual event of the Hungarian hotel, restaurant and catering sector will be held on 6-9 October for the 28th time. According to Mária Etele, managing director of the organiser company, economic recession did lots of harm to the industry, because even those decided to stay...

Cheese is one of the categories where thriftiness has driven consumers to turn to cheaper products and distribution channels, resulting in growth for discounts and private labels. Average prices were down to the level of 2006 and even lower last year. – Customers of premium cheese products have not been...

The European Commission proposes new measures to help dairy producers – announced Mariann Fischer Boel, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development in Brussels. Meanwhile, the European Parliament calls for more decisive actions. The measures includes the state aid process, which has already been launched, allowing member states to provide emergency...