2000. szeptember 30. 11:00
Over 300 participants represented the food industry and retail sector at the Progresszív Round Table 2000. This year was the first in which the conference lasted three days. The presentations gave an outline of the experiences to date of the food sector, as well as the trends expected in future. Several presentations were concerned with electronic commerce. The series of lectures entitled "Efficiency, Quality, Technology" was held on the third day, Friday. In his introductory speech topic leader István Matus, CEO of Bestfoods, outlined the main defining factors of the market. In his opinion it is only possible to survive in the long term by setting high targets. One has to be different with regard to selection, services, price, innovation, and the list goes on.