Xpat Interview: Shlomi Shlomovitz

  • 11 Oct 2010 12:00 PM
Xpat Interview: Shlomi Shlomovitz
Shlomi Shlomovitz is the Owner of www.pagonykozert.hu a new online shopping web site which offers supermarket products such as local and international food, cleaning material, drinks and pet food and offers free of charge delivery in most parts of Budapest.

Shlomi opened it’s shop in buda 12th district (tamasi aron utca 64) and is focusing in the Every Day Low Price policy, in the shop or on the web site, it is possible to find wide selection of low price products, as well as weekly and monthly special offers

After realizing the need for high level of service shlomi started to operate the Pagony Kozert online shop, which guarantee free delivery within 24-36 hours with no extra cost or minimal order requirement.

Shlomi has a B.A in Economics from Bar Ilan University in Israel, and computer programming experience from time spent in the Israeli army. As an Economist, he managed a few companies with real estate activities in Israel and in Hungary . He has been self-employed since 1994.

1.When did you arrive in Hungary and what brought you here?
In 2001, my mother was born in Hungary in hajdu county and was raised in Budapest (raday utca 56) we came to Hungary to inspect memories of her childhood and decided to stay.

2. Have you ever been an expatriate elsewhere?
First Xpat experience

3. What surprised you most about Hungary?
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4. Friends are in Budapest for a weekend--what must they absolutely see and do?
first thing to do will be to get a large bowl of spicy goulash soup, at night they should go to have a look on the city from the citadella. Szechny baths, shopping in vaci utca, some culture in one of the museums off the heroes square, in the summer a walk on Margit island is also a must.

5. What is your favorite Hungarian food?
Makos in all variations – makos Beigli, Makosguba, and every other variation of makos

6. What is never missing from your refrigerator?
Food which remind me of home – Hummus salad and a lot of vegetables

7. What is your favorite Hungarian word?
Lehetséges -possible

8. What do you miss the most from home?
sitting on the sea side on Friday noon with my friends , having a cold beer in the sun and do some man gossiping for couple of hours.

9. What career other than yours would you love to pursue?
cant really think of anything else I would like to do, my work involve being on the move all the time, meeting people and developing, wouldn’t change it.

10. What’s a job you would definitely never want?
Pathologist.

11. Where did you spend your last vacation?
Holland, one of the great places to be when you are vacationing with kids.

12. Where do you hope to spend your next one?
Spain

13. What was your favorite band, film, or hobby as a teen?
Dire Straits, basketball.

14. What can’t you resist?
A good chocolate dessert.

15. Red wine or white?
Red –Bikavér

16. Book or movie?
Book , like to read before I go to sleep.

17. Morning person or night person?
Morning

18. Dog person or cat person?
Dog

19. Buda side or Pest side?
Buda

20. What would you say is your personal motto?
Carpe Diem.

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