SEOUL, Nov.12 (Korea Bizwire) – McDonald’s announced on November 11 that it will be providing its ‘Signature Burger’, a premium handmade burger, at six additional stores in the Gangnam area. Ordering one of the signature offerings gives a customer the chance to select the burger’s ingredients, from the patty to the bun, vegetables and even [...]
SEJONG, Nov.12 (Korea Bizwire) – Koreans have turned out to be the biggest consumers of instant ramen noodles in the world, feasting on an average of 76 packs of instant ramen noodles every year. Despite the declining growth of the domestic noodle industry, the ramen market has continued to expand, reaching a $180 million export [...]
SEOUL, Nov.11 (Korea Bizwire) – The American membership-only warehouse club ‘Costco Wholesale Korea’ opened its online shopping mall (www.costco.co.kr) on November 10. It is the first among the Asian countries Costco has entered, and the fifth online shopping site after the U.S., England, Canada and Mexico. Customers that are Costco members who register online can [...]
SEOUL, Nov.11 (Korea Bizwire) – Daum Kakao has announced that it has opened a mobile circulation platform for Jeju tangerines called ‘Kakao Farmer Jeju’. ‘Kakao Farmer Jeju’ was established with the intention to select the best produce and deliver it to consumers when it is in its most delicious state. Since this is a trial [...]
SEOUL, Nov.10 (Korea Bizwire) – Hanwoo (Korean beef) will soon be heading overseas. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs revealed that the quarantine procedures to export domestic beef, including Hanwoo, to Hong Kong are in the final procedures. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, full-scale discussions with Hong Kong [...]
SEOUL, Nov.9 (Korea Bizwire) – As convenient store meal boxes are high in demand, employees and franchise owners of Seven Eleven got together in competition to develop a new meal box menu. A total of 54 teams consisting of Seven Eleven franchise owners, employees and their families competed last month, and 10 teams moved on [...]
SUWON, Nov.6 (Korea Bizwire) – The ‘local food’ movement in Korea is growing in popularity as the interest in organic produce continues to rise. Local food refers to the practice of connecting food producers and consumers from the same region to minimize transportation distances and develop stronger food networks. With produce being grown in the [...]
SEOUL, Nov.5 (Korea Bizwire) – SPC Group announced that it has opened a Paris Baguette store in Las Vegas, which is a first in the Korean confectionery and bakery industry. The Las Vegas store is the company’s 44th store to open in America, and is situated in the Grand Canal Shoppes, which is a large [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of kimchi refrigerators have shown a sharp uptick in the past year. The appliances, which have a typical replacement period of 10 years, are in high demand with an increase in the number of people moving due to soaring rental costs. According to Emart, total sales of kimchi [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) –Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Sunday he will recommend “samgyetang,” or South Korea’s ginseng chicken soup, to his people, a day after the neighbors agreed to draw up rules to pave the way for exporting the signature dish to China. “I will recommend samgyetang to China through this visit [...]