SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Coffee Korea Co. removed plastic straws from local stores and replaced them with those made with paper Monday, in line with the company’s efforts to protect the environment. The move came after Starbucks began a trial run of paper straws at around 100 shops across the country in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — One of New York’s popular hand-crafted beer franchises has revealed its intention to open up shop in South Korea if the country changes its liquor taxation policy from ad valorem duties to unit taxation. “The Jeju Beer Company will begin production of Brooklyn Brewery beers as soon as unit [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — So-called ‘idol sandwiches,’ known to be favored by certain K-pop stars, are selling like hotcakes at convenience stores. GS25, a major convenience store franchise, said that YouUs Idol’s Favorite Sandwich topped all food sales charts just two and a half months after its release, with more than 5 million [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — One out of three Koreans eat out regularly according to a study conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Centers for Disease Control (KCDC). An increasing number of South Koreans are skipping breakfast and relying on convenience foods such as fruits, beverages, or cup noodles as [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Exports of traditional rice-based food, such as “tteok” and “topokki,” are on the rise amid growing global demand for Korean food, data by the state-run food trade corporation showed Sunday. According to the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp. (aT Center), exports of South Korean-made tteok products that include [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular South Korean food products are gaining ground in the Chinese online food market. Online direct purchasing, where customers buy products directly from sellers rather than through agents, is becoming extremely popular among Chinese consumers interested in Korean food products. The Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corp. (aT) announced [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Blue Bottle Coffee Co., an upscale U.S. coffee chain operator, said Wednesday that it will open its first Korean shop in Seoul in the second quarter of next year as the company moves to expand its presence in the Asian market. It said the new cafe and a roastery [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of its traditional chicken soup to China shot up in 2017 from three years earlier thanks to the dish’s growing popularity in the world’s most populous nation, data showed Monday. Exports of chicken soup, called “samgyetang” here, to China came to US$100,339 last year, up 22 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Exports of South Korean beer have jumped more than 50 percent so far this year compared with the same months last year, driven by growing popularity in China, data showed Wednesday. Figures from the Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp. (aT) showed exports of US$121 million in the January-September period, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — New data shows that South Korea is one of the 10 largest importers (in terms of price) of coffee products produced in the European Union (EU). According to Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, the sum amount of coffee products exported from the EU to South Korea last year totaled [...]