SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Samjin Food, the leading brand of fish cakes, said Friday it will open its first store in the Philippines this weekend, as it expands its market presence in Asia. The new store will open at the Ayala Malls Circuit in the city of Makati, close to Manila, on Sunday, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Pizza Hut Korea said Wednesday it has launched a test operation of a robot to serve food to customers as the company moves to strengthen its competitiveness with cutting-edge technologies. The robot, dubbed Dilly Plate, was unveiled at one of its stores in western Seoul on Monday for a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The price of popular foods for eating out has risen up to nearly 10 percent over the past year in the capital city, the latest data from the Korea Consumer Agency showed on Tuesday. The agency’s portal that provided the data showed that the price of “naengmyeon,” buckwheat noodles [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Shipments of soju, a distilled Korean liquor, to Southeast Asian countries rose sharply in the first half of this year thanks to the expansion of the Korean wave in the region, a liquor maker said Sunday. Overseas sales of soju products made by Hite Jinro Co. in Vietnam, Cambodia, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Although instant noodles are not exempt from the low growth that the food industry is currently facing, demand for instant noodles has soared due to the increase in single-person households. According to the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (aT), which analyzed sales data of instant cup noodles, the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Prices of agricultural products in South Korea have spiked as the country grapples with a record-breaking heat wave, the government said Wednesday. The wholesale price of agricultural products is 6.5 percent higher than average as of late last month, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — As temperatures continue to hover close to 40 degrees Celsius, sales of energy drinks were found to have jumped fivefold in recent days. According to the e-commerce website Gmarket, sales of all drinks between July 1 and 26 increased by 23 percent compared to the same period last year. [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of the traditional alcoholic beverage “makgeolli” declined nearly 5 percent in 2017, marking a drop for the sixth consecutive year as it failed to attract consumers from the United States and China, government data showed Tuesday. Outbound shipments of the Korean rice wine came to US$12.25 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — An unconventional section has made its way into the fresh meat category at Hyundai Department Store’s Mokdong branch. The new section only offers “ethical meat produced on healthy farms” certified for having guaranteed proper welfare for the animals. With an increasing number of South Koreans opting to exercise ethical [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A prolonged heat wave in South Korea is boosting sales of stamina food in lieu of diet products, industry data showed Tuesday. The entire country has been hit by scorching weather over the past two weeks, with daytime highs soaring above 38 degrees Celsius in Seoul and most other [...]