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 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — True to form the latest Michelin Guide Seoul recommends the best places to eat in South Korea’s capital city with posh five-star hotel restaurants to small noodle places being lauded for their culinary excellence and service. Its third edition, which once again demonstrated its love for local cuisine, the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Coffee Korea Co. is adding 300 more ‘cashless shops’ in addition to the 103 stores currently in operation, starting on Monday. Cashless stores recommend that customers use a means of payment other than cash. The company noted that adding 300 more cashless stores would amount to one-third of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Michelin Guide on Thursday announced its selection of 26 restaurants in Seoul with unique cuisine and quality, including two new two-star eateries. Two restaurants — fine dining Korean restaurant Gaon and La Yeon, a traditional Korean cuisine restaurant at Hotel Shilla — maintained three-star ratings for a third [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Approximately 1 out of 10 franchised stores selling coffee and beverages shut down last year due to sluggish sales and other factors. Experts cite heightened competition within the saturated franchise market as the main issue, resulting in a wider polarization between successful and unsuccessful franchise business outlets. According to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Some 10,000 yogurt carts — small movable vending stations selling yogurt products that are ubiquitous in South Korean towns and cities — will be used as platforms to measure fine dust levels across the country. SK Telecom Co. announced on Monday that it will be introducing a fine dust [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A festival of traditional Korean food, known as hansik in Korean, kicked off in Seoul on Thursday as South Korea pushes to promote the country’s food culture around the world, the government said. The two-day 2018 World Hansik Festival, featuring cooking shows by star chefs and a program of [...]