Convenience Store In-flight Meal Boxes Gain Popularity | Be Korea-savvy

Convenience Store In-flight Meal Boxes Gain Popularity


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SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire)As expectations for a possible easing of foreign travel restrictions are rising with the increasing number of COVID-19 vaccine recipients, in-flight meal boxes are gaining popularity at convenience stores.

Convenience store chain Emart24’s two in-flight meal boxes released on May 1 saw a 21 percent increase in sales between May 17 and 30, and 42 percent increase between May 24 and June 6.

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The rate of sales increase spiked particularly high in business districts, where office workers and employees scrambled to buy in-flight meal boxes.

Between May 27 and June 9, sales of in-flight meal boxes in business districts jumped by 106 percent, surpassing sales in residential areas(73 percent), school districts (62 percent), and entertainment districts (14 percent).

Image Credit: Emart24 / photonews@koreabizwire.com

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