SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — With just one month remaining until South Korea’s much-debated delivery fee reform takes effect, questions over its effectiveness are growing. Opposition from franchise operators and the rise of “dual pricing” systems among small business owners are fueling concerns that the reform could exacerbate, rather than resolve, industry tensions. Critics [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The competition among South Korea’s major food delivery apps — Baedal Minjok, Coupang Eats and Yogiyo — to poach customers from one another is intensifying into a bruising battle. The clash among the three services erupted last year over discounts on delivery fees. After a brief lull, their rivalry reignited [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Woowa Brothers Corp., operator of the popular food delivery app Baedal Minjok, said Friday it shifted to a net profit in 2022 from a year earlier on increased demand for food delivery services during the pandemic. The delivery app operator swung to a net profit of 275.8 billion won [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top food delivery app Baedal Minjok, or Baemin, saw its sales nearly double in 2020 from a year earlier amid the coronavirus pandemic, its operator said Tuesday. Baemin’s top line stood at 1.09 trillion won (US$960 million) last year, up 94.4 percent from a year earlier, according [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The CEO of South Korea’s top food delivery app operator, Woowa Brothers Corp., said Thursday that he will donate more than half of his wealth, estimated to be more than 1 trillion won (US$905 million). “My wife Bomi Sul and I hereby pledge that we will return more than [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The pending merger between the nation’s number one food delivery app Baedal Minjok (Baemin), and Yogiyo, the industry’s second largest player, has led to a growing negative public sentiment with widespread concerns about monopolistic behavior. In particular, recent changes to Baemin’s fee system from a flat rate to a [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Woowa Brothers Corp., South Korea’s top food delivery app operator, said Friday it swung to an operating loss in 2019 despite a jump in sales. Its operating losses stood at 36.4 billion won (US$29.2 million) last year, a sharp turnaround from operating gains of 52.5 billion won a year [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Woowa Brothers Corp., the operator of delivery app Baedal Minjok, said Thursday that it will introduce an artificial intelligence (AI) delivery service for the first time in South Korea. The company explained that the system will be launched in the Songpa and Gangdong districts in Seoul on February 27 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Woowa Brothers Corp., the operator of delivery app Baedal Minjok, completed a test drive of autonomous driving delivery robots at Konkuk University from December 18 to 25. The robots covered a distance of 1,250 kilometers during the test period, succeeding in delivering a total of 2,219 orders. Robots operating [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Germany-based company Delivery Hero has agreed to buy South Korea’s top food delivery app operator, Woowa Brothers Corp., for US$4 billion, industry officials said Friday. The German firm, which also has second-biggest delivery player Yogiyo under its wing, will acquire an 87 percent stake in Woowa Borthers, operators of [...]