SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Shinsegae Food Inc., a food manufacturing arm of South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae, announced on Tuesday the launch of the Better Burger. The burger is made with plant-based ingredients and is available through Shinsegae Food’s fast food hamburger chain, No Brand Burger. To create the burger, the company developed [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Michelin-star chef Gordon Ramsay’s Street Burger restaurant is set to open in Hyundai Department Store in southern Seoul, company officials said Monday. Street Burger is a namesake casual burger joint founded in 2020 by the British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. The Seoul restaurant will be the first global location [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Good Stuff Eatery (GSE), a premium burger brand frequented by popular figures like former U.S. President Barack Obama, has retracted its earlier announcement that it will retreat from South Korea after five months of operation, generating confusion. GSE’s first and only store in Gangnam, brought in by the food [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The local unit of a popular U.S. burger maker has stood atop in global sales, only seven months after its launch in Seoul on the back of swelling demand from local customers, the company said Monday. The Gangnam branch of Shake Shack Burger, located in the posh namesake district [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The launch of Shake Shack’s first Korean franchise on the main thoroughfare in Gangnam was met with unparalleled success, with the restaurant attracting an average of 3,000 visitors each day. The local operator of the franchise, SPC Group, is hoping to keep the momentum afloat by opening a second [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Shake Shack, a New York-based casual restaurant chain, finally launched the first of its long-anticipated Korean franchises last week. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the launch was followed by soaring popularity and public interest in premium homemade burgers. According to Gmarket, an e-commerce platform, sales of ‘hamburger makers’ skyrocketed by over 1,400 [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s burger fans will finally get to taste the delectable offerings of one of the most popular hamburger franchises in New York City: Shake Shack. Best known for its burger and milk shake combo, Shake Shack is an American fast casual restaurant. Last year, Korean food and confectionary giant SPC [...]
SEOUL, Nov.12 (Korea Bizwire) – McDonald’s announced on November 11 that it will be providing its ‘Signature Burger’, a premium handmade burger, at six additional stores in the Gangnam area. Ordering one of the signature offerings gives a customer the chance to select the burger’s ingredients, from the patty to the bun, vegetables and even [...]