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Seoul to Team Up With Coffeehouse Chains for Recycling Effort

Seoul to Team Up With Coffeehouse Chains for Recycling Effort

SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government is teaming up with major coffeehouse chains in South Korea for a new recycling project that will see a weekly dose of coffee grounds reused as fertilizer and disposable cups collected for recycling, as part of a new environmental initiative set to kick off next month. [...]

Franchise Coffee Shops Hit by Cheap Coffee Amid Economic Slowdown

Franchise Coffee Shops Hit by Cheap Coffee Amid Economic Slowdown

SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Major franchise coffee shops in South Korea saw their revenue fall in 2015 in the face of tougher competition with cheap take-out coffee amid economic slowdown, heading to another tough year, data showed Tuesday. Homegrown coffee brands have sprung up in Asia’s fourth-largest economy over the past decade to [...]

S. Korea’s Imports of Coffee to Hit Record in 2015

S. Korea’s Imports of Coffee to Hit Record in 2015

SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s coffee imports are expected to set a new annual record in 2015, the customs office said Sunday, driven by soaring demand from local consumers. Asia’s fourth-largest economy imported a record 102,500 tons of coffee in the January-September period, up 3.2 percent from the same period last year, [...]

Caffe Bene Sued for Unfair Franchise Practice

Caffe Bene Sued for Unfair Franchise Practice

SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Caffe Bene, Korea’s largest specialty coffee shop franchise, is sued by the Korean Fair Trade Committee for unfair trading practices including passing promotional cost on to café owners and limiting rights to choose interior designers. On August 4, Korea’s fair trading regulator ordered the coffee franchise to remedy its business [...]