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Soaring Electricity Bills and ‘Cafe Squatters’ Squeeze South Korean Coffee Shop Owners

Soaring Electricity Bills and ‘Cafe Squatters’ Squeeze South Korean Coffee Shop Owners

SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – As the summer heat intensifies in South Korea, cafe owners are feeling a different kind of burn: skyrocketing electricity bills and diminishing profits due to lingering customers.  Yeo, the 30-year-old owner of a small cafe in Seoul’s Dongjak district, was taken aback after receiving the shop’s latest electricity bill. The [...]

Hollys Coffee Replaces Starbucks as Most Satisfactory Coffee Brand

Hollys Coffee Replaces Starbucks as Most Satisfactory Coffee Brand

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Hollys Coffee Co., a South Korean coffee shop chain, replaced Starbucks as country’s most loved and satisfactory coffee brand. The Korea Consumer Agency conducted a survey of 1,031 consumers between September 4 and 16 frequenting six major coffee brands in South Korea, in which Hollys Coffee received the highest [...]

Arkay Beverages Announces the Worldwide Launch of Arkay Depot & Social Cafe!

Arkay Beverages Announces the Worldwide Launch of Arkay Depot & Social Cafe!

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — New social cafe concept is launched by Arkay! Arkay depot & social cafe is a hybrid between a retail store and a coffee shop. Arkay Beverages, the maker of the world’s first alcohol free liquor collection, is launching this new concept of store and cafe where consumer [...]