SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The usage rate of food delivery apps developed by municipal governments to reduce the burden on small businesses remains low despite lower commission fees compared to private delivery apps, a report said Thursday. According to a survey of about 3,000 dining businesses conducted by the Korea Agro-Fisheries Trade Corp. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A considerable part of the revenue generated by small restaurants and bars in South Korea comes from food delivery apps, a survey showed Thursday. The Small Enterprise and Market Service conducted a survey of 300 small restaurants and bars, which showed that they had used delivery apps for an [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The spread of COVID-19 led to a 30-percent increase in the monthly food delivery app usage per person last year, a private think tank said Thursday. The Hana Institute of Finance analyzed Hana Card Co.’s transaction data from January 2020 to late last year, which showed that each person used [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean food delivery apps will introduce a new function that will allow users to ask for less salt and sugar. The Ministry of Health and Welfare on Monday held the National Health Policy Deliberation Committee and resolved the 3rd National Nutrition Management Basic Plan (2022-2026). First of all, [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — One out of three restaurants in South Korea turned out to have used food delivery apps last year, a state think tank said Sunday. According to a survey conducted by the Korea Rural Economic Institute of 3,198 eateries and bars across the country, the share of those who use [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Food delivery app sales have spiked in proportion to the overall restaurant industry in the last two years with the spread of the contactless mode of consumption in the pandemic era, a report said Monday. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs reported that according to consumption data [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A civic group revealed that the use of disposable spoons declined sharply over the past month after food delivery apps changed their default option for spoon selection, an environmental advocacy group said Thursday. Green Korea United announced that the use of disposable spoons is estimated to have declined by [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — An unfair provision in the terms and conditions set by delivery apps that exempts them from responsibility for any misdelivery has been corrected, South Korea’s antitrust regulator said Wednesday. The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) announced that Baedal Minjok and Yogiyo, the country’s No. 1 and 2 delivery apps, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly 4 in 10 South Korean consumers depend on reviews to choose restaurants from food delivery apps, a consumer advocacy group said Tuesday. The Consumers Union of Korea conducted a survey of 500 people over 20 years of age who had used a delivery app in the previous three [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s antitrust regulator on Monday gave a conditional approval to a US$4 billion deal for Germany’s Delivery Hero (DH) to buy the country’s top food delivery app operator, Woowa Brothers. The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) said it granted the permission for the takeover on condition that DH [...]