SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The price of popular dishes rose about 8 percent over a one-year period, the Korea Consumer Agency said Thursday. Posted on the agency’s price information site, the list of eight dishes measured between January of last and this year showed price increases for seven. “Gimbap,” a rice roll with [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans ate out less in 2018 than a year earlier as they tightened their belt amid a weak economy, a poll showed Monday. According to the survey of 3,014 people aged 20-69, South Koreans dined out an average of 20.8 times per month last year, compared with 21.8 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The production of sauces has increased in South Korea, as the prevalence of traditional “homemade” meals has waned and the popularity of convenience food and eating out has increased. Various sauces are being produced to meet consumer needs, but a drop in sales of traditional sauces including ketchup and [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The cost of eating out in South Korea rose to the highest level in nearly two years in January as a hike in ingredients and labor expenses drove up meal prices, data showed Saturday. The cost of meals sold at local restaurants and cafeterias increased 2.8 percent in January compared with a year earlier, the highest since February 2016, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea. Prices of cafeteria and boxed [...]
SEOUL, Nov.26 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey shows that 4 out of 10 adults in Korea eat out more than once a day, while spending an average of 10,110 won for lunch. According to Alix Partners, a global management consulting company, the results of its ‘2015 Survey on Food Service Industry Customers’ conducted with [...]