SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Fast food chains are expanding rapidly, boosted by delivery and kiosk services. Lotteria Co., a South Korean fast food franchise, revealed that 27.9 percent of total sales this year came from delivery services, which means that one out of four customers ordered Lotteria hamburgers through delivery. South Korean hamburger chain [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 60 percent of outlets operated by two leading fast food restaurants, McDonald’s and Lotteria, have electronic kiosks, industry officials said Thursday. A total of 825 out of 1,350 Lotteria branches across the country, or 62 percent, currently operate automated kiosks for ordering food, they said. “Most of [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The McDonald’s outlet at exit No. 3 of Seoul’s Shinchon Station: for many, it was more than a run-of-the-mill burger place to grab a bite to eat. “Looking for a job after graduation, I spent many hours there for group studies and mock interviews with other applicants,” said Song [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Government data has revealed nearly 4 in 10 South Korean adult men are obese, despite Koreans in general being some of the slimmest people among developed countries. According to the National Health Insurance Services’ 2017 Obesity White Paper last week, nearly 34 percent of South Koreans who received a [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — As the controversy surrounding an undercooked patty that allegedly gave a four-year-old girl severe kidney damage continues, negative words related to fears over burgers are increasingly being used on social media, big data suggests. According to data released by AI-based big data analytics company Daumsoft, burgers were predominantly mentioned [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Fast food restaurants offering burgers and fries found few takers as stores sat nearly empty over the weekend thanks to a “burger phobia” that is spreading like wildfire. The heightened wariness towards eating hamburgers is due to the belief that they may contain undercooked or unhealthy ingredients. The phrase “burger [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Stores and restaurants near Gwanghwamun Square, which has been the center of mass candlelight protests for almost two months, have seen sales soar with the ongoing civil unrest. According to KB Kookmin Card, the number of credit card transactions increased by 24 percent to 1,086,910 compared to last year [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Carbonated drinks have enjoyed rising popularity in South Korea over the past three years as younger customers are drinking more soda with fast food and Westernized meals, industry data showed Wednesday. The carbonated drink market was estimated at 936.2 billion won (US$856.1 million) in 2015, up from 848.6 billion [...]
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, Dec.31 (Korea Bizwire) –The year of 2015 saw the most changes in food policies among key global food companies, according to NPR, the public broadcasting station in American media. First of all, fast food chains have switched their menu items to use organic ingredients. McDonalds announced that they will gradually eliminate the use of [...]