SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — About 1,000 food delivery workers will walk off the job next week as part of a general strike called by one of the country’s two umbrella labor organizations, union officials said Friday. Delivery workers of South Korea’s leading food delivery services, Baedal Minjok, Coupang Eats and Yogiyo, designated Wednesday [...]
INCHEON, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — In response to the recent decision by an apartment complex to allow entry of delivery motorcycles only via underground parking lots, delivery personnel and businesses have decided to reject all deliveries to the complex. Rider Union, a labor union representing gig workers of food delivery apps, announced that it [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s agriculture ministry said Friday it has set aside 20 billion won (US$17 million) to offer rebates to users of food delivery apps to promote social distancing and support local restaurants. Under the program set to start Wednesday, the government will provide a 10,000 won refund to those [...]
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. 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, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Delivery apps and restaurant search platforms are stepping up to revise reviews and star rating systems, in response to numerous restaurants struggling with malicious reviews and absurdly low star ratings. Last week, major food delivery platform Coupang Eats introduced a new feature that allows restaurants to reply to customer [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Food delivery orders increased sharply in the first week after the government imposed its toughest social distancing rules in the Seoul metropolitan area. During the period from July 12 to 15 when the Level 4 social distancing rules were introduced for the Seoul metropolitan area, the country’s top two [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Kim Tae-han (alias), a 27-year-old former restaurant owner in southern Seoul, said one of his most important daily routines was checking reviews of his store on food delivery platforms. Kim, who has now quit his restaurant business, said that one day he had to drive his car to visit [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — People playing online games spend more on their phone plans and food delivery services than those who do not. Shinhan Card Co., a major credit card company, analysed transaction data for last year’s first quarter, which showed that PC or mobile game users spent an average of 104,000 won [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of South Koreans are choosing takeout rather than delivery when they use food delivery apps. By doing so, they can save on delivery fees. According to Woowa Brothers, the operator of the nation’s top food delivery app, Baedal Minjok, the number of takeout orders recently marked [...]