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 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean food delivery app users order food at least five times a month on average, according to recent data. Woowa Brothers Corp., operator of the country’s top food delivery app Baedal Minjok, reported that each user ordered food from 35 stores on average last year. The proportion of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans likely spent more than 12 trillion won (US$10.9 billion) on the country’s top two food delivery services, Baedal Minjok and Yogiyo, last year amid the stay-at-home trend driven by the pandemic, data showed Tuesday. Total credit card and mobile transactions on the delivery services reached an estimated [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Acts of so-called ‘ratings terrorism’ are hurting small eateries as food delivery orders continue to rise following the coronavirus outbreak. Ever since food delivery has become an important factor in surviving the COVID-19 era, reviews and ratings have also become powerful tools that can sway consumer choice. While some [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The growing number of delivery bikers prompted by stricter social distancing measures is leading to higher demand for delivery bags and other delivery necessities. Gmarket, a major online shopping mall, reported a 168 percent increase in delivery bag sales between December and January. Over the same period, sales of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Koreans are jumping into the food delivery business as cases are being reported of delivery personnel earning high incomes. Experts estimate that there are now more than 400,000 ‘food delivery bikers’ in South Korea to cope with spiking demand for food delivery following the [...]