SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — As the financial strain on ordinary households continues to mount due to soaring food prices, the relatively affordable option of “ugly produce” is capturing consumers’ attention. The term “ugly produce” refers to fruits and vegetables with unconventional and irregular shapes, often rejected from conventional supermarkets due to superficial imperfections [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Less than 3 out of 10 South Koreans eat the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables every day, a public health agency said. According to statistics from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency based on the 2021 national health nutrition survey, 25.5 percent of Koreans over 6 years [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The growing number of single- or two-person households in South Korea is reflecting consumption trends that focus on convenience, altering sales of fruits. Discount retailer Emart Inc. said Sunday that strawberries and grapes were the most popular fruits last year. Apples and tangerines, which had topped the sales charts [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The sales of pre-cut fruits that can be eaten simply without the need to wash and cut them are picking up at convenience stores. Convenience store chain Emart 24 found that the sales of pre-cut fruits have grown by 28 percent on average per year over the past three [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Rising temperatures over the next decades are expected to make conditions for cultivating apples increasingly unfavorable in South Korea. The Rural Development Administration ran the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s 2020 report on the climate change scenario (SSP5-8.5) to see the change it may bring to the country’s [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — More mangos and olives, once comprising a majority of imported fruits and vegetables, are being grown in South Korea. The Rural Development Agency (RDA) reported Sunday that as of last month, subtropical fruits and vegetables are currently being grown by 1,376 farms across 311.4 hectares of land. The amount [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s recent trade agreements with major fruit exporters such as New Zealand and Chile have brought about a significant increase to consumption of imported fruits, thanks to lower prices. According to Emart, Korea’s leading retailer, sales of imported kiwis soared by 95.1 percent from January to August compared to [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of single-person households is rising rapidly across Korea. In fact, more than 24 percent of homes in Seoul are made up of just one person, with the rate expected to reach 30 percent in 2035. This phenomenon is also affecting the agriculture market. ‘The more the better’ [...]
CHUNGJU, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Chungju is a city in North Chungcheong Province famous for its apple orchards, but is now steadily expanding its agricultural production to tropical fruits. For the first time last year, Chungju cultivated passion fruits, which are native to tropical and subtropical regions. One passion fruit contains 36 percent of the recommended [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) - It turns out that six out of 10 office workers think that holiday gifts over 100,000 won given to public officials are a form of bribery. Tmon (www.tmon.co.kr), an online shopping site, asked 500 office workers between the ages of 20 and 50 if they thought presenting fruit, Hanwoo [...]