SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has shown that purchases of ingredients needed for cooking are dropping as more people are buying home meal replacement (HMR) products. In addition, fewer South Korean households are making their own kimchi, which explains the increasing consumption of packed kimchi and dwindling sales of pepper paste [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – CJ Cheiljedang Corp., South Korea’s leading processed foods maker, said Wednesday it will invest 200 billion won (US$176 million) to further foster its instant meal business in the next three years to meet robust consumer demands. The affiliate of the country’s food and entertainment giant CJ said it aims [...]
JEJU, Nov.18 (Korea Bizwire) – Bringing instant food to school will be banned in all regions of Jeju Island starting next year, and a smartphone ban will be implemented in 2017. The Jeju Education Office is taking extreme measures to lower the obesity rate of students, which is the highest in the nation, and improve [...]