SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – McDonald’s Korea announced on April 17 that its sales reached nearly 1.3 trillion won last year, marking an all-time high for the fast-food chain in the country. Including franchise sales, the company’s total revenue amounted to 1.29 trillion won, surpassing the 1 trillion won mark for the third consecutive year [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) –McDonald’s Korea has introduced voice-guided self-service kiosks at some of its Seoul locations, making it the first fast-food chain in South Korea to do so. They did this to make it easier for visually impaired customers to order. These special kiosks, equipped with voice guidance software and touch pads, were [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — McDonald’s Korea was given a fine of 696 million won (US$532,110) on Wednesday after the personal data of 4.87 million customers was leaked to hackers due to the firm’s lax data management. The Personal Information Protection Commission handed out the fine to the Korean branch of the American fast [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Prosecutors said Tuesday they will not file charges against the local unit of McDonald’s, citing a lack of evidence undercooked burgers at its restaurants caused illness among some customers. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office released the result of its investigation into the fast food chain that was prompted [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – McDonald’s Korea said Friday it has suspended a contract with the supplier of the burger patties that are suspected of having caused consumers to get ill due to undercooking. “We’ve temporarily stopped receiving burger patties from Mckey Korea as of today,” the South Korean unit of the U.S. fast [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The local unit of U.S. fast food chain McDonald’s said Monday it will carry out inspections of all of its stores in South Korea after its allegedly undercooked burger patties were accused of causing health problems in local consumers. The Korea Food Safety Association (KFSA) will visit 440 McDonald’s [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The CEO of the South Korean unit of McDonald’s has finally apologized after growing criticism over the company’s undercooked patty controversy that reportedly left a number of children seriously ill. As the negative impact of s0 called ‘Hamburger Illness’, a term widely used in South Korea to refer to [...]
CHUNGJU, South Korea, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A regional court on Thursday dismissed an injunction request filed by the local unit of McDonalds seeking to stop the disclosure of a consumer report on hamburger patties, amid controversy over allegations that it served undercooked meat and caused some kids to get sick. The Korea Consumer [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Fast food chains have long been a staple of modern life in countries around the world, appealing to demographics crossing cultures and age groups. The familiar signs sported by the likes of McDonald’s and Burger King are globally accepted, even comforting to some. However, the recent controversy surrounding an allegedly undercooked [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A criminal complaint was lodged against the South Korean unit of McDonald’s on Wednesday by parents who claim that their daughter became permanently ill after eating one of its burgers that was served with undercooked meat. The plaintiffs said their four-year-old girl was diagnosed with hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS), a [...]