SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. food chain McDonald’s said Friday that it will raise its menu prices largely due to increased costs, joining rivals such as KFC for price hikes. According to McDonald’s Korea, the company’s South Korean unit, the average price of its eight menu items will rise by 1.36 percent starting [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The story of a young boy who passed away with warm memories of a kind McDonald’s employee is moving the hearts of the South Korean public. Last May, Lee Seong-min, the manager of the McDonald’s Korea’s Topdong Store in Jeju Island, met with a 5-year old boy suffering from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — McDonald’s Korea said Tuesday it has reached a settlement with a girl suffering from so-called “hamburger disease” to pay medical bills for her treatment, in an apparent effort to ease negative public sentiment over the U.S. fast food chain. A mother filed a complaint against the Korean arm of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The prosecution has decided to reinvestigate the local unit of McDonald’s over allegations that undercooked burgers sold at its restaurants caused illness among some customers, officials said Friday. Reversing its 2018 decision to drop the related charges, state prosecutors said they will resume the probe into the so-called burger [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean civic group on Wednesday filed a petition against the local unit of McDonald’s with the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, demanding criminal punishment for the American fast food chain on suspicion of covering up contaminated food supplies. The group, named Political Mamas, held a news conference [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 60 percent of outlets operated by two leading fast food restaurants, McDonald’s and Lotteria, have electronic kiosks, industry officials said Thursday. A total of 825 out of 1,350 Lotteria branches across the country, or 62 percent, currently operate automated kiosks for ordering food, they said. “Most of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A man who has been working for many years as a delivery person at McDonald’s covered his face up by wearing a helmet, sunglasses and a face mask to protest against the American fast food chain’s dress code policy of requiring workers to wear jeans while on duty, at [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The McDonald’s outlet at exit No. 3 of Seoul’s Shinchon Station: for many, it was more than a run-of-the-mill burger place to grab a bite to eat. “Looking for a job after graduation, I spent many hours there for group studies and mock interviews with other applicants,” said Song [...]
OAK BROOK, Ill., March 20, 2018 (Korea Bizwire) — Today, McDonald’s announces it will partner with franchisees and suppliers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to McDonald’s restaurants and offices by 36% by 2030 from a 2015 base year in a new strategy to address global climate change. Additionally, McDonald’s commits to a 31% reduction [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Changes are occurring rapidly in the service industry as the minimum wage hike implemented this year has spurred on efforts to scale back labor costs. While convenience store chains are expeditiously implementing automated stores, dining establishments are actively experimenting with expanded self-service and self-checkout policies. Per industry insiders, Emart [...]