SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey showed that more people are skipping meals following the onset of the pandemic era. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) studied the results of the national health and nutrition survey, in which the percentage of people who skipped either breakfast, lunch, or dinner the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Franchise coffee chains in South Korea are going beyond desserts to sell full meals. Angel-in-us Coffee, the cafe chain operated by South Korean retail giant Lotte, sold 500,000 Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches in the second quarter of this year, with sales increasing steadily since the sandwich was first introduced [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — As public schools continue to offer remote classes, Seoul’s education authorities are offering vouchers to prevent children from skipping meals and buy food from local convenience stores. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said Monday that it will team up with the Seoul Metropolitan Government, its 25 districts, and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Service members will be able to enjoy new menu items and diverse foods, such as hamburgers from famous burger chains and salmon, at barracks next year. According to the defense ministry’s new guidelines on military meals for 2021, two dozen new menu items will be added to a list [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study found that the share of carbohydrates in the caloric content of one meal for South Korean adults averages a whopping 67 percent. Researchers at Gangnam Severance Hospital in Seoul tracked 42,192 adults who participated in separate national health and nutritional surveys conducted between 2007 and 2015. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean market for ready-to-eat products increased 14 percent in 2018 on the back of rising demand from single-member households, seniors and others who seek convenience, data showed Sunday. The sales of home meal replacements (HMRs) reached 3 trillion won (US$2.47 billion) in 2018, rising from 2.6 trillion [...]