SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it will launch the Ramen Duction campaign using its BESPOKE induction cooktop in collaboration with instant noodle maker Nongshim Co. As part of the campaign, the two companies will launch a variety of souvenir events and showcase a jointly developed SCanCook simple cook function. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of Neoguri instant noodles, which gained international fame thanks to Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning movie “Parasite,” surged to hit the 100 billion won (US$90 million) milestone in the first 10 months of the year, announced Nongshim Co. on Thursday. Nongshim attributes the popularity of the noodles to the global craze [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top instant noodle maker Nongshim Co. said Wednesday that it will likely post record overseas sales this year thanks to strong demand amid the coronavirus pandemic. Nongshim forecast its overseas sales of instant noodles, or “ramyeon” in Korean, to amount to US$990 million this year, up 24 [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is a food lover’s paradise. And there are a wide range of delicious dishes in every corner of the country to suit every taste as its people enjoy various culinary delights anytime, anywhere. Among other things, South Korea has a wide variety of noodles on offer, including [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Nongshim Co., South Korea’s top instant noodles maker, announced a plan on Tuesday to spend US$200 million in constructing a new factory in the United States as it aims to meet growing demand there. Its second factory, to be built in Corona, California, will manufacture instant noodle products ranging [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Nongshim Co., the country’s top instant noodle maker, said Wednesday its best-selling instant noodles are now sold at every Walmart store in the United States, as it attempts to expand its presence in the global market. Nongshim said its Shin Ramyun is now being sold at 4,692 Walmart stores [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s food safety agency on Friday imposed a temporary sales ban on Pringles potato chips imported from Malaysia after the body of a lizard was found in one of the imported products. Nongshim Co., the local importer of Pringles chips, has also been ordered to recall all other [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Ramyeon, Korean instant noodles, have succeeded in captivating consumers in Taiwan, where its local brands of the food are becoming more popular in the market, South Korea’s trade agency said Thursday. According to the Taipei office of the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), Shin Ramyun, a spicy version of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Usually, the most popular kind of ramen in the summer is cold spicy noodles, but this year, Jajang ramen is in high demand. Due to its popularity, sales of ramen noodles, which have dropped over the past few years, are rebounding. According to Emart, even when the domestic market [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales volume of Nongshim instant noodle lineups hit a record on November 11, when Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group offered steep discounts on products on its website Taobao in celebration of Singles Day. Nongshim, South Korea’s largest processed food manufacturer, announced on November 13 that the sales [...]