SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven in 10 households made online purchases of processed foods in 2024, a survey showed Tuesday, marking a sharp increase from a year earlier and a significant change in where and how people shop. According to the survey conducted by the Korea Rural Economic Institute, 72.3 percent of households [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Fresh and processed food sales are on the rise as more people are choosing to dine at home instead of going to a restaurant due to rising consumer prices. Major online shopping mall Gmarket, citing its sales data for the third quarter of this year, said Wednesday that fresh [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s expenditure on processed food consumption grew approximately 18 percent during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, a public institution survey analysis showed Tuesday. According to the state-run Rural Development Administration (RDA), the country’s estimated spending on processed foods totaled 47.1 trillion won last year, up 18.4 percent [...]
HONGSEONG, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Bass and bluegills, the two major invasive alien species in South Korea, will be used as ingredients in high-quality processed foods. South Chungcheong Provincial Office said Thursday that it had successfully developed meat products made with bass and bluegills in the form of processed crab sticks, sausages and fish [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Korean households are using the internet and mobile devices to buy food, a recent study has revealed. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI) conducted a survey of 2,016 households, 78.6 percent of whom responded that [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Around 60 percent of South Korean households purchased ready-made food over the past year, with dumplings and pizza being the most popular, data showed Wednesday. According to the findings by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the two dishes were the most popular ready-made food products, followed [...]