SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Owners of mom-and-pop restaurants and cafes in the greater Seoul area are considering scaling back operating hours for two weeks, as the country went into a semi-lockdown Monday and most people are expected to cancel dinner appointments and stay at home. The government imposed the most stringent social distancing [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Following the recent death of a restaurant owner who had a series of stressful interactions with a Coupang Eats customer asking for a refund, a number of reports have claimed that the service has abused food vendors. An online forum for small businesses in South Korea is becoming a [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of South Korean restaurants that shut down last year declined compared to a year earlier, data showed Wednesday. According to a report from the Korea Foodservice Industry Research Institute that analyzed data from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Neighborhood ‘mat-jibs’ are enjoying rising popularity in the midst of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. Mat-jib is a Korean term to describe a good and delicious restaurant. This trend indicates that people are showing more preference towards the restaurants in their neighborhood than those in remote areas. Shinhan Card Co., [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s hospitality industry has cut nearly 370,000 jobs over the past year in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Tuesday. Local accommodations and restaurants had a combined workforce of 1.965 million as of January, down 367,000 from a year earlier, according to the data from Statistics [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Restaurants, cafes and sporting facilities located outside the greater Seoul area will be allowed to stay open until 10 p.m. starting Monday, as the government decided to ease restrictions on their operating hours. Under the current social distancing scheme, businesses are required to close at 9 p.m., but the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Acts of so-called ‘ratings terrorism’ are hurting small eateries as food delivery orders continue to rise following the coronavirus outbreak. Ever since food delivery has become an important factor in surviving the COVID-19 era, reviews and ratings have also become powerful tools that can sway consumer choice. While some [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The COVID-19 pandemic dealt a heavy blow to South Korea’s restaurant industry last year. Particularly, entertainment bars and barbecue restaurants were hit the hardest. According to a recent report from the Korea Food Service Industry Association, the value of credit card payments reported by Shinhan Card Co. at restaurants [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is on track to install CCTV cameras in the kitchens of franchise restaurants, a move aimed at ensuring the safety of delivery food. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on Tuesday that it came up with a string of measures to strengthen food safety management [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The rapid growth of the food delivery market accelerated by the coronavirus outbreak is causing more disputes between restaurant owners and delivery riders. In the delivery market, where ‘time is money’, disputes between restaurant owners and riders occur over various delays. Restaurant owners blame the delivery riders for picking [...]