SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s beer imports dropped 20 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, according to data on Wednesday, as beer purchases from China plunged following the release of a viral video showing a man urinating into a tank at Tsingtao Brewery last year. The country imported US$45.16 [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Consumer preferences for imported beer, a popular convenience store purchase, are changing. CU, a convenience store chain operated by BGF Retail Co., analyzed the changes in the percentage of beer sales by country of origin over the past five years, and found that the status of Japanese beer, which [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The Chinese beer Tsingtao has emerged as the No. 1 import brand in South Korea at a leading supermarket chain, industry data showed Friday, amid the rising popularity of Chinese cuisine in the country. According to the data compiled by E-Mart, Tsingtao outpaced other rivals in sales over the January-March [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Chinese beer is becoming popular in the Korean market. According industry officials, leading the way is Tsingtao, a beer that first appeared on Korean shores in 2000. Tsingtao’s roots trace back to 1903, when a brewery was established in Qingdao, China with German equipment and technology. It became the biggest [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean foods like tteokbokki (stir-fried rice cakes) and bulgogi (sliced and seasoned barbecued beef) have set off for China to start a new Korean wave. The ‘Korean Food Fair 2015: Tsingtao, China’ that opened on August 29 has been packed with Chinese people. Long lines were formed in front of [...]