SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Bhc Group said Monday it has opened its first bhc chicken restaurant in North America as part of the overseas expansion of South Korea’s largest chicken franchise by sales. The new restaurant, located on Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, will be directly operated by the company and be used [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Welstory Inc., a catering service affiliate of Samsung Group, said Thursday it has developed an analysis system to analyze the type and amount of leftovers by scanning the plates returned by customers. With cameras installed at the dish return window of a cafeteria, the system automatically scans the plates [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major logistics firms, which enjoyed a boom during the pandemic period, are expected to report relatively sluggish results this year due to a decline in parcel traffic. CJ Logistics Corp., the nation’s largest courier company, is estimated to have chalked up an operating profit of 417.5 billion [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — McDonald’s Korea said Thursday it will adopt the Hi-Pass, an automatic tolling system on major expressways, for its drive-thru (DT) service in South Korea. The Korean unit of the global fast food giant McDonald’s signed a business agreement with Korea Expressway Corp., Shinhan Card Co. and KIS Information & [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of employees are flocking to company cafeterias to minimize spending on food. South Korean food service company Ourhome Ltd.’s October sales for office cafeterias in Seoul jumped by 34.7 percent from last year. Sales at company cafeterias in business districts like Gangnam and Yeouido, in particular, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The home appliances industry showed poor performance in the third quarter this year due to a drop in demand. The rental market, which had been seeing exponential growth, has also taken a hit. Coway Co. reported 968 billion won in sales (US$733 million) and 165 billion won in operating [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Pizza Hut Korea said Wednesday it has joined hands with food delivery app Yogiyo to launch a menu for singles, as well as to strengthen its takeout service. To this end, the company will launch a brand devoted to single people solely through the delivery app. This move is [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Disposable amenities are disappearing from luxury hotels as the Ministry of Environment begins imposing restrictions on the use of disposable products at accommodation facilities. Hotel Lotte introduced large dispensers at all Signiel, Lotte Hotel, L7 and Lotte City Hotels. Josun Hotels & Resorts also introduced dispensers at its Westin [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC), South Korea’s main airport operator, has launched the trial operation of the nation’s first remote boarding facility at the second passenger terminal. The remote boarding facility is an indoor boarding facility designed for passengers boarding a plane from the apron. Incheon International Airport [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean low-cost carriers are enjoying a sharp increase in sales of in-flight meals on the back of increasing demand for overseas travel. Jeju Air Co., for instance, sold a total of 4,600 in-flight meals through advance orders last month, up 156 percent from June and 411 percent from [...]