SEOUL, Jun. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Baemin, the leading food delivery app in South Korea, will start charging “packaging fees” for takeout orders from July 1. While existing partners will be exempt from these fees until March 2025, the move suggests that packaging intermediation services may eventually become paid offerings across the board. According to industry [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of South Koreans are choosing takeout rather than delivery when they use food delivery apps. By doing so, they can save on delivery fees. According to Woowa Brothers, the operator of the nation’s top food delivery app, Baedal Minjok, the number of takeout orders recently marked [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — With air pollution becoming part of daily life in South Korea, the dining industry, especially “take-out” companies, have suffered a severe drop in customers. Companies are responding by increasing delivery services so that customers can purchase their food without having to leave home. Furthermore, direct management stores are selling [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan government has adopted a revised ordinance banning people from carrying takeaway coffee cups into a public bus as part of its efforts to make bus travel safer and lessen cases of disputes, city officials said Friday. The ordinance, which will take effect on Thursday, will enable [...]