[앵커]
With prices rising these days, it is not a little burdensome to buy one meal a day at a restaurant.
Convenience store sales are on the rise as more office workers buy their own packed lunches or bring their own, while major restaurants are crying.
Reporter Jung In-yong delivers the changed workplace lunch scene.
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Mr. Yoon Ju-man, an office worker, has been increasing the number of days he doesn’t visit restaurants even during lunchtime.
Since I had to spend regarding 10,000 won on a meal, I felt a lot of pressure, so I started filling my lunch with cheap lunch boxes.
[윤주만 / 직장인 : 밥 먹고 커피 마시면 보통 만 오천 원에서 이 만원 넘어가다 보니까. 도시락을 찾게 되고 편의점에서 간단히 해결하게 되고…. 주 1회에서 2회 정도는 찾게 되는 것 같고.]
Convenience stores located in densely populated office areas are also busy with employees replenishing convenience food stands every day.
Recently, as the number of office workers who settle for a meal with cheap lunch boxes or instant food has increased significantly, even if the shelves are full in the morning, it is often empty once more at lunch time.
In fact, the sales growth rate of lunch boxes at this convenience store last month increased by almost 50% (48.2%) compared to the same period last year, and other convenience stores showed similar patterns.
[이보경 / 편의점 점장 : 점심시간 되면 저희가 시식대가 따로 있는데 손님이 오셔도 앉을 자리가 없어서 기다려야 할 만큼…. 도시락 말고도 여성분들 샐러드류 구매가 높고 최근에는 김밥 같은 것도….]
On the other hand, major restaurateurs are getting more and more concerned.
With the soaring inflation and the rising price of the property, the number of customers is reduced, and the price has to be raised.
Even if the menu price is changed like that, the rate of return is usually lower than the previous one following subtracting the price of ingredients that have risen sharply.
[정춘근 / 한식당 사장 : 워낙 물가 자체가 전체적으로 오르다 보니까 저희도 한계가 있잖아요. 몇 년 만에 천 원을 올리게 됐습니다. 아무래도 고객들은 민감하잖아요. 정성 들여서 하고 있죠.]
As prices soaring day by day have changed even the lunch customs of office workers, small business owners are once once more in deep trouble following the long Corona 19 period.
This is YTN Jung In-yong.
YTN Jung In-yong ([email protected])
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