Ediya Coffee Awards Total 100 Million Won in Scholarships to 200 Part-Time Workers

Ediya Coffee Bukgajwa-dong branch owner Kim Hyowon and mate Jo Euna are taking a commemorative photo for the delivery of the Ediya Mate Hope Fund.

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Saeng-hye] Ediya Coffee announced on the 27th that it held the first half of the year 'Ediya Mate Hope Fund' delivery ceremony.

The Ediya Mate Hope Fund is a scholarship system established to support the dreams and hopes of part-time workers working at Ediya Coffee stores nationwide. Through this delivery ceremony, a total of 100 million KRW was given to 200 people, 500,000 KRW per person.

The Ediya Mate Hope Fund is one of Ediya Coffee's representative franchisee win-win systems and has been implemented twice a year, in the first and second half of the year, since 2013. Over the past eight years, a total of 3234 part-time workers have received cumulative scholarships amounting to 1.6 billion KRW.

Ediya Coffee selects scholarship recipients based on fair evaluation criteria such as part-time workers' idea proposal assessments and length of service, giving priority to socially vulnerable groups. In addition, outstanding idea proposal evaluators are separately selected and rewarded, and adopted ideas are reviewed and actively reflected in on-site store operations.

Jung Hwan-guk, Head of External Cooperation at Ediya Coffee, said, “Thanks to the efforts of all field workers, including part-time workers, Ediya Coffee has grown into a leading domestic coffee franchise. We will continue to operate various support systems so that Ediya Mates can work with pride at the stores.”

In addition to the Ediya Mate Hope Fund, Ediya Coffee operates several systems for mutual growth with franchisees, such as ‘support for franchisees’ children’s university entrance fees’ and ‘awards for long-term store operators,’ and was recognized for these efforts by being selected as a ‘Good Franchise’ by the Korea Fair Trade Mediation Agency on the 25th.

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