BGF Retail Provides Emergency Relief Kits to Yangyang, Gangwon Affected by Typhoon Maysak

Storage of Emergency Relief Sets for Disaster Sites, Immediate Response Possible
Rapid Deployment of CU Mobile Convenience Stores to Over 10 Flooded Areas

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] BGF Retail, the operator of CU, announced on the 6th that it has provided emergency relief kits to Yangyang, Gangwon Province, which suffered significant damage due to Typhoon Maysak, the 9th typhoon of the season.

During Typhoon Maysak's passage over the Korean Peninsula, Yangyang, Gangwon Province experienced strong winds and heavy rainfall, devastating houses, stores, and facilities, forcing residents to evacuate urgently and resulting in hundreds of displaced victims.

BGF Retail urgently transported emergency relief kits stored at the BGF Logistics Gangneung Center to the Yangyang County Office to assist the victims struggling due to the typhoon damage.

The emergency relief kits contain essential daily items such as blankets, pillows, towels, underwear, and toiletries to minimize the inconvenience for displaced victims who have left their homes.

BGF Retail is the only convenience store company in the industry that permanently stores disaster relief supplies at major BGF Logistics distribution centers nationwide, enabling an immediate response in emergency situations.

While emergency relief supplies are stored at two disaster relief logistics centers of the National Disaster Relief Association (in Paju and Hamyang) and provided during disasters, BGF Retail’s logistics centers serve this role in relief blind spots such as Jeju Island and Gangwon Province, which are physically distant from these centers.

In fact, during the record-breaking heavy snowfall in 2016 that closed Jeju Airport and caused massive flight cancellations, emergency relief supplies stored at the BGF Logistics Jeju Center were urgently provided to stranded travelers.

Since 2015, BGF Retail has been conducting rapid and efficient disaster relief activities nationwide by utilizing CU’s infrastructure, after signing the industry’s first business agreement on disaster prevention and relief with the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the National Disaster Relief Association.

Recently, BGF Retail sent a total of over 20,000 emergency relief items to more than 10 locations including Daejeon, Yeongdeok, Icheon, Jeungpyeong, Eumseong, and Jincheon, which suffered flood damage due to the longest rainy season on record. In Gurye, Jeollanam-do, where the most severe damage occurred, a CU mobile convenience store was dispatched to support flood recovery efforts.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.