Lotte Department Store Nowon Branch Hosts Win-Win Event with Gangwon Province Traditional Markets

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] Lotte Department Store Nowon Branch is holding a special win-win event with Gangwon Provincial Office from the 12th to celebrate the Korea Sale Festa.

This event supports the sales channels of traditional market products from Gangwon Province. Lotte Department Store signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Gangwon Provincial Office last August and is actively supporting the sales of excellent agricultural and specialty products from Gangwon Province in the metropolitan area.

First, Lotte Department Store will hold a "Kimjang Grand Sale" for 4 days until the 15th at the outdoor event hall on the 1st floor, and a "Gangwon Province Specialty Products Exhibition" for 8 days until the 19th at the event hall on the basement 1st floor. Over 200 items including napa cabbage and salted napa cabbage, essential for the kimjang season, as well as potatoes and deodeok, will be sold at prices up to 40% cheaper than market prices.

Representative items of the "Kimjang Grand Sale" include Hongcheon highland napa cabbage (1 net/3 heads) from Hongcheon Central Market at 5,500 KRW, salted napa cabbage (20kg) at 38,000 KRW, and 5-year-old deodeok (premium/500g) from Jeongseon County at 25,000 KRW. Representative items of the "Specialty Products Exhibition" include buckwheat pancakes (3 pieces) and sorghum buchumi (3 pieces) from Pyeongchang Traditional Market, each priced at 5,000 KRW, and squid sundae (500g) from Sokcho Tourist Market at 15,000 KRW.

Additionally, customers who purchase event products worth more than 50,000 KRW will receive 200g of dried seaweed as a limited quantity gift, limited to one per person per visit.

Along with the win-win event, a kimjang volunteer activity for the underprivileged in Nowon-gu has also been prepared. On the 13th, employees of Lotte Department Store Nowon Branch and Gangwon Provincial Office will make 400kg of kimchi and deliver it to 100 households of elderly living alone in Nowon-gu.

Lee Jong-sung, manager of Lotte Department Store Nowon Branch, said, "This year, due to COVID-19, there are more small business owners and neighbors facing economic difficulties," adding, "We hope that this win-win event will help small business owners and that sharing kimchi will bring some comfort to local residents."

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