Market Kurly, Beef and Health-Boosting Ready Meals Popular as Parents' Day Gifts

Fresh food sales such as beef and health supplements increased on Market Kurly as gifts for Parents' Day.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chunhan] Market Kurly announced on the 6th that the proportion of health functional foods as gifts for Parents' Day has decreased, while sales of fresh foods such as beef and health-boosting foods have increased.

Since the 16th of last month, Market Kurly has been showcasing over 600 products through the 'Parents' Day Appreciation Event.' Among them, the category with the highest sales volume was meat, accounting for 34% of all Parents' Day gifts. Among the meats, beef was the most popular product.

Health-boosting ready meals also accounted for 20% of total sales during the event. The Korean food brand 'Gyeongbokgung,' boasting a 30-year history, saw its ox bone soup (Sagol Doganitang) as the best-selling item, followed by main dishes such as 'Dorikkaechim's Vietnamese spring rolls. The sales proportion of seafood popular as health foods, including eel, abalone, and octopus, was also high at 18%. Although the sales proportion of health functional foods decreased, the sales volume increased by 121% compared to the previous year.

Market Kurly is selling carnation products that can be ordered by the 6th and delivered by dawn on the 8th. They offer carnation centerpieces and preserved carnations treated to last long without wilting, such as preserved carnation allowance boxes, and carnation bouquets to enrich family dining tables.

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