GS25 Opens 100th Naeil Store... "Accelerating Self-Sufficiency Projects for Vulnerable Groups"

Naeil Store 100th Branch GS25 Yeongdeungpo Pyeonghwa Branch.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chunhan] GS25 announced on the 13th that it opened the 100th Naeil Store, Yeongdeungpo Pyeonghwa Branch, earlier this month. Naeil Store is a social contribution-type convenience store operated under the slogan "A Happy Tomorrow Made Through My Work," through a business agreement between GS Retail and the Korea Self-Sufficiency Welfare Development Institute under the Ministry of Health and Welfare, aimed at self-sufficiency labor projects for vulnerable groups in the local community.

GS25 exempts the deposit, rent, interior costs, and investment costs for store opening of Naeil Store, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare supports store operations. In addition, the local self-sufficiency centers designated by the Ministry of Health and Welfare provide job training on convenience store management and practical operation participation for self-sufficiency participants, realizing productive welfare that enables them to become independent.

This Yeongdeungpo Pyeonghwa Branch not only marks the 100th Naeil Store but also adds the meaning of Youth Dream Store. Youth Dream Store is an additional Naeil Store model introduced in April by GS Retail and the Korea Self-Sufficiency Welfare Development Institute to create jobs for youth and support their economic independence. In Yeongdeungpo-gu, the plan is to support economic, psychological, and social independence through job training on convenience store management and practical operation participation for seven young self-sufficiency participants.

A GS25 official said, "We feel great fulfillment and pride that Naeil Store has established itself as a successful model enabling self-sufficiency participants to become independent and has reached the opening of the 100th store," adding, "We will continue to open the 200th and 300th Naeil Stores and do our best to fulfill corporate social responsibility through various social contributions."

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