Lotte Mart Launches Half-Price Sweet and Sour Pork Priced Around 7,000 Won Following Half-Price Chicken

A customer examining a full container of sweet and sour pork at the deli corner of Lotte Mart Seoul Station branch.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeon Jinyoung] Lotte Mart announced on the 31st that it will launch ‘Hantonggadeuk Tangsuyuk,’ a cost-effective Chinese dish priced in the 7,000 won range.

From the 1st to the 7th of next month, Lotte Mart will sell Hantonggadeuk Tangsuyuk at a discounted price of 7,800 won, 2,000 won off, exclusively for L.Point members. Lotte Mart’s merchandise planner (MD) coordinated with partners to pre-plan more than three times the usual quantity, enabling the preparation of this product at an affordable price.

Hantonggadeuk Tangsuyuk features domestically sourced pork, combining a sweet and sour sauce with savory fried pork, offering a popular taste and a generous portion of around 650g, which is larger than the typical large size (450g~550g) sold in the market. The tangsuyuk sauce was developed through efforts by Lotte Mart’s Food Innovation Center (FIC) Chinese cuisine chefs and MDs, who visited famous restaurants across the country to create a flavor appealing to the general public. Subsequently, six versions of the sauce and the raw meat underwent blind taste tests for objective flavor evaluation, and after several months of development, the product was launched.

Choi Gyo-uk, head of Lotte Mart’s Deli Development Team, said, “We prepared half-price tangsuyuk to stabilize dining-out prices and satisfy customer preferences. Moving forward, we plan to expand the variety of cost-effective menu options to broaden choices and reduce dining expenses, and we will continue to introduce value-for-money menus following tangsuyuk.”

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