Sancheong-gun Revamps Sancheong Love Gift Certificates Focusing on Small and Micro Businesses

Ministry of the Interior and Safety Comprehensive Guidelines Revised

Annual Sales Limit Exceeding 3 Billion KRW

Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam Province, is reorganizing the registration criteria for Sancheong Sarang Gift Certificate affiliated stores to focus on small and micro businesses.

This reorganization is a measure in accordance with the revision of the comprehensive guidelines for the local love gift certificate issuance support project by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety (February 2023).

Businesses with annual sales exceeding 3 billion KRW will be restricted from registering as affiliated stores, and existing affiliated stores will have their registrations canceled.

Photo of Sancheong Sarang Gift Certificate.

Accordingly, among the approximately 6,800 Sancheong Sarang Gift Certificate affiliated stores, 58 stores will no longer accept Sancheong Sarang Gift Certificate payments starting from the 27th, and their registrations will be canceled on the 31st.

However, most of these affiliated stores are places closely related to residents' daily lives, such as Nonghyup Hanaro Mart, agricultural material stores, large supermarkets, gas stations, and hospitals.

In particular, in rural areas, marts and agricultural material stores operated by Nonghyup account for the majority of residents' consumption locations.

While this reorganization is expected to help the management of small business owners, concerns about inconvenience to residents are also a reality.

A county official stated, “In accordance with the Ministry of the Interior and Safety’s policy, once the affiliated stores exceeding annual sales of 3 billion KRW are confirmed, we will notify on the website and post notices at the entrances of affiliated stores to prevent confusion. We will do our best to promote this in advance.” He added, “Since this does not fit the local circumstances and is expected to cause inconvenience to residents, we will continuously propose revisions to the guidelines to higher authorities.”

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