Limit Annual Sales of Muan Sarang Gift Certificate Merchants to 3 Billion KRW or Less

Usage Restrictions on Hanaro Mart, Nongjajae Mart, and Gas Stations

Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Kim San) will restrict the use of general issuance (discount purchase) Muan Sarang Gift Certificates at franchise stores with annual sales exceeding 3 billion KRW starting from the 1st of next month, in accordance with the government's revised 2023 comprehensive guidelines for local love gift certificates.

Exterior view of Muan-gun Office
[Photo by Muan-gun]

According to the county on the 1st, as of this month, there are 3,947 registered franchise stores for Muan Sarang Gift Certificates, and 90 stores with annual sales exceeding 3 billion KRW are subject to restrictions on the use of general issuance (discount sale) Muan Sarang Gift Certificates. Among them are Hanaro Marts, agricultural material marts, and gas stations operated by agricultural and livestock cooperatives.

However, policy-issued gift certificates issued by Muan-gun for purposes such as disaster relief funds and farmers and fishermen allowances can be used at any franchise store.

The county will provide prior notice and an objection procedure to franchise stores with annual sales exceeding 3 billion KRW, and if there are no objections, will restrict the handling of general discount sale gift certificates. The list of restricted businesses will be disclosed on the county website on the 30th.

A county official said, "Since the Muan Sarang Gift Certificate franchise stores that residents mainly used may be restricted from use starting from the 1st of next month, we hope that residents will use their held gift certificates by the end of June to avoid inconvenience." He added, "We repeatedly requested that the registration restriction criteria be applied differently to exclude agricultural cooperative-related businesses in rural areas, but since this was not accepted, we had no choice but to implement it uniformly."

Muan = Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Oh Hwan-ju ohj1358@asiae.co.kr

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