Large Mart, Early Bokyang Food Event... Up to 50% Discount

Emart Secures 300t of Chicken Meat
Discount Sales on Fresh Chicken, Abalone, and Eel

Large supermarkets have launched discount events on health food ingredients such as chicken, abalone, and eel ahead of Chobok, the first of the three hottest days in summer.

A customer is purchasing chicken at Lotte Mart Seoul Station branch.
[Photo by Lotte Mart]

According to the industry on the 8th, Emart is selling two domestic antibiotic-free young chickens at 6,948 won with a 40% discount when paid in full with the event card until the 12th. Domestic native chickens for baeksuk (boiled chicken) are offered at 10,980 won with a 5,000 won discount when accumulating Shinsegae points, and samgyetang (ginseng chicken soup) tea bags are available at 4,980 won. They have secured 300 tons of chicken meat, the largest volume ever for a one-week sale.

Emart, in collaboration with the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, is selling whole family sea eel and live abalone at a 50% discount when accumulating Shinsegae points. They have also prepared convenient home meal replacements (HMR). Ottogi and Olban samgyetang are offered in a 2+1 deal, and all Peacock samgyetang products are sold at a 20% discount. For Peacock samgyetang, customers receive a 3,000 won Shinsegae gift certificate when purchasing over 20,000 won.

Lotte Mart sells young chickens for baeksuk at 2,988 won with a 40% discount when paying with the event card on the 10th and 11th. L.POINT members can purchase native chickens for baeksuk at 12,490 won with a 2,500 won discount. Lotte Super sells two antibiotic-free young chickens at 4,990 won each when purchased with the event card until the 11th, and Harim brand native chickens are offered at 12,900 won with a 2,000 won discount.

Homeplus offers up to a 40% discount on all domestic chilled fresh chicken products when paying with the event card until the 12th. Three types of samgyetang ingredient sets are sold at 4,990 won to 5,490 won, with a 1,000 won discount when purchasing two or more. All Wando abalone products and domestic cleaned Japonica freshwater eel are sold at 50% and 40% discounts, respectively.

A representative from the large supermarkets said, “We prepared the Chobok event to stabilize customers’ grocery prices,” adding, “We will continue to plan various events to provide practical and tangible price benefits.”

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