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Food apps take the fight to the broader e-commerce market

Food delivery apps are getting creative in an effort to improve their profitability as cutthroat competition threatens their chow-to-door model.

2022-01-02

Woowa Bothers gets labor ministry award

Woowa Brothers, operator of the food delivery app Baedal Minjok, was given an award for creating jobs.

2021-07-30

No tip required: Robots deliver to your door

Baedal Minjok, Korea's largest food delivery app, started a robot delivery service in three apartment buildings in Yeongdeungpo District, western Seoul.

2021-07-12

Fake food reviewer jailed, Baedal Minjok says

A person who published fake reviews on the Baedal Minjok food delivery app has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for obstruction of business.

2021-05-25

Woowa Brothers reports 48.6 billion won net loss in 2020

Woowa Brothers, operator of Baedal Minjok delivery app, lost money for another year despite business booming during the pandemic.

2021-03-31

Woowa Brothers CEO announces plans for first 40 billion won in donations

Woowa Brothers founder and CEO Kim Bong-jin will provide 40 billion won ($35.3 million) in donations for small food-business owners, their families and students in need.

2021-03-12

Plastic shunned for deliveries, while vegan meals popular

Woowa Brothers, which operates the Baedal Minjok delivery app, says its customers are becoming more environmentally conscious.

2021-02-01

Delivery Hero and the game of monopoly

It was a long road for Delivery Hero in its acquisition of Woowa Brothers, which runs Korea's most popular food delivery app.

2021-01-04

Robot revolution arriving with Dilly, Penny and an exoskeleton

They wouldn’t get a role in "I, Robot," but helpful machines—described by the companies using and offering them as robots—are quickly entering the restaurant business.

2020-11-01

Baemin riders operator agrees to improve working conditions

Woowahan Youths and the Korean Federation of Service Worker's Union have signed a collective bargaining agreement, the company announced Thursday.

2020-10-22

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