London Bagel Museum, a popular bakery chain, is facing mounting allegations of exploitative labor practices after a 26-year-old employee died while preparing to open a new branch.
Sungsimdang, Daejeon’s most well-known bakery, will shut all its stores on Nov. 3 to hold its annual “Family Sports Day” for employees, the company said Monday.
Paris Baguette opened its first store in Mongolia as part of a global expansion drive targeting premium markets, its operator SPC Group said on Monday.
The term “breadflation” — inflation driven by rising bread and pastry prices — is becoming a reality in Korea, with the price of bagels rising 44 percent over the past three years.
Rising prices of bread in Korea have outpaced overall inflation, driven by increased ingredient costs and a shift toward premium bakery products, with consumers willing to pay more.
As eating out becomes harder to afford, many consumers turn to bakeries, which offer affordable convenience while still satisfying culinary desires with premium or novel pastries.
A combination of soaring raw material prices and an unusually early heatwave has pushed small businesses in the bakery, confectionery and coffee sectors into a state of turmoil.
Korean bakery and restaurant conglomerate SPC Group is doubling down on its efforts to prevent fatal workplace accidents that have taken its employees' lives over the past years with an internal task force to overhaul its management practices.
The Courtyard Seoul Namdaemun hotel in Jung District, central Seoul, has opened a new bakery cafe on the top floor of the hotel on Monday.
Sungsimdang, a well-known bakery in Daejeon, posted record-high sales in 2024, outpacing major franchise competitors in operating profit for the second year in a row.
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