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It is not easy to eat bulky fruits like watermelon when you live alone. In the distribution industry, a personalized service was provided where single-person households packed fruits to eat for a week and brought them to the front door.

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Watermelon field in Buyeo, Chungnam.

A lot of mini watermelons, which are smaller than normal watermelons, have been opened.

It is a mini watermelon that is shipped for single-person households. It is about half the size of a regular watermelon and is light enough to hold in one hand.

As the number of single-person households increases, farmers who grow watermelons are replacing small watermelons instead of large ones that are difficult to lift alone.[Kim Won-hoe/Small watermelon producer: I don't buy a big watermelon. (Consumers didn't want a big watermelon, but a small watermelon. I planted it.)

From ultra-small to half the size of a regular watermelon, half the size, it's easy to eat and reduces food waste.

[Shin Hyo-jin/Yangcheon-gu, Seoul: It is inconvenient to put a large watermelon in the refrigerator, but I think it is good to eat such a small watermelon quickly… .]

Dawn Market, where fruit auctions are in full swing, move freshly purchased fresh fruits in small boxes.

[We are working on packaging after checking the (fruit) condition.]

One pineapple and two melons . In this way, a single household member packs only enough food for a week and delivers it to the front door.[Han Ki Soo/Fruit Product Planner: (1 person household) It is not easy to taste various fruits at once, so you can receive various fruits at once in a small package… .]

Subscribers to this fruit subscription service have more than tripled in a month due to the advantage of being able to eat small amounts of different types of fruit every week.

[Park Sang-ju/Gangseo-gu, Seoul: For health, I'm going to pack and eat fruit. Delivery from the comfort of your own home to the front door… .] In

contrast to the increase in the number of singles, even the preference for delivery overlapped with small packages and small-capacity fresh food competition.

(Video coverage: Jang Un-seok, Video editing: Lee So-young, VJ: Min-gu Jung)