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Have you ever felt burdened when eating out for lunch these days, to the extent that a new word called lunchflation, which combines lunch and inflation, has appeared.

As a result, people are flocking to convenience stores where you can get lunch and even shop at a cheap price.



This is Reporter Jung Joon-ho.



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A convenience store in Gangnam, Seoul.



Around lunch time, it starts to be crowded with office workers nearby.



Customers looking for convenience store lunch boxes.



[Park Jeong-woon / Seocho-gu, Seoul: There are parts where you can eat with quality that is almost half the price compared to restaurant meals (I use it.)]



A restaurant enough to say that it is a lunch place, meaning a surge in lunch prices .

As the price of jajangmyeon, kimchi stew, and naengmyeon sold at the restaurant rises more than 10% in a year, more and more people are trying to solve it easily.



[Han Sang-hee / Gwanak-gu, Seoul: (Lunch price) 9,000 won, 8,000 won

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As the demand for cheap but substantial meals is growing, not only the 2,000-won lunchboxes but also the 4,000-5,000 won-priced lunchboxes are increasing.



In the case of a convenience store, lunchbox sales jumped nearly 30% this month compared to the same period last year.



[Hyunkyung Yoon/Convenience store manager: Almost everything goes out, and the number of orders is constantly increasing, so take it…

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Convenience store shopping is also increasing, especially among single-person households amid high prices.



Ingredients such as vegetables are packaged small enough to be eaten at a time, and there are some places that sell vegetables at a lower price than the industry average through direct sales.



Industrial products are attracting customers by lowering prices under the convenience store's own brand.



In addition, the convenience store's unique advantage of being close to home and available at any time even on holidays is considered the secret of its popularity.



(Video coverage: Kim Won-bae, video editing: Yumira)