[Economics 365]
The cost of preparing the Chuseok dinner this year was found to be 18% cheaper in traditional markets than in large marts.
The Small Business Market Promotion Agency surveyed 37 traditional markets and nearby hypermarkets from the 17th to the 24th, and the cost of preparing for Chuseok (Chuseok) for four people was an average of 295,000 won at the traditional market and 363,000 won at the hypermarket on average. It was 18.6% cheaper than Won.
In 18 of the 27 items surveyed, prices in traditional markets were lower than those of large supermarkets.
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The '7-Day Companion Festival', an exhibition of products for small and medium-sized businesses and small businesses, will be held starting tomorrow.
In this event, 235 distribution channels such as department stores, large marts, and traditional markets participate and sell about 6,000 products of SMEs and small businesses at up to 80% discount.
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups will hold the eve of the companion festival, performed by singer In-ha Kwon and choreographer Lia Kim, at Gwanghwamun Square on the 31st, and public home shopping will hold a special broadcast connecting the eve site.
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Ace Kyungam Foundation Chairman Ahn Yoo-soo donated 140 million won worth of rice to Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do ahead of Chuseok.
5,900 bags of donated rice will be delivered to the elderly living alone and the heads of boys and girls.
Chairman Ahn, the founder of Ace Bed, has been donating white rice to the underprivileged on New Year's Day and Chuseok every year since 1999.
A total of 13,660 bags of rice have been donated so far this year, worth 3.02 billion won.