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's friendly economy time.

Reporter Han Ji-yeon is here.

You said that foods you eat when eating out like sushi are selling a lot at large supermarkets these days?



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Yes, these days, there are a lot of people who say that the cost of eating out is too high, so they cut down on eating out and cut off delivery.



There is a huge difference in price.

At a Japanese restaurant, 14 pieces of 'luxury' sushi topped with salmon belly was 30,000 won.



At another Japanese restaurant, 12 pieces of sushi made with tuna belly only cost over 30,000 won.



On the other hand, at large supermarkets, 28 pieces of premium sushi topped with eel and salmon is 24,000 won.

Twice the quantity, but cheaper.



Of course, there are differences in configuration, but the cost performance is excellent.

Also, it's cheaper if you buy it at the end of the mart.



As it became burdensome to go to a Japanese restaurant, mart sushi sales surged.



An average of 490,000 units were sold per month at a large mart this year, an increase of nearly 15% compared to the same period last year.

That's more than 40,000 sold per month.



Sushi sales at this hypermarket are expected to exceed 100 billion won for the first time this year.



Besides sushi, Chinese food, snack food, and instant dishes also sold a lot, and sales of Palbochae and Tteokbokki jumped 200% and 130%, respectively.



Another large mart also showed that this year's instant cooking corner sales increased by 20% compared to last year.



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Is it actually counted as the price of eating out increased a lot last month?



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That's right.

The consumer price increase rate in August-September recorded the 5% range for two consecutive months, slowing down from the 6% range in June-July, but only the prices of food and beverages are marching high.



The increase in food prices in September was 9%, the highest in 30 years and 2 months since July 1992.



As the cost of food materials and labor costs rises day by day, the resulting price of eating out continues to rise. In particular, when I looked at which items increased a lot in September, hamburgers, ribs soup, and chicken jumped more than 10%.



The price of sashimi has also risen by nearly 10%.

Half-price chicken and sushi at hypermarkets have been particularly popular, probably due to this.



In addition to this, the cheapest kimbap that fills the stomach also costs over 3,000 won per line on average in Seoul.

Cold noodles and bibimbap are also around 10,000 won.



The problem is that once the price of food service goes up, it does not fall easily.



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Are you saying that the demand for rent is increasing?



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Yes, it was confirmed in the monthly rent supply and demand index for apartments in Seoul, and it recorded 100.1 last August.



As for the monthly rent supply and demand index, the lower the base line of 100, the more landlords are willing to rent.

A higher than 100 means more tenants are looking for a home.



However, as the monthly rent supply and demand index in August exceeded 100 for the first time this year, demand increased even more.



On the other hand, the Seoul apartment jeonse supply and demand index fell from 94.2 in June to 87.7 in August.



This is a phenomenon that occurs as interest rates rise, and the interest rates on loans from banks have recently soared to the 5-6% range, exceeding the conversion rate of rent to cheonsei for apartments in Seoul.



This means that the annual interest on a loan of 100 million won is more expensive than a year's rent when the deposit of 100 million won is turned into monthly rent.



That means they are looking for less jeonse and moving to monthly rent.

However, there are a lot of concerns about monthly renters.



In August, the monthly rent for apartments in Seoul rose 0.12%, which is the 37th consecutive month of rises.



It is pointed out that monthly rent refugees are more likely to emerge as a social problem.