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Cooking exhibits drive late night time retail gross sales

By Sarah ChenKorea
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Well-liked late night time cooking exhibits are proving a gentle driver of gross sales for on-line meals retailers.

News from South Korea exhibits that as cooking exhibits achieve reputation in late night time time slots, TV viewers are buying extra meals by cellular, particularly between 10pm and midnight.

In accordance with Ticket Monster, an internet buying website in Korea, which analysed cellular buying patterns tendencies from January to Might, gross sales of meals from 10pm to 12pm are 65 per cent larger than different time segments. As well as, cellular meals gross sales in the course of the time phase elevated 51 per cent over the identical interval of the earlier yr.

Many cooking exhibits together with “Three Meals a Day” and “Home Prepare dinner Grasp Bake” on tvN, “Please Take Care of My Fridge” (pictured above) on JTBC and “What Shall We Eat As we speak?” on Olive TV air after 10pm, and tempt viewers with their tasty choices.

Ticket Monster famous that gross sales of prompt meals elevated 45 per cent through the time phase over the earlier yr, and recent meals elevated 102 per cent. Gross sales of pork stomach soared 156 per cent adopted by dried seaweed (134 per cent), swordfish (81 per cent) and mackerel (52 per cent)

An official at Ticket Monster stated: “As cooking exhibits appeal to extra viewers, extra cellular buyers try to prepare dinner their very own meals. To attraction to those shoppers, we’re getting ready top quality recent meals to extend our competitiveness.”

Questions & Answers

Q.

What is driving the increase in online food sales late at night?

A.

Popular late-night cooking shows are attracting more viewers in South Korea, leading to increased mobile purchases of food. Viewers are tempted by the tasty options shown, prompting them to buy ingredients to cook their own meals.

Q.

Which specific food items have seen the biggest sales increases late at night?

A.

Pork belly sales soared by 156 per cent, followed by dried seaweed at 134 per cent. Swordfish and mackerel also saw significant increases, up by 81 per cent and 52 per cent respectively, in the 10pm to midnight slot.

Q.

How have overall mobile food sales performed during the late-night period?

A.

Mobile food sales between 10pm and midnight are 65 per cent higher than other time segments. This period also saw a 51 per cent increase in sales compared to the same period in the previous year, according to Ticket Monster.

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