Convenience store operators are unveiling holiday gift sets ahead of the extended Chuseok holiday in early October. They have prepared a variety of products, considering cost-effectiveness while including famous restaurant collaboration products and carefully selected local specialties.
The four convenience store chains (CU, GS25, 7-Eleven, Emart24) announced on the 25th that they will begin selling Chuseok gift sets for 2025.
CU has planned gift sets in collaboration with six local restaurants. They will feature the premium rib set (110,000 won), straw fire grilled meat set (60,000 won), and beef rib set (45,000 won) from 'Mongtan,' known as one of Seoul's top three meat restaurants, along with Hanwoo steak ribs (60,000 won) and pork belly ribs (49,000 won) from 'Songjeonggol,' a famous restaurant in Gwangju.
CU has also reflected the significant increase in demand for alcoholic beverages during the holiday season by offering premium wines, including the 17 million won Château Petrus 2009, Château Mouton Rothschild 2010, and Château Latour 2011, along with a 21-year Balvenie Special Edition, gold bar whiskey package, and a Kubota manju tokkuri glass set, totaling over 140 types of alcoholic products.
GS25 has strengthened its lineup of products priced between 30,000 won and 100,000 won. Among them is the 'small LA rib set (128,000 won),' which sold out last year with 20,000 units prepared for Chuseok, along with 'Hanwoo & pork set (128,000 won),' 'Dongwon tuna rice roll (43,900 won),' and 'Johnsonville premium sausage set (65,000 won),' all of which will be part of a 2+1 discount event. They also designed sets of practical daily necessities, like shampoo, body wash, and treatment, in a price range of 10,000 won to 50,000 won to enhance cost-effectiveness.
They have prepared over 160 types of alcoholic beverages, including wine, sake, whiskey, and baijiu. Representative products include 'Les Vins Swing 2-pack (14,900 won),' 'Bestseller Chile 2-pack set (19,900 won),' and 'Jack Daniel's 3-pack set (39,400 won).'
7-Eleven has prepared '20 recommended products by MDs' selected by product experts. These include two types of moving short ribs (3 kg for 88,000 won, 2 kg for 66,000 won) from the traditional Pocheon cuisine, galbitang (beef rib soup) 5 kg (70,000 won) from Samihun, a representative Korean restaurant in Busan with a 25-year history, a 2 kg Marble9 Hanwoo grilling set (379,000 won), and a 1 kg Wando abalone set (55,000 won), organized into six categories of special products.
Additionally, 7-Eleven will collaborate with Lotte Mart and supermarkets this year to sell sets of four types of fruits and eight types of meat. The fruit gift sets will be directly managed by Lotte Mart and supermarkets for everything from sourcing to processing, packaging, and shipping. The meat products will exclusively handle only the highest 9th grade of 1++ Hanwoo from Lotte Mart's premium 'Marble9' brand. Customers can purchase the Chuseok gift sets sold by Lotte Mart and supermarkets at the same price at their nearest 7-Eleven.
Emart24 has selected 24 types of Chuseok gift sets and is conducting a promotional event until the 26th, where customers can purchase them at prices discounted by up to 20% when paying with event cards (KB Kookmin, BC). Featured items include 'luxury king apple & king pear set (event price 76,000 won/9+1)' and 'Samwon Garden LA rib set (2 kg) (event price 80,000 won)' as well as fresh food items like 'CJ Spam 12 K (event price 51,920 won/1+1)' and 'Jeonggwanjang Vitality (event price 31,280 won)' and 'Pulio massage-related products (event price 80,100 won to 230,200 won).'
An Emart24 official said, 'We have prepared products and events to meet customers' diverse needs, from traditional convenience store gift sets to premium gift sets.'