Let’s catch the’Zipkok’ during the Lunar New Year holidays… A large mart that opens a massive discount event

In celebration of the Lunar New Year holidays, three large supermarkets are holding a large-scale discount event from the 12th targeting families in’zipkok’ and teenagers who received salary money. In particular, as the Lunar New Year holidays and Valentine’s Day overlap, there are a wide variety of discount items, including chocolate and candy, convenient food that can be easily eaten at home, and toys for children.

E-Mart will hold a discount exhibition for the Lunar New Year holidays until the 17th. As more households spend the holidays at home due to social distancing, simple home meals, milk kits, toys, furniture, etc. are sold at 10-30% discount. ‘Octopus Seafood Soup’ and’Amazing Chicken Gangjeong’, and E-Mart’s own brand of simple home cooking’Peacock Pocha Chicken Skewers’ are also offered at 10% cheaper price. E-Mart predicts that consumption of milk kits and convenience food will increase during the holiday season. In fact, as a result of E-Mart’s analysis of sales during the Chuseok holiday last year (October 1-4), sales of milk kits and home convenience meals increased by 463% and 57%, respectively, compared to the Lunar New Year holidays (January 24-27).

From the 12th, the game console “Nintendo Switch Super Mario Edition Red X Blue” and the game for Switch “Super Mario 3D World + Fury World” will be sold at a limited price, respectively, aimed at teenagers who received salary money and’kidults’ who are zipping up. In addition, popular board game products such as’Monopoli’ are discounted by 20%, and about 30 Lego products are discounted by 20-40%. For customers looking for interior goods for the new spring, decor line sofas and chests of drawers are also sold at a discount of up to 30%.

Homeplus will also hold a’Post Lunar New Year’ exhibition’ at stores nationwide and online until the 17th, and will show off food, ingredients, and toys at discounted prices. For customers who are tired of three meals, 5 types of meal kits and 8 types of seafood popular convenience foods are discounted, and an additional 10% discount is provided when purchasing two or more. ‘Nonghyup safe Korean beef for stir-fried minced meat’,’Australian red bean curd meat’, and’Squid trimmed’ are also offered at discounts of up to 20%.

Lotte Mart also holds discount events for food, household goods, and toys at all stores until the 17th. It offers 10% discount on’Sushi full of the whole family for New Year’s Day’ and’All fried shrimp’, and 10-20% discount on rib soup, gomtang, and chili shrimp from Lotte Mart’s own convenience food brand’Yorihada’. The price of toys has also been lowered by up to half. If you buy four Hello Carbot products at the same time, the price will be reduced by 50%, and the children’s clay play product’Play Dhow 24 Pack’ will also be sold for two at one price.

As the last day of the holiday is Valentine’s Day, the three marts are also promoting various desserts. During the same period, E-Mart offers a discount sale of Peacock brand desserts, and presents Shinsegae Gift Certificates of 3,000 won to customers who purchase more than 10,000 won. Lotte Mart will offer up to 50% discount on 200 chocolates and candies by the 14th, and will pay 5,000 won for Lotte gift certificates if you purchase more than 20,000 won for event products. Homeplus sells 200 kinds of confectionery such as’Ferrero Collection T-24′ and’Maltese Milk’ at a special price until the 17th, and provides a gift certificate of 10,000 won that can be used at Homeplus Mall with a purchase of 25,000 won or more. do.

Meanwhile, most of the three hypermarkets are closed on the 14th, which is a mandatory holiday in the metropolitan area. In addition, on the 12th of Lunar New Year, 45 E-Mart stores, 9 Traders, 24 Homeplus and 28 Lotte Mart stores will be closed.

Reporter Lee Byung-jun [email protected]