From meals to grocery shopping...Convenience store owner 5060 [Anchor Report]

It has been regarded as a convenience store where you can easily buy things you need and eat, mainly used by young people.

Recently, the use of consumers in their 50s and 60s has increased significantly.

Convenience stores are now becoming a restaurant and mart for the middle-aged, so let's take a look at what changes are taking place.

This is the result of an analysis of convenience store sales trends in the first half of this year released by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry yesterday.

We've shown a graph of how sales have changed by age group compared to two years ago.

Sales in their 20s fell by more than 10%, while those in their 50s increased by 18.3% and those in their 60s increased by 21.4%.

The decline in sales in their 20s is attributed to the increased use of alternative channels such as online and unmanned stores,
Why has the use of middle-aged people in
increased so much?

First of all, it is analyzed that the number of households with one or two people increased in their 50s and 60s.

The pattern of them purchasing as little as they need at convenience stores is spreading.

In particular, convenience stores offer fresh food products, including fruits and butchers,

In this way, households in their 50s and 60s with one or two people will find convenience stores with high convenience and accessibility
It is analyzed that
is more active.

It is also the reason that the burden of eating out has increased as high prices have prolonged.

Convenience stores that can easily solve meals at low cost are absorbing the demand for eating out.

In fact, market link analysis showed that while overall convenience store sales grew 3.6% in the first half of this year from two years ago, meal replacement sales grew 17.6%.

Among them, the growth of ramen, soup, soup, stew, lunch boxes, and instant rice was found to be steep.

A convenience store where young people used to buy things they needed urgently or snack on.

Now it is becoming a 'everything' in its 50s and 60s.

It shows a cross-section of our society where nuclear personalization and high prices have become a daily routine.