Office worker Park Mi-won had never bought her lunch from a convenience store, until her favorite lunch buffet raised prices by more than 10 percent to 9,000 won (US$6.93) as South Korean inflation soared to a 14-year high.
“After the price rise, I went to convenience stores instead, where I thought the prices were reasonable while food also tasted good,” the 62-year-old said. “So now I go there two to three times a week.”
Global food prices last month surged 23 percent from a year earlier, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization said.
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