Often requiring many hands and hours of labor, gimjang, in which large batches of kimchi are made for the coming winter, appears to be on its way out. Increasingly, people make kimchi throughout the year in smaller amounts or buy it at stores. Yet, kimchi remains a staple on Korean dining tables and people want more healthy choices when it comes to something that they consume daily. Dongwon F&B's Yangban Kim.
Dongwon reshuffles execs to focus on digital, expertise
Posted : 2020-12-23 13:21
Updated : 2020-12-23 13:31
From left: Dongwon Home Food President Kim Seong-yong, Executive Vice President Jeong Moon-mok and Senior Vice President Kang Yong-soo Courtesy of Dongwon Group
Dongwon Farms Vice Chairman Shin Young-sooBy Nam Hyun-woo
Food conglomerate Dongwon Group announced a major reshuffle of its executives, Wednesday, highlighted by enhancing its digital sales platform and appointing multiple CEOs to head different businesses at its key unit Dongwon Home Food.
The group said it promoted 23 executives in its regular reshuffle and reorganization, which will take effect next year.
Teams running online sales platforms will be integrated into a single division. So far, different teams across the group s affiliates have been running several online food markets including Dongwon Mall for groceries, The Banchan for cooked side dishes and Keumcheon Meat for livestock products.