Fresh local food, Daejeon City 'Hanbat-filled(한밭가득)' direct store opened

Sales of local food and social economy goods in the food hall of Lotte Department Store Daejeon branch

2021-02-04     Choi Yong-chul

Daejeon City held an opening ceremony at 3 p.m. on the 4th to announce the opening of a local food store Hanbat-filled linking Daejeon and Chungcheong.

Daejeon Metropolitan Government has set up a ‘Daejeon Chungcheong Hanbat-filled Local Food Store’ at Lotte Department Store's underground food center on the first basement floor and support more than 220 items, including simple but certified Hanbat-filled agricultural products, Daejeon and Chungcheong Province.

The opening ceremony to commemorate the opening of a local food store was held live on an online YouTube broadcast, with only a minimum number of people attending, including Corona social distancing.

In particular, the Jinjam Agricultural Cooperative Federation provided 5 million won in producer donations to the Hanbat-filled producers' association for the solidarity and growth of local farms.

Also, 25 people were selected from those who left comments during the YouTube broadcast of ‘Daejeon Blues’ and delivered local food exchanges (worth 20,000 won) provided by Lotte Department Store.

According to a Daejeon city official, "In the future, we will play a role as a win-win platform that provides citizens with fresh food produced near a local food store 'Hanbat-filled' in Daejeon."