Acrofan | Franchise Dining Industry Rolls Out Diverse Lunar New Year Gift Sets

Ahead of Lunar New Year, the nation's greatest traditional holiday, the franchise industry is rolling out "mid-to-low-priced Lunar New Year gift sets" that play to each brand's strengths, enhancing taste and value while easing the price burden on consumers. Especially since this is the first holiday since the Kim Young-ran Act took effect, mid-to-low-priced gift sets are gaining popularity as burden-free gifts for family and close acquaintances.

- Fresh fruit juice brand Juicy's "Premium Fruit Set"

Fresh fruit juice brand Juicy is selling its "Premium Fruit Set" for Lunar New Year. Prepared for the holiday season, the "Juicy Premium Fruit Set" comes in three varieties: an apple set, a double set (apple and pear), and a triple gift set (apple, pear, and hallabong). Juicy's fruit sets are handpicked directly by Juicy's own fruit division, composed entirely of high-quality fruit suitable even for ancestral rites.

Prices are 36,000 won for the apple gift set, 35,000 won for the double gift set, and 36,000 won for the triple gift set — offering department-store-quality fruit at a more reasonable price. Customers can visit any Juicy store nationwide, select a delivery date between the 23rd and 26th, and pick up their order at the requested store on the chosen date.

- Coffee chain Tom N Toms' '2017 Lunar New Year Gift Set' — 9 kinds

Coffee chain Tom N Toms has released nine kinds of "2017 Lunar New Year Gift Sets" ahead of the holiday. The lineup ranges from Tom N Toms' signature liquid coffee and hand-drip coffee to the "Tom N Toms Winter Edition Set," available only for this year's Lunar New Year. Notably, these gift sets are priced around 30,000 won, making them easy to give and receive without financial burden.

The nine varieties include the "Liquid Coffee Gift Set," "Cold Brew Mild Set," "Water Edition Set," as well as the "Special Gift Set," which combines "Granola Daily Meal" — a good meal substitute — with the popular "Eco Handle Drinking Jar" merchandise, hand-drip coffee, and triangular tea-bag coffee.

- Sulbing's "Sulbing Special Rice Cake Set" — 4 kinds

Sulbing has unveiled its "Sulbing Special Rice Cake Set" — 4 kinds, for the New Year 2017. This rare gift set brings together four premium rice cakes — Whole Walnut Glutinous Rice Cake, Black Rice Black Sesame Dutteok, Jeju Omegi Rice Cake, and Whole Red Bean Injeolmi — all made with 100% domestic glutinous rice, offering a healthy taste using generous amounts of premium low-sugar red bean paste to bring out the deep, authentic flavor of red beans. Priced at 29,000 won.

- Blending-tea cafe Ogada's 'Lunar New Year Limited Edition Gift Set' — tea bottle sets

Blending-tea cafe Ogada has launched a Lunar New Year limited-edition gift set produced through an art collaboration with Korean painter Kim Hyun Jung.

The five kinds of "Kim Hyun Jung Art Collaboration Lunar New Year Limited Edition Gift Set" each pair Ogada's signature blending teas with an Ogada tea bottle, allowing customers to enjoy blending tea anytime, anywhere — including the "Hallabong Omija Limited Set," "Yuja Orange Limited Set," "Plum Lemon Limited Set," "Apple Rooibos Limited Set," and "Hallabong Green Limited Set," five varieties in total that customers can choose from to suit their taste. Prices range from the 30,000-won to 40,000-won range.

Written by — Reporter Ryu Jae-yong