S. Korea's online food market grows explosively amid COVID-19 pandemic

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South Korea's online food market has seen explosive growth, ...with customers choosing to shop for groceries at home amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to Statistics Korea, ...online food sales from January to October this year amounted to 31-point-four billion U.S. dollars.
This is up 60-point-three percent from the previous year.
The figure includes sales of food and beverages, fresh produce and food services through online and mobile shopping.
Korea's online food market is expected to surpass 36 billion dollars by the end of the year.