Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Revenue gap between franchise headquarters, outlets further widens

South Korea's franchise headquarters saw their revenue rise while earnings at franchise outlets declined over the past two years, deepening the imbalance between franchisors and franchisees, industry data showed Friday.

2025-10-10

Pizza Hut lost in court. Now hundreds of others want to sue.

Pizza Hut Korea's court loss over ingredient markup fees has prompted other franchisees to consider lawsuits, revealing industry-wide issues with cost transparency and revenue-sharing practices among food and beverage chains.

2024-11-27

Why some coffee shop owners are miffed at BTS’s V being the face of their brand

Compose Coffee announced Dec. 20 that it had selected V as its model for next year. Some franchisees aren’t too happy as they must shoulder part of the advertising fees worth billions of won.

2023-12-27