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![Sales of packages used to pack meals, including lunchboxes and tumblers, soared 72 percent from Aug. 1 through Nov. 3 from the same period a year earlier amid steep inflation that prompted office workers to bring packed meals to work, according to Interpark Commerce on Tuesday. A customer shops for a tumbler at a supermarket in Seoul on the same day. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11810314.jpg?imageId=11810314&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A customer sends a parcel using CU's half-priced delivery service. CU on Thursday announced a special promotion starting Monday, allowing customers to send parcels for as low as 800 won ($0.6). [BGF RETAIL]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10097971.jpg?imageId=10097971&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A Kim Hye-ja dosirak lunchbox is in a basket at a GS25 convenience store in Seoul on Monday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11167706.jpg?imageId=11167706&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Buckets of fried chicken and other ready meal products are displayed at a 7-Eleven convenience store. [7-ELEVEN]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11749309.jpg?imageId=11749309&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Customers browse Kim Hye-ja dosirak lunch boxes at a GS25 convenience store in Gangnam District, southern Seoul. Over 3 million units of the lunch boxes were sold just 50 days since its release in February, according to GS25 on Monday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11202037.jpg?imageId=11202037&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A shopper looks at thermos bottles at an Emart branch in Suseong District, Daegu, on Monday. Sales of insulated lunch boxes at Emart this month rose 8 percent on year ahead of the College Scholastic Ability Test, or Suneung. Students use them to pack their meals for the test day. Sales of thermos bottles, used pack hot drinks or soup, rose over 15 percent on year. Suneung falls on Nov. 18 this year. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10467140.jpg?imageId=10467140&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)