▲ Food Ingredients Mart

These days, many traditional markets in central Seoul, there were not consumers. So many fruits and vegetables are thrown away. Then why were not many consumers?

Because food ingredients mart next to the entrance to the market a year ago. Food ingredients mart’s first feature is don’t have many holidays. So it almost operated every day. The second feature is the mart’s product prices are very cheaper than the traditional market’s product prices.

A traditional market merchant said “We are often a bargain once in the market can give you a good price to consumers but if you can import food ingredients with Mart was (sale) for each day by date. There are many a day I think I'm coming down harder.” The current law set to protect traditional markets within a radius of 1 km, more than 3,000 square meters run by large businesses and large discount stores can not be an establishment where they are private, that house. But it is being widely ignored.

The third feature is that of food ingredients Mart said the friendship with people doesn't feel. The traditional market can feel friendliness among people in traditional markets. But the food ingredients mart doesn’t have warm feelings. Accordingly, we don't feel the warmth that can have only traditional market.

However, the most important thing is the economic problems. The traditional market merchants are the most elderly people who lack money. This year compared to last year's income is going down a lot. So merchants ' concern is increasing.

What can we do to prevent this problem? It’s simple. Try buying things, for example, fruits, meat, fish, in the closest traditional market from your house! And you can get fresh food. You can also feel warm heart through market’s merchants!