Most Popular
-
1
IMF lowers Korea's 2025 growth outlook to 2%
-
2
Reality show 'I Live Alone' disciplined for 'glorifying' alcohol consumption
-
3
Now is no time to add pressure on businesses: top executives
-
4
CJ CheilJedang to spur overseas growth with new Hungary, US plants
-
5
Japan to hold 1st memorial for Korean forced labor victims at Sado mine
-
6
[Herald Interview] How Gopizza got big in India
![[Herald Interview] How Gopizza got big in India](//res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=644&simg=/content/image/2024/11/20/20241120050057_0.jpg&u=20241120164556)
-
7
Nearly half of pines at Seoraksan face extinction due to global warming: study
-
8
Blackpink's solo journeys: Complementary paths, not competition
-
9
Nationwide rail disruptions feared as union plans strike from Dec. 5
-
10
S. Korea sees second-highest immigration surge in OECD
![[Herald Interview] How Gopizza got big in India](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=644&simg=/content/image/2024/11/20/20241120050057_0.jpg&u=20241120164556)
Smoothie King is set to fully withdraw from South Korea over the course of the next year.
Smoothie King Korea, which operates the brand here, reportedly sent guides to close the shops by October 2025 on Friday.
The company failed to extend the licensing contract with the Smoothie King headquarters in the US, and the US franchise requested to end the contract, a Smoothie King Korea official told local media.
The brand first opened a location in Myeong-dong in central Seoul in 2003. It reached a peak of 305 locations across the country in 2021.
However, the smoothie business has been on a rough road in Korea lately, leaving the chain with just some 70 cafes as of Monday.
