Popsicles are most expensive at convenience stores

/ Yonhap

Popsicles are most expensive at convenience stores in Korea, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) said Tuesday.

MAFRA conducted research on ice cream market sales based on nine domestic products from January to September and reported that convenience stores sell popsicles at 768 won (70 cents) per 100 grams.

Department stores ranked the second most expensive at 732 won followed by mom-and-pop stores at 611 won and chain stores at 608 won. The average price was 666 won per 100 grams.

Convenience store sold popsicles at a price 26 percent, or 160 won, more than that of chain stores.

Meanwhile, mom-and-pop stores took the largest share in domestic popsicle market at 74.4 percent, followed by convenience stores at 15.5 percent and chain stores, 6.6 percent.