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UknowsI
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| Personally I just get the super combination pizza from Pizza Maru for 6000 won, or the Vulcano Chicken Pizza for 7900, but I wanted to try the EMart pizza just to test it out. I guess a lot of other people also just want to try to try it because of the hype. Maybe it will be easier to order it in a month or two. |
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PEIGUY
Joined: 28 Mar 2004
Location: Omokgyo
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| Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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| is it really that good? i mean you can get a pepperoni pizza for like 18000 won from domino's (using their online discount) without all this fuss. |
It's actually pretty good, I find the quality and quantity to be better than Pizza School and Pizza Maru. I happened to be in E-mart on Sat around the time it opened (less of a crowd when you want to buy something) and people were lined up at the pizza counter at 10 in the morning. |
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tefain
Joined: 19 Sep 2007
Location: Not too far out there
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| Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 7:30 am Post subject: |
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I'll have to try it when the crowds dissipate a little.
In the meantime, I'll have to settle for minimal wait Costco pizza.  |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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| tefain wrote: |
I'll have to try it when the crowds dissipate a little.
In the meantime, I'll have to settle for minimal wait Costco pizza. |
Make mine bulgogi! |
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chronicpride
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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The E-Mart by me has a weekday daily quota of 390, which they seem to sell out by 10pm. On a friggin weekday! No wonder why local pizza joints are all pissed about this.
PS. December issue of Daegu Pockets has an article on the E-Mart Pizza hype + controversy. www.daegupockets.com/pdfs/Dec2010.pdf |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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| chronicpride wrote: |
The E-Mart by me has a weekday daily quota of 390, which they seem to sell out by 10pm. On a friggin weekday! No wonder why local pizza joints are all pissed about this.
PS. December issue of Daegu Pockets has an article on the E-Mart Pizza hype + controversy. www.daegupockets.com/pdfs/Dec2010.pdf |
Where's the article? |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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| I think I'm going to go line up in about twenty minutes. |
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chronicpride
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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| chronicpride wrote: |
The E-Mart by me has a weekday daily quota of 390, which they seem to sell out by 10pm. On a friggin weekday! No wonder why local pizza joints are all pissed about this.
PS. December issue of Daegu Pockets has an article on the E-Mart Pizza hype + controversy. www.daegupockets.com/pdfs/Dec2010.pdf |
Where's the article? |
Page 32-33. Or if looking at the PDF page count of Adobe PDF Reader, it will be 17/43 |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Okay: just got back from my local EMart, which opens at 10:00, and was told at 9:50 that they were sold out. Conclusion: I will never be able to eat an EMart pizza. |
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PEIGUY
Joined: 28 Mar 2004
Location: Omokgyo
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| Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Okay: just got back from my local EMart, which opens at 10:00, and was told at 9:50 that they were sold out. Conclusion: I will never be able to eat an EMart pizza. |
Seems that people pre-order online. Funny thing is that they're not selling all those other kinds of pizza that the small shops have (sweet potato, shrimp etc) which Koreans seem to love and are still selling 200+ pizzas a day.. does Costco put a limit on how much they sell per day? |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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| northway wrote: |
| Okay: just got back from my local EMart, which opens at 10:00, and was told at 9:50 that they were sold out. Conclusion: I will never be able to eat an EMart pizza. |
Seems that people pre-order online. Funny thing is that they're not selling all those other kinds of pizza that the small shops have (sweet potato, shrimp etc) which Koreans seem to love and are still selling 200+ pizzas a day.. does Costco put a limit on how much they sell per day? |
I'm pretty sure you can't order online, you have to line up at 9:00. |
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red_devil
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Who says Korean economy is recovering? 11,500 E-mart pizza's this popular... |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Who says Korean economy is recovering? 11,500 E-mart pizza's this popular... |
So true. In other words, the customer is king and sets the prices. |
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SparkleKorea
Joined: 05 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| I refuse to buy this pizza because it will just lure people away from Costco and force Costco to shut down like all the other foreign competitors so Koreans can puff their chest and say Emart is superior and when we go shopping there will be less foreign products at much higher rates. |
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prairiemaker
Joined: 02 Jan 2008
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I talked to Emart managers in Wonju's Emart last week about never being able to get a pizza. I actually set up an interview as I was considering writing a story for Korea Times about the Pizza. I was really suprised at the answers I received from the managers and Emart shoppers.
The managers informed me that the reason I could never get a pizza without a two or three hour wait was planned. Any Emart store makes only 260 Pizzsa a day. Thats the limit. You are expected to wait two to three hours on purpose. This keeps you in the store shoping. The long pizza wait is a deliberate marketing plan.
I asked some Korean shoppers how they feel about this at Emart, as well as some Korean friends. I used two translators as my Korean is limited. Most Koreans do Emarts maketing philosophy with the Pizza, but feel it is Emart's choice to do this, and will continue shopping there.
I have tried to look at the whole thing from a cultural perspective outside my own. However, it really bothers me. I have stopped shopping at Emarts over it. I no longer eat pizza, or much of any processed food, so I was shopping very little at Emart anyway. However my pregnant wife gets cravings for Pizza and it would have been nice to try it. |
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