Social Contribution Convenience Store Opens in Gimhae... Profits Used for Vulnerable Groups

Gimhae City, Gyeongnam, has opened the first social contribution convenience store in Gimhae.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Gimhae City in Gyeongnam announced on the 27th that it has opened 'CU Saessak Store Gimhae Heungdong Branch,' the first social contribution convenience store in Gimhae.

Saessak Store is a shared value creation model where BGF Retail utilizes the stable and professional franchise system of the convenience store CU for local community self-sufficiency labor projects. It has signed a business agreement with the Gimhae Regional Self-Sufficiency Center to pursue a virtuous cycle of employment and entrepreneurship for socioeconomically vulnerable groups.

Operating profits are used as employment support funds and startup capital for vulnerable groups, aiming to establish self-sufficiency enterprises that operate self-sufficiency labor projects in the form of cooperatives or business entities through stable management.

The Gimhae Heungdong Branch operates 24/7 year-round with self-sufficiency project participants working in teams of two on three shifts. It provides jobs to low-income residents while supporting employment and entrepreneurship in related companies based on management know-how to help independent productive activities.

A Gimhae City official said, "We will operate the convenience store business so that self-sufficiency participants have opportunities to experience various jobs and to establish a foundation that can increase the success rate of self-sufficiency."