Posted August. 13, 2016 07:07,
Updated August. 13, 2016 07:18
Lotte Confectionery delivered 210,000 boxes of Xylitol Gum, chocolates, biscuits, snacks, and candies on 106 occasions. The total price of those products is 10.7 billion won (9.69 million dollars). Beneficiaries include some 50 organizations, including Save the Children, Korea Association of the Welfare Institutes for the Disabled, the Korean Salvation Army, and Community Chest of Korea, military bases, and Korea Food for the Hungry International.
“Xylitol Gum and Pepero have become really popular and their annual sales went up to 100 billion won (90.5 million dollars)," Lotte Confectionery noted. "We wanted to use some of the profit for the poor.”
The company has been running other social welfare projects such as establishing community child center "Lotte Confectionary Sweet Home" with income from Pepero sales.