VIPS (South Korean restaurant)
{{Short description|South Korean restaurant chain}}
{{Other|VIPS (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox company
| name = VIPS
| image = VIPS_restaurant_logo.jpg
| image_size = 150px
| industry = Restaurant
| founded = {{Start date|1997}} in South Korea
| hq_location_city = Seoul
| hq_location_country = South Korea
| num_locations = 112 stores (2015)
| website = {{URL|ivips.co.kr}}
}}
VIPS ({{Korean|hangul=빕스}}) is a restaurant chain in South Korea owned by the CJ Foodville of CJ Group.
History
= In South Korea =
The first store was opened in 1997 in Deungchon, Seoul.{{fact|date=April 2021}}
As of 2015, the chain had 112 branches in South Korea.{{cite news|url=http://view.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2015031013253276075|first=Won-soo|last=Jang|title=[패밀리레스토랑의 눈물]남들 문닫을 때 나홀로 매장 늘린 빕스|newspaper=Daily Hankook|date=March 10, 2015|access-date=2015-04-16}} The number of stores, however, decreased sharply in the next few years; it decreased to 61 in 2018 and 45 in December 2019.{{Cite web|date=2019-12-15|title=골목 맛집에 밀린 '빕스', 몸집 줄이고 로봇 투입해 재도약|url=https://biz.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2019/12/14/2019121400340.html|access-date=2021-04-08|website=chosun|language=ko}}
{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/ko-kr/news/other/%EB%8B%AC%EB%9D%BC%EC%A7%84-%E9%A3%9F%EB%AC%B8%ED%99%94%E2%91%A0%EA%B7%B8-%EB%A7%8E%EB%8D%98-%EB%B9%95%EC%8A%A4%C2%B7%EC%95%84%EC%9B%83%EB%B0%B1%EC%9D%80-%EC%96%B4%EB%94%94%EB%A1%9C-%EA%B0%94%EC%9D%84%EA%B9%8C/ar-AAzAR59|title=[달라진 食문화①]그 많던 빕스·아웃백은 어디로 갔을까?|website=www.msn.com|access-date=2019-05-17}} VIPS recognized the crisis, and attempted various changes for sales growth through changing the store concepts and interior relevant to the targets that live near the store.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mirae-biz.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=40494|title=CJ푸드빌 빕스, 상권 맞춤형 변화로 신규 고객 공략 - 미래경제|website=www.mirae-biz.com|date=25 July 2018 |language=ko|access-date=2019-05-17}}
= In China =
In 2015 CJ Foodville announced a plan to set up 100 restaurants in China by 2017.{{cite web|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/n_feature/2012/12/18/66/4901000000AEN20121218008200320F.HTML|first=Young-gyo|last=Kim|title=CJ Foodville adds new flavor to Beijingers' eating-out culture|publisher=Yonhap News|date=December 18, 2012|access-date=2015-09-19}}
References
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External links
https://www.facebook.com/ivips/ - {{official website|http://www.ivips.co.kr}}
{{Food chains in South Korea}}
{{CJ Group}}
Category:Restaurant chains in South Korea
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