History
- About CU
- History
Our dream that began at Garak Seeyoung Branch has spread across the entire nation.
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1990
- Oct. 1990
- Opening of the 1st store - Garak Seeyoung Br.
- Jun. 1991
- Introduction of POS system
- Jan. 1992
- Operation of distribution center, Seoul distribution center,
the first in Korea to be dedicated to CVS
- Oct. 1992
- Opening of the 1st store in Busan
- Dec. 1994
- Incorporation of company
- Oct. 1995
- The 1st exhibition held
- Sep. 1997
- Initiation of Service for Payment of Utility Charges
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2001
- Oct. 2001
- Opening of store on Jeju Island, an industry first and the
completion of our nationwide network
- Oct. 2002
- Opening of the 1st store in Keumgang Mountain Park,
North Korea
- Dec. 2002
- Operation of lunch box processing facility
- Oct. 2003
- 2,000th store opened, an industry first
- Jun. 2004
- Introduction of membership mileage card
- Dec. 2004
- Opening of store in Kaesong Industrial Complex,
North Korea
- Aug. 2007
- 3,000th store opened, an industry first
Opening of 24-hour call center, an industry first
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2008
- Dec. 2008
- Execution of MOU with Jeju Special Autonomous
Province
- Sep. 2008
- Execution of MOU with Gangwon Province
- Sep. 2008
- Execution of MOU with Seoul City for the campaign of
Happy City of Seoul Made by the Citizens
- Oct. 2008
- 4,000th store opened, an industry first
- Mar. 2009
- Accreditation of ACE CLUB
- Jul. 2009
- Opened stores in 24 stations on Subway Line 9 in Seoul
- Aug. 2009
- Opened mobile CVS, ‘Transformer,’ an industry first
- Sep. 2009
- Introduced the service for payment of national tax
- Sep. 2009
- Introduced environment-friendly carbon cashback point
service
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2010
- Jan. 2010
- Donation to Charity for Children of the World
- Mar. 2010
- Opened the 1st Green Store
- Apr. 2010
- Execution of MOU with Jinjoo City
- Aug. 2010
- Celebration for opening of 5,000th store
- Sep. 2010
- Opened lunch box manufacturing facility in Jeju
- Oct. 2010
- Execution of MOU with Chollanam-do
- Oct. 2010
- Received Award of Recognition from the Minister of
Health and Welfare
- Dec. 2010
- Received Award for Job Creation at the Awards for
Distribution Industry
- Feb. 2011
- 2011 Exhibition held
- Mar. 2011
- Opened Ansung Distribution Center
- April 2011
- Selected as one of Korea’s 1,000 largest companies
by Maeil Economic Daily
- May 2011
- Execution of affiliation with KBO
- July 2011
- Opened 6,000th store, an industry first
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2012
- Feb. 2012
- Received First Brand Award for 9th consecutive year
- Feb. 2012
- 2012 Exhibition held
- Mar. 2012
- Opened 7,000th store, an industry first
- Apr. 2012
- Execution of MOU regarding designation of green store
- May 2012
- Execution of MOU with the Ministry of Environment
regarding green card
- Jun. 2012
- Company name changed to BGF Retail
; CU brand launched
- Aug. 2012
- Opening of BGF Logis Yangjoo-Gangleung Ctr
- Aug. 2012
- Opening of the 1st CU – Olympic Plaza store
- Dec. 2012
- Accreditation of CCM, a first for a company in the CVS
industry
- Jan. 2013
- Received the Korea Best Brand Award
- Jan. 2013
- Awarded 1st place in First Brand Award Korea for 10th
consecutive year
- Mar. 2013
- Awarded 1st place in CVS sector in Brand Power for 8th
consecutive year
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2013
- Dec. 2013
- Awarded 1st place in the CVS sector of ‘Korean Net Promoter Score’ for 2nd consecutive year
- Sep. 2013
- Awarded 1st place in CVS sector of ‘National Brand Competitiveness Index’
- Jul. 2013
- Awarded 1st place in ‘Korean Service Quality Index (KSQI)’ for 2nd consecutive year
- Mar. 2013
- Awarded 1st place in CVS sector of „Brand Power‟ for 8th consecutive year
- Jan. 2013
- Awarded 1st place in ‘First Brand Award Korea’ for 10th consecutive year
- Jan. 2013
- Recipient of ‘Korea Best Brand Awards’
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2014
- Mar. 2014
- Awarded 1st place in the CVS sector of ‘Korea Brand Power Index’ for 9th consecutive year
- Jan. 2014
- Recipient of ‘First Brand Award Korea’ for 11th consecutive year
- Jan. 2014
- Awarded the Best Company in the CVS sector of ‘Asia Consumer Award’ for 3rd consecutive year
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2015
- Nov. 2015
- Launched Product R&D Center.
- Sep. 2015
- Became the first CVS brand in Korea to have 9,000 stores.
- Jan. 2015
- Held the brand vision proclamation ceremony.
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2016
- Dec. 2016
- Renewed the Customer Centered Management (CCM) certification.
- Nov. 2016
- Won the Korea Design Award, the first in the CVS industry.
- Oct. 2016
- Launched the character HEYROO Friends
- Aug. 2016
- Launched South Springs
- Aug. 2016
- Entered into agreement with franchisees to ensure fair trade and mutual growth
- Jun. 2016
- Introduced the corporate identity, “Be Good Friends.”
- Jun. 2016
- Became the first CVS brand in Korea to have 10,000 stores.
- Jan. 2016
- Launched an integrated private brand HEYROO.
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2017
- Oct. 2017
- The 2nd Korean Prime Minister's Award for Crime Prevention
- Aug. 2017
- Became the first CVS brand in Korea to have 12,000.stores
- May. 2017
- Opened the first CU store in Korea to adopt counter safety barrier
- Apr. 2017
- Received President's Commendation for promoting recruitment of the disabled
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2018
- Nov. 2018
- Jincheon CDC Logistics center Grand Open
- Oct. 2018
- BGF Awarded 'Korea Crime Prevention'
- Sep. 2018
- Became the first CVS brand in Korea to have 12,000.stores
- Aug. 2018
- CU Opens Mongolia for the First Time
- Aug. 2018
- CU, 2018 NBCI First in National Brand Competitiveness Index
- Jun. 2018
- Acquisition of HELLO NATURE Management Rights
- Jun. 2018
- BGF - SK Telecom Business Alliance Agreement for Strategic Joint Project
- Apr. 2018
- A contract for MFC with Mongolia Central Express
- Mar. 2018
- 2018 KMAC First in Korean Industrial Brand Power (K-BPI)
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2019
- Nov. 2019
- BGF Awarded 'Korea's Crime Prevention Award’
- Sep. 2019
- A contract for MFC with Vietnam 'CUVN’
- Jul. 2019
- BGF Retail and Daegu Bank sign a strategic business partnership for 'digital marketing and business innovation’
- Jun. 2019
- BGF Retail and Samsung Card signed an MOU to support 'customized marketing of merchant’
- Mar. 2019
- BGFRetail, Selection of a public excellent corporation in the stock market for 2018
- Mar. 2019
- CU, 8th Top 100 Franchise Brand Selected
- Mar. 2019
- CU tops the 21st Korea Industry Brand Power Convenience store category
- Feb. 2019
- HELLONATURE, Bucheon Logistics Center Open
- Jan. 2019
- BGFRetail, A contract for MOU with Delivery Hero Korea.
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2020
- Dec. 2020
- BGF Retail, Consumer Centered Management certification 5 times in a row
- Dec. 2020
- CU, Industry's first introduction of eco-friendly polybags
- Nov. 2020
- CU, Opened 15,000 stores
- Nov. 2020
- BGF retail-U Fintech Hub Inc. Signing MOUs for FinTech Business
- Nov. 2020
- BGF retail-KITA, Signing an MOU for overseas expansion
- Oct. 2020
- BGF retail, Advance to Malaysia
- Aug. 2020
- BGF retail, Data Distribution Innovation Agreement with the Financial Security Institute
- Jun. 2020
- CU Green Store, Industry's First Green Store Designation by the Ministry of Environment
- Jun. 2020
- BGF retail, Industry's first ISO14001 (Environmental Management System) certification
- Jun. 2020
- BGF retail, Signing MOU with Hongcheon-gun using local specialties
- Apr. 2020
- BGFretail, Signing MOU with Korail
- Apr. 2020
- BGFretail, Signing MOU with Naver Happy Bean
- May. 2020
- CU, Industry's first 24-hour delivery service
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2021
- Dec. 2021
- BGF Retail is awarded the Presidential Award of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Corporate Innovation Award
- Dec. 2021
- BGF Retail is awarded the highest grade in the Free Trade Commission’s affiliate area’s evaluation of implementation
- Aug. 2021
- BGF Retail enters the Free Economic Zone Logistics Investment Agreement with Busan Metropolitan City
- Aug. 2021
- BGF Retail opens "CU x Hana Bank", the first private label convenience store (PLCS) in Korea
- Jun. 2021
- BGF Retail adopts the industry’s only Small & Medium Business Distribution Center’s shared growth mall
- May. 2021
- BGF Retail opens a convenience store on ZEPETO, the first metaverse platform in the industry
- Apr. 2021
- BGF Retail-Sandbox Digital Commerce Agreement Signed
- Apr. 2021
- CU Malaysia 1st store opened
- Mar. 2021
- BGF Retail-Fair Trade Commission Declares Win-Win Agreement for Long-Term Operating Points
- Mar. 2021
- BGF Retail and Hana Bank Sign a Win-Win Financial Business Agreement
- Feb. 2021
- BGF Group, Official launch of ESG Management Committee
- Jan. 2021
- Tech Friendly CU 1st Shop Opens
- Jan. 2021
- CU, Industry's first label-free pb bottled water launch
- Jan. 2021
- BGF Retail-NAVER, Business agreement for joint promotion of O2O platform business
- Jan. 2021
- BGF Retail, Introducing Smart Office in earnest
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2022
- Jun. 2022
- BGF Retail holds CU Brand's 10th Anniversary
- May. 2022
- BGF Retail holds an opening ceremony for the 200th CU store in Mongolia and celebrates the 1st anniversary in Malaysia
- Jan. 2022
- BGF Retail, certified as the only Excellent Green Logistics Company for 9 consecutive years