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Korean soup chain expands AI ordering system to help stores manage stock
Yuksudang is using AI to recommend ingredient orders at its Korean soup restaurants.
The chain, run by Ilyeon F&C, says the system uses each store’s past sales, the weather, the day of the week and local business conditions to suggest how much to order each day.
It was introduced in January as part of a plan to help stores operate with two staff members, alongside a system that supplies key ingredients in ready-to-use packs from a plant in Osong, North Chungcheong Province.
Use of the AI system reached 81.1% across 88 stores in September, up from 68.1% in August.
Since its introduction, more than 60% of franchise stores have placed orders using the AI’s suggested quantities without changes, the company says.
The system is intended to reduce waste and stockouts, while giving store owners more time for customers; the company says it plans to keep improving store operations using data from its locations.
Korean soup chain Yuk Su Dang has expanded an AI ordering system across its franchise stores to help manage stock and reduce owners’ administrative work.
The system analyzes past sales, weather, day of the week and local commercial conditions to recommend daily order quantities.
The chain says use of the system across its 88 stores rose from 68.1% in August to 81.1% in September.
More than 60% of franchise stores have placed orders using the AI’s recommended quantities without changes since its introduction in January.
The company says the system can help prevent food waste from over-ordering and shortages of menu items.
- Who
- Yuk Su Dang, a soup chain operated by Yiyeon F&C, and its franchise stores.
- What
- The chain is using an AI system to recommend order quantities based on store and external data.
- When
- Introduced this year; use rose between August and September. The article was published on October 13, 2026.
- Where
- Across Yuk Su Dang’s 88 stores in South Korea.
- Why
- To reduce store owners’ administrative workload and help manage inventory, food waste and shortages.
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Yuk Su Dang introduced the AI ordering system.
Use of the system across its 88 stores was 68.1%, according to the company.
Use of the system rose to 81.1%, according to the company.
More than 60% of franchise stores had placed orders using the AI’s recommended quantities without changes since its introduction.
- Chain
- Yuk Su Dang
- Operator
- Yiyeon F&C
- Stores
- 88
- AI system use
- 68.1% in August; 81.1% in September
- Unchanged AI recommendations
- More than 60% of franchise stores since introduction in January
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What people are saying
A system that reduces owners’ fatigue across operations, including ordering and inventory management, as well as shortening kitchen cooking time, is essential to creating sustainable stores with small teams.
We will continue to improve store operating systems based on field data.