500 at launch of Oseyo Korean supermarket on The Moor

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00:00No one could have really expected that the opening of a sale in Sheffield would also

00:05be the arrival of Storm Amy to the UK, which is why about 500 people were more than satisfied

00:11waiting in the rain for up to an hour, and in some cases two, to get inside the brand

00:16new Korean supermarket that has opened in Sheffield City Centre this week.

00:20This is the largest chain of the South Korean supermarket that has opened here in the UK

00:26and is now across three floors of a shop on the moor, which to date has been closed for

00:30approximately five years, so it is a brand new addition to the high street in Sheffield.

00:36With all that said, I made sure I was down there for 10 o'clock today so I could take

00:39you inside of a sale supermarket for the very first time.

00:43It's taken six weeks of renovations to get the shop fitted for customers today, and I

00:47can say it's probably the most colourful supermarket I've ever been inside.

00:51The central atrium is dominated by this large glass chandelier covering all three floors of

00:55the supermarket.

00:56And alongside that, South Korea seems to have a penchant for really bright, bold, colourful

01:01packaging, usually with some sort of celebrity endorsement or cartoon characters out, which

01:05makes the whole supermarket just burst with colour when you walk through the door.

01:10I think what's going to make this a hit for Sheffield and make it a draw for the city centre

01:13is it's a really high energy shopping experience.

01:16There are TVs playing K-pop music videos on most floors.

01:21There are attractions like the Ramyeon Library.

01:23There is the ice cup station, that's a huge viral hit if you've never heard of that one.

01:27Buy an ice cup, take your drink off the shelf, pour it in there, usually on video for the

01:32gram.

01:33And that was only like £2.

01:34The cup is £1 and the drink is £1.

01:37I'm going to go out my way and say for South Yorkshire's youth that's going to be a great

01:41thing to come to the city centre for and take part in as well.

01:44The actual products available I think are on a par with quite a few Asian supermarkets I've

01:48seen in Sheffield but the draw, the attraction, what they're doing differently is that it's

01:52right here in the city centre.

01:54I found the price is quite reasonable for what we can see and it is the renovation of

01:59a high street store that's been closed for the best part of five years and now it's bursting

02:03with colour energy and is a great spot to sort of nip into and just see what you can

02:08find on a lunch break or if you're on a weekend trip into the city.

02:12I think we have a real hit on our hands for Sheffield right here.

02:14It's a bright, exciting, high energy new addition to Sheffield City Centre, the kind of shop

02:19that you can sort of nip into and just have a look around whenever you feel like it, which

02:23is a rare thing these days, attested to by the some 500 people who would have stood around

02:28today waiting to get in there first and the extra 500 people I saw show up just to be here

02:32on the first day.

02:33I encourage you to get down to the city centre and check out the sale as soon as you can.