Tylenol's sales at convenience stores rose 125% year-on-year

Reflective benefits to full-scale vaccination

Tylenol shortages also occurred in some convenience stores

Convenience stores are also benefiting from the shortage of outpatient pharmacies' Tylenol as vaccination begins in earnest.Tylenol sales at convenience stores designated as household medicine rose.

 

Household medicine sold at convenience stores

First of all, CU's Tylenol sales increased 125.5% year-on-year.

 

According to sales from May 27 to May 31, when vaccinations for people aged 65 or older began in earnest, it increased 89.9% compared to the previous month (April 26 to 30), and it also increased 68.1% compared to the previous week (May 20 to 24).

 

In the case of Seven-Eleven convenience stores, sales of Tylenol increased 23.3% compared to the previous month, especially sales from the 27th to 30th increased 99.6% from the same period last month.

 

In the case of GS25 convenience stores, Tylenol sales rose 41.9% last month from a year ago and 38.8% compared to the previous month, the survey showed.

 

In some convenience stores, Tylenol is in short supply like pharmacies.

 

"The number of consumers visiting Tylenol has increased recently," said CU convenience store owner in Seoul.

 

Both Tylenol 500mg and Tylenol160 mg are out of stock, he said.

 

"We only have children's syrup in stock at the moment." Meanwhile, the Gyeonggi Pharmaceutical Association criticized the government and the vaccination center's inexperienced administration for causing Tylenol shortage on the 1st and insisted that Tylenol should not be sold at convenience stores for a while as it is time to manage side effects.