H Mart
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H Mart (Korean: H 마트 or 한아름 마트) is an American chain of Asian supermarkets operated by the Hanahreum Group, headquartered in Lyndhurst, Bergen County, New Jersey. The chain has 84 stores throughout the United States, operated variously as H Mart, H Mart Northwest, and H Mart Colorado; two stores in the Pacific Northwest operate as G Mart.[3] It also has stores in Canada and two in the United Kingdom. H Mart is the largest U.S.-based grocery store chain that specializes in Asian-style products and caters to Asian-American shoppers.
Native name | 한아름 마트, H 마트 |
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Company type | Private company |
Industry | Grocery |
Founded | September 1982; 41 years ago (1982-09) (as Han Ah Reum) Woodside, Queens, New York City, US |
Founder | Il Yeon Kwon |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Number of locations |
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Area served | United States, Canada, United Kingdom |
Key people | Il Yeon Kwon (CEO)[1] |
Revenue |
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Number of employees | 5,500[1] |
Parent | Hanahreum Group |
Korean name | |
Hangul | H 마트 |
Revised Romanization | H mat'ŭ |
McCune–Reischauer | H mateu |
한아름 마트 | |
Hangul | 한아름 마트 |
Revised Romanization | Hanareum mateu |
McCune–Reischauer | Hanarŭm mat'ŭ |
Website | hmart |
The "H" in "H Mart" stands for Han Ah Reum (한아름), the store's original name. The phrase is a combination of the Korean word "Han," meaning "one," and "Ah Reum," a transliteration of the English word "arm" in hangeul, the Korean writing system. More poetically, it signifies "an armful [of groceries]," or even "an embrace."[4][5]