H-Mart
H Mart at Diamond Jamboree Center in Irvine, California in August 2014.
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Native name
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H 마트 |
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| Private company | |
| Industry | Grocery |
| Founded | September 1982 (as Han Ah Reum) Woodside, Queens, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Founder | Il Yeon Kwon |
| Headquarters | Lyndhurst, New Jersey, U.S. |
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Number of locations
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Area served
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Northeastern United States, Southeastern United States, Illinois, Michigan, Texas, California, Central Colorado, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Southern Ontario, United Kingdom |
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Key people
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Il Yeon Kwon (CEO) |
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Number of employees
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2,500 |
| Parent | Hanahreum Group |
| Website | www |
US $1.050 billion (2013)| H Mart Translations | |
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| Hangul | H 마트 |
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| Revised Romanization | H mat'ŭ |
| McCune–Reischauer | H mateu |
| 한아름 마트 | |
| Hangul | 한아름 마트 |
| Revised Romanization | Hanareum mateu |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hanarŭm mat'ŭ |
H Mart (Korean: H 마트 or 한아름 마트; Chinese: 韓亞龍) is an American supermarket chain operated by the Hanahreum Group headquartered in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. The chain, with locations throughout the United States, Canada, and London, specializes in providing Asian foods. The chain also operates several Super H Mart stores.
The "H" in "H Mart" stands for Han Ah Reum, a Korean phrase meaning "one arm full of groceries".
The chain began in 1982 in Woodside, Queens, New York City, as a small corner grocery store. The store still exists, but does not operate the same way as other H Marts do and keeps the original Han Ah Reum name. On October 19, 1998, the chain's current headquarters in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, opened.
After the opening of its first store in 1982, following the 10-year anniversary, the company began a rapid expansion by adding 10 additional stores in just as many years. While mainly concentrated to the Northeast, in 1997 the company opened its first store in Falls Church, Virginia. By 2005 the chain had 17 stores and by March 2006, the company had 22 locations. With the exception of two stores in Denver, Colorado, all of the locations were located on the East Coast. The company scheduled the opening of its first West Coast location in Federal Way, Washington, in April 2006.
As of 2016, there are over 50 H Mart locations across the United States in California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Texas.
In 2016, H Mart opened its first location in North Carolina, in the town of Cary.
After its 2001 opening, an H Mart location in Northern Virginia gained many Hispanic American employees. After cultural conflicts between Hispanic and Korean American employees in one store, the H Mart headquarters provided an intercultural training course, with translations in Spanish.
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