Giant (hypermarket)

GCH Retail (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
Company typePrivate Limited Company
IndustryRetail: Discount stores, grocery stores, and hypermarkets
Founded1944; 80 years ago (1944) in Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States (now Malaysia)
FounderTeng Family
HeadquartersShah Alam,
Selangor
,
Malaysia
Number of locations
40 store outlet and 40 Giant Mini (2023)
Area served
Malaysia
Key people
Simon Keswick (CEO)
Howard Mowlem (Chairman/GFD)
ParentTeng Family (1944–1999)
DFI Retail Group (1999–2023)
Macrovalue (2023–present)
Websitegiant.com.my (Malaysia)
giant.sg (Singapore)

GCH Retail (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, doing business as Giant Mall, is a hypermarket brand and retailer chain now mainly in Malaysia, Singapore and formerly Brunei,[1] Cambodia,[2] Indonesia and Vietnam.[3] In 2016, Giant was the largest supermarket chain in Malaysia.[4] Its parent company also operates Mercató, Cold Storage and TMC in Malaysia.[5]

  1. ^ Ubaidillah Masli (23 March 2008). "Bruneians go all out for Giant bargains". The Brunei Times. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Malaysia's Giant Opens First Cambodia Supermarket". Khmer Times. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2019.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Quoc Hung (31 August 2011). "Supermarket Giant to be opened in Vietnam". The Saigon Times. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  4. ^ Abdul Ghani Wahab (21 November 2016). "Malaysia Retail Foods Annual 2016" (PDF). USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Giant hypermarkets to be replaced by Giant Malls". The Edge Malaysia. Retrieved 10 June 2023.