H Mart

H Mart
Native name
한아름 마트, H 마트
Company typePrivate company
IndustryGrocery
FoundedSeptember 1982; 42 years ago (1982-09) (as Han Ah Reum)
Woodside, Queens, New York City, US
FounderIl Yeon Kwon
Headquarters,
U.S.
Number of locations
  • 89 (US)
  • 1 (UK)
  • 13 (Canada)
Area served
United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Key people
Il Yeon Kwon (CEO)[1]
Revenue
  • Increase US$1.050 billion (2013)
[2]
Number of employees
5,500[1]
ParentHanahreum Group
Korean name
Hangul
H 마트
Revised RomanizationH mateu
McCune–ReischauerH mat'ŭ
한아름 마트
Hangul
한아름 마트
Revised RomanizationHanareum mateu
McCune–ReischauerHanarŭm mat'ŭ
Websitehmart.com

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 [citation needed].

The "H" in "H Mart" stands for the store's original name, Han Ah Reum (한아름), which means "an armful" in Korean.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b "Il Yeon-Kwon, 53; Chairman & CEO, HAR Grand ..." Forbes. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  2. ^ "Hot 100 Chart 2014". National Retail Federation. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  3. ^ Mishan, Ligaya (May 14, 2021). "The Lure of H-Mart, Where the Shelves Can Seem as Wide as Asia". The New York Times. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  4. ^ "Company History". H Mart. Archived from the original on August 9, 2018. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  5. ^ Mishan, Ligaya (May 11, 2021). "The Lure of H Mart, Where the Shelves Can Seem as Wide as Asia" – via NYTimes.com.