A convenience store,bodega,convenience shop,corner store or corner shop is a small retail store that stocks a range of everyday items such as tea,coffee,groceries,fruits,vegetables,snacks,confectionery,soft drinks,ice creams,tobacco products,lottery tickets,over-the-counter drugs,toiletries,newspapers and magazines.
7-Eleven,Inc. is an American convenience store chain,headquartered in Irving,Texas and owned by Japanese company Seven &I Holdings through Seven-Eleven Japan Co.,Ltd. The chain was founded in 1927 as an ice house storefront in Dallas. It was named Tote'm Stores between 1928 and 1946. After Ito-Yokado,a Japanese supermarket chain and the parent company of Seven-Eleven Japan,acquired a 70% stake in the company in 1991,the company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seven-Eleven Japan in November,2005.
ParknShop is one of the two largest supermarket chains in Hong Kong,the other being Wellcome. ParknShop operates more than 200 outlets in Hong Kong,Macau and mainland China.
Wellcome is a supermarket chain owned by British conglomerate Jardine Matheson Holdings via its DFI Retail Group subsidiary. The Wellcome supermarket chain is one of the two largest supermarket chains in Hong Kong,the other being ParknShop.
Jardine Strategic Holdings Limited is an investment holding company. It is a subsidiary of Jardine Matheson.
Franklins was an Australian discount supermarket chain selling packaged groceries and perishables throughout New South Wales,Queensland,Victoria and South Australia. It sold the "No Frills" home brand generic products. In 2011 the chain was bought by Metcash and the stores were sold off,shut down or converted into new supermarket banners or other brands. The final store closed in April 2015.
Aeon Co.,Ltd.,formerly Jusco Co.,Ltd.,is a Japanese diversified retail holding company. It is one of the largest retail companies in Japan,owning Aeon hypermarkets,Aeon Mall and Aeon Town shopping malls,Daiei,MaxValu,Maruetsu,and My Basket supermarkets,Ministop convenience store,Welcia drugstore,and Aeon Cinema movie theaters.
Big C,operated by Big C Supercenter Public Company Limited under Big C Retail Corporation Public Company Limited,is a grocery and general merchandising retailer headquartered in Bangkok,Thailand. Big C is as of 2016 Thailand's second-largest hypermarket operator after Tesco Lotus. It has operations in five countries,namely Thailand,Laos,Cambodia,Vietnam and Hong Kong.
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,Cambodia,Indonesia and Vietnam. In 2016,Giant was the largest supermarket chain in Malaysia. Its parent company also operates Mercató,Cold Storage and TMC in Malaysia.
Shopping is a popular social activity in Hong Kong,where basic items for sale do not draw any duties,sales taxation,or import taxation. Only specific import goods such as alcohol,tobacco,perfumes,cosmetics,cars and petroleum products have associated taxes. For companies,there is a 17.5% corporate tax,which is lower than international standards. Shoppers reportedly spend over US$5.2 billion a month in Hong Kong shops.
Mannings is a personal care product chain owned by Dairy Farm International Holdings,which is in turn owned by Jardine Matheson. It is known as Guardian for Malaysia,Indonesia,Brunei,Vietnam,and Singapore. By the end of 2016,there were 1715 stores in Asia,355 in Hong Kong,17 in Macau,228 in Mainland China,425 in Malaysia,245 in Indonesia,23 in Brunei,47 in Vietnam,126 in Singapore,5 in Cambodia,and 246 in the Philippines. The total income of Mannings in 2017 was US$2.8 billion. Its major rivals include Watsons which is owned by CK Hutchison Holdings.
Cold Storage is a Singaporean multinational supermarket company currently owned by DFI Retail Group. Its parent company also operates Market Place stores,now branded as Cold Storage Fresh,as well as the Giant hypermarket brand,and has various other supermarkets around Asia including Hero and Wellcome.
Market Place in Hong Kong,Cold Storage Fresh in Singapore and The Marketplace in the Philippines is a high-end supermarket chain owned by DFI Retail Group. The chain also has a joint venture in mainland China with Beijing Hualian Group called BHG Market Place and formerly ran stores in Taiwan until they were sold to Carrefour. The Malaysian chain called Mercató is owned by Macrovalue Sdn Bhd. after its acquisition of DFI Malaysian food retailing business in 2023.
Rustan's is a Philippine chain of upmarket department stores owned by the Rustan Group of Companies (RGOC). Rustan's Department Store is the flagship brand of the Rustan Group of Companies and has five major branches,three boutiques and an online shopping store rustans.com. Rustan's Department Store is considered the Philippines most prestigious retailer,carrying many of the world's most famous upscale or luxury brands names,among them,Cartier,Mikimoto,Tiffany,Ermenegildo Zegna,Nina Ricci,Alfred Dunhill,Sonia Rykiel,and Estee Lauder. Rustan's was the first in the Philippine retailer to introduce a customer loyalty program,"Frequent Shoppers Plus" and a Wedding Registry.
Robinsons Supermarket is a supermarket chain in the Philippines and a division of Robinsons Retail Holdings,Inc. (RRHI). It is the second largest supermarket chain in the Philippines with 274 stores across the Philippines.
Jardine,Matheson &Co.,later Jardine,Matheson &Co.,Ltd.,forerunner of today's Jardine Matheson Holdings,was a Far Eastern company founded in 1832 by Scotsmen William Jardine and James Matheson as senior partners. Trafficking opium in Asia,while also trading cotton,tea,silk and a variety of other goods,from its early beginnings in Canton,in 1844 the firm established its head office in the new British colony of Hong Kong then proceeded to expand all along the China Coast.
Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited is a Hong Kong-based,Bermuda-domiciled British multinational conglomerate. It has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and secondary listings on the Singapore Exchange and Bermuda Stock Exchange. The majority of its business interests are in Asia,and its subsidiaries include Jardine Pacific,Jardine Motors,Hongkong Land,Jardine Strategic Holdings,DFI Retail Group,Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group,Jardine Cycle &Carriage and Astra International. It set up the Jardine Scholarship in 1982 and Mindset,a mental health-focused charity,in 2002.
759 Store is a Hong Kong chain store selling groceries and snacks. The name 759 is the Hong Kong Stock Exchange code for its parent company,CEC International Holdings Limited. Its Chinese name originated from the Japanese drama Oshin. 759 stores mainly import Japanese,Korean and other foreign food items and sells them more cheaply than other supermarkets in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong traditional stores (士多) in Chinese,transliterated from the English word "Store",are miniature stores commonly found in Guangdong,Hong Kong,Macau and other Cantonese-speaking regions. Unlike common grocery stores,these stores function as snack shops and sell mainly snacks,drinks,toys,newspapers and stationery. In big cities with dense population,stores are set up specially catered for local needs. Stores can be found next to hospitals,residential areas and schools,but there will not be too many of them in the same area.
PT Hero Supermarket Tbk,commonly known as Hero,is one of Indonesia's largest retailers group,which operates Hero hypermarkets and supermarkets,Guardian Healthy &Beauty Stores and IKEA. It is a subsidiary of DFI Retail Group,and is indirectly owned by Jardine Matheson.
