KK Super Mart

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KK Supermart & Superstore Sdn. Bhd.
KK Super Mart
Company type Private limited company
Industry Grocery stores, convenience stores, retail
FoundedJanuary 2001;23 years ago (January 2001) in Kuchai Lama
Founder Datuk Seri Chai Kee Kan (蔡志权, CEO and Executive Chairman)
HeadquartersMenara KK, Tower 6, Maju Link, Jalan Lingkaran Tengah 2, Bandar Tasik Selatan, ,
Number of locations
653+ (2022)
Area served
Malaysia, Nepal, India [1]
BrandsKK Concept Store, KK Food Court, KK Kopitiam
Parent KK Group of Companies
Website kkgroup.my

KK Supermart & Superstore Sdn Bhd, doing business as KK Super Mart, is a Malaysian convenience store owned and operated by KK Group of Companies. [2]

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History

Established in 2001, it is named after its founder, Datuk Seri Dr. Chai Kee Kan. The first location of KK Supermart occupied the ground floor of a shoplot at Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park in Kuala Lumpur with an initial capital of only RM 60,000. [3]

It started out by focusing mainly in the Klang Valley region, Putrajaya, Cyberjaya, KLIA2, Malacca and Seremban. KK Super Mart also has branches in other countries such as Nepal and India. In 2019, KK Super Mart had launched its first outlet at a LRT station which was the Kelana Jaya LRT station. [4] [5]

The retailer currently operates 650 outlets with rapidly expanding by average 10 stores a month. [6] The company entered into a partnership in 2019 with UniPin, an Indonesian payment gateway focused on online gaming. [7]

In July 2022. KK Supermart signs MOU with GS25, a leading convenience store in South Korea with over 16,000 outlets worldwide. Following Vietnam and Mongolia, Malaysia is the third country that GS25 has expanded into.

According to their statement, KK Supermart is targeting to open first GS25 in third quarter of 2023 and 500 outlets in the next 5 years. They also will open franchisee opportunity to local business owner who interested to open their own GS25 outlet. [8]

Controversy

Socks bearing the word 'Allah'

In March 2024, socks bearing the word “Allah” were found to be sold in several outlets of KK Super Mart. Photographs of the offending item went viral online and have triggered backlash from netizens and prominent public figures, with some calling for a KK Super Mart boycott. [9] [10] The incident was a sensitive issue within the muslim community in the country as it occurred during the holy month of Ramadan. The King of Malaysia was also outraged at it and had requested the authorities to proceed with investigations. [11]

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