Oseyo

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Oseyo
Company type Private limited company
Industry Retail
Founded2015
Headquarters London, UK
Number of locations
20
Products Groceries, consumer goods
Number of employees
100+
Website www.oseyo.co.uk

Oseyo is a supermarket chain specializing in Korean foods, as well as other Asian products. The company is the UK's largest specialist grocery retailer.

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Overview

The company currently has 20 branches in the United Kingdom, 14 of which are located in London.

The first store was opened on Tottenham Court Road, London in 2015. [1] By 2019, it had five stores in London. [2]

While all other branches used to mainly focused on selling grocery items, London Waterloo station shop used to also cater for hot foods, and originally offering a number of seats for eating in Korean meals, before this was discontinued in 2022. [3]

The company is a part of H Mart group, [4] which launched its first store in Europe in London New Malden in 2011. [5]

Although specialising in Korean food, a variety of other Asian products, from Japan, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and Taiwan. [6] Stationery and household products are part of its product range.

When translated from Korean into English, the name "Oseyo" means "Welcome, please come in".

Branches

London

Outside London

See also

References

  1. "H Mart open ministore". United Kpop. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  2. Cambridge, Lyndsey. "Korean supermarket Oseyo opens fifth London store". The Grocer. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  3. "Guide to Korean food". The Strand Magazine. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  4. Vallely, Lois. "The world food specialists bringing global flavours to Britain". The Grocer. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  5. "The best bits of New Malden". Timeout. 14 November 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  6. Mullen, Dene. "What's fuelling the rise of Asian supermarkets in the UK?". The Grocer. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  7. "New brands in Hammersmith broadway". Retail Destination. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.