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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Retail, Supermarkets, Grocery, Food court |
| Founded | 1989 in National City, California, U.S. |
| Headquarters | Pomona, California |
Number of locations | 37 (as of 2025) |
Area served | California Nevada Washington Hawaii Illinois Texas Ontario Manitoba Alberta |
| Products | Filipino products |
| Website | http://www.seafoodcity.com/ |
Seafood City is an American supermarket chain that specializes in Filipino food and products. It was founded in National City, California as Manila Seafood and is headquartered in Pomona, California. [1] It currently operates 37 stores across North America.
Seafood City opened its first store in National City, California in 1989. [2] It has since expanded to 21 stores in California, [3] [4] [5] with a concentration in the Greater Los Angeles Area, San Diego County, and Northern California. Further expansion has led the company to open markets in the Las Vegas, Nevada area, [6] Seattle (Tukwila, Washington), [7] Chicago, Illinois, [8] [9] and Waipahu, Hawaii. [10]
Seafood City has expanded into Canada by opening its first location in Mississauga, Ontario in the Heartland Town Centre shopping district in the fall of 2017. [11] Additional stores followed in Winnipeg in 2019, Edmonton and Calgary in 2020, and Scarborough, Ontario in 2021. [12]
Seafood City opened its first store in Texas in the city of Sugar Land, near Houston in December 2023. [13] [14] There are plans to expand to Chandler, Arizona in 2025, [15] Florida and Virginia.