New Grand Mart
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New Grand Mart is a Korean supermarket chain primarily located in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and the Greater Richmond Region, formerly having had locations in North Carolina and Georgia. It was founded in 2002 by David Min Sik Kang, a Korean-American entrepreneur who originally owned small Korean grocery stores in Washington, D.C. Grand Mart was owned by Annandale, Virginia-based Man Min Corporation prior to its disestablishment; in 2013, Green Paradise Enterprises bought two former Grand Mart locations in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and rebranded the chain as New Grand Mart.[1]
Company type | Korean supermarket |
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Industry | Grocery |
Founded | 2002; 22 years ago (2002) Washington, D.C. |
Founder | David Min Sik Kang |
Headquarters | Washington metropolitan area |
Area served | Maryland, Virginia |
Owner | Man Min Corporation |
New Grand Mart provides a wide selection of Korean and East Asian groceries and fresh produce. Depending on the location of the store, it also offers varying amounts of Asian, Latino, African and traditional American groceries. Some stores advertise in the Spanish language media as "Mercado Grande," and have signs in English, Spanish and Korean. Nevertheless, all New Grand Mart supermarkets retain a strong Korean flavor, which include in-store Korean bakeries and video rental shops which rent out DVDs of television shows from South Korea.[2]