FamilyMart

FamilyMart

nihongo|FamilyMart|ファミリーマート|Famiri-ma-to tyo|8028 is a "konbini" or convenience store franchise chain first opened in Japan on September 1, 1981. FamilyMart is owned and overseen by FamilyMart Co., Ltd.

All of the usual Japanese convenience store goods such as basic grocery items, magazines, manga, soft drinks, contraceptives, nikuman, fried chicken, onigiri, and bento are available.

FamilyMart's official motto is "FamilyMart, Where You Are One of the Family."

FamilyMart also has franchise stores in Thailand, South Korea, Taiwan, and in Shanghai, China. Also, South Korean franchisees operate two stores in North Korea for South Korean visitors and workers in the Kaesong Industrial Region and Kŭmgangsan Tourist RegionWorldwide, there are more than 13,000 stores, with fast growth in Asia outside of Japan. In Japan, there are over 6,000 stores. In South Korea, there are more than 3,500 stores [ [http://www.familymart.co.kr/FMCompany.asp] ] and in Taiwan, there are over 2,000 stores. FamilyMart is Japan's third largest convenience store chain and the largest chain store of South Korea.

Beginning in July 2005, FamilyMart began building and opening several stores in Los Angeles, United States, the first of 250 planned in the USA by 2009. The North American brand name will be "Famima!!".

On January 302006, FamilyMart will begin a trial operation of an automatic cashier station at one Tokyo location, in cooperation with Itochu and Toshiba. Special tags on each item in a shopping basket can be sensed remotely and instantly at the register, and the total cost is immediately displayed.

External links

* [http://www.family.co.jp/ FamilyMart official homepage] in Japanese.
* [http://www.family.co.jp/english/ FamilyMart official English homepage] in English.
* [http://www.famima-usa.com/ Famima USA homepage]
* [http://familymart.co.kr/ FamilyMart Korea homepage]
* [http://www.familymartonline.com/ FamilyMart India homepage]
* [http://www.family.com.tw/ FamilyMart Taiwan homepage]
* [http://www.family.co.jp/company/news_releases/2005/051220_1.html News release (Japanese) on electronic tag trial]


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