FamilyMart

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FamilyMart in Tokyo, Japan

FamilyMart (ファミリーマート, Famirīmāto^?) TYO: 8028 is a convenience store franchise chain first opened in Japan on September 1, 1981. FamilyMart is Japan's third largest convenience store chain, behind 7-Eleven and Lawson, and the largest chain store in South Korea. FamilyMart is owned and overseen by FamilyMart Company, Limited.

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

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

FamilyMart in Kaesong, North Korea

FamilyMart also has franchise stores in Thailand, South Korea, Taiwan, mainland China (Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Suzhou), and the United States. In addition, South Korean franchisees operate two stores in North Korea for South Korean visitors and workers in the Kaesong Industrial Region and Kŭmgangsan Tourist Region. Worldwide, there are more than 13,000 stores, with fast growth in Asia outside of Japan. There are over 6,000 stores in Japan, more than 3,500 stores in South Korea^[1], and over 2,000 stores in Taiwan.

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

On January 30, 2006, FamilyMart began trials of an automatic cashier station at one of its Tokyo locations in cooperation with Itochu and Toshiba. Special tags on items in a shopping basket are remotely and instantly sensed at the register, and the total cost is displayed immediately.