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==History== |
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The chain began in 1982 in [[Woodside, Queens]], New York City, as a small corner [[grocery store]]. The store still exists, but does not operate the same way as other H Marts do and keeps the original Han Ah Reum name.<ref name="history"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ortutay|first1=Barbara|title=Bucks gets an Asian flavor|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BURB&p_multi=LBCB&p_theme=burb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1087D4CB22FA417C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|accessdate=July 27, 2011|work=Bucks County Courier Times|date=February 23, 2005}}{{subscription required}}</ref> On October 19, 1998, the chain's current headquarters in [[Lyndhurst, New Jersey]], opened.<ref>{{cite web|title=Timeline|url=http://company.hmart.com/eng/company_timeline.asp|website=H Mart|accessdate=June 26, 2011}}</ref> |
The chain began in 1982 in [[Woodside, Queens]], New York City, as a small corner [[grocery store]]. The store still exists, but does not operate the same way as other H Marts do and keeps the original Han Ah Reum name.<ref name="history"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ortutay|first1=Barbara|title=Bucks gets an Asian flavor|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BURB&p_multi=LBCB&p_theme=burb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1087D4CB22FA417C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|accessdate=July 27, 2011|work=Bucks County Courier Times|date=February 23, 2005}}{{subscription required}}</ref> On October 19, 1998, the chain's current headquarters in [[Lyndhurst, New Jersey]], opened.<ref>{{cite web|title=Timeline|url=http://company.hmart.com/eng/company_timeline.asp|website=H Mart|accessdate=June 26, 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317074627/http://company.hmart.com/eng/company_timeline.asp|archivedate=March 17, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> |
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[[Image:hmartt.jpg|thumbnail|right|220px|[[Richmond Hill, Ontario]], Canada location.]] |
[[Image:hmartt.jpg|thumbnail|right|220px|[[Richmond Hill, Ontario]], Canada location.]] |
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H Mart began moving into Western Canada starting in December 2003 with their first store in [[Coquitlam|Coquitlam, British Columbia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=H Mart Canadian History|url=http://www.hmart.ca/main/frame.php?main=10&boardId=13|website=Canadian Store History|publisher=H Mart|accessdate=May 23, 2017}}</ref> The original and the next three were a first for the [[Vancouver]] suburbs as the company opened their first western North American stores in Canada as opposed to the United States first. [[Seattle]], Los Angeles and San Francisco weren't scheduled to open until months later and the next year, respectfully.<ref>{{cite news|title=Korean supermarket chain picks B.C. over U.S. west|url=http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=db58cf29-e825-49e4-9968-19bd59852df0&sponsor=|accessdate=November 6, 2014|work=The Vancuver Sun|date=October 15, 2007}}</ref> In subsequent years, following the success of their first Canadian store, the company opened three additional locations in [[Downtown Vancouver]] and [[Langley, British Columbia (city)|Langley]] in 2006 and [[Richmond, British Columbia|Richmond]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Yong|first1=Benjamin|title=H-Mart introduces a taste of Korea|url=http://www.richmond-news.com/news/h-mart-introduces-a-taste-of-korea-1.495157|accessdate=November 6, 2014|work=Richmond News|publisher=Glacier Community Media|date=January 12, 2012}}</ref> in 2012. |
H Mart began moving into Western Canada starting in December 2003 with their first store in [[Coquitlam|Coquitlam, British Columbia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=H Mart Canadian History|url=http://www.hmart.ca/main/frame.php?main=10&boardId=13|website=Canadian Store History|publisher=H Mart|accessdate=May 23, 2017}}</ref> The original and the next three were a first for the [[Vancouver]] suburbs as the company opened their first western North American stores in Canada as opposed to the United States first. [[Seattle]], Los Angeles and San Francisco weren't scheduled to open until months later and the next year, respectfully.<ref>{{cite news|title=Korean supermarket chain picks B.C. over U.S. west|url=http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=db58cf29-e825-49e4-9968-19bd59852df0&sponsor=|accessdate=November 6, 2014|work=The Vancuver Sun|date=October 15, 2007|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324223806/http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=db58cf29-e825-49e4-9968-19bd59852df0&sponsor=|archivedate=March 24, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In subsequent years, following the success of their first Canadian store, the company opened three additional locations in [[Downtown Vancouver]] and [[Langley, British Columbia (city)|Langley]] in 2006 and [[Richmond, British Columbia|Richmond]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Yong|first1=Benjamin|title=H-Mart introduces a taste of Korea|url=http://www.richmond-news.com/news/h-mart-introduces-a-taste-of-korea-1.495157|accessdate=November 6, 2014|work=Richmond News|publisher=Glacier Community Media|date=January 12, 2012}}</ref> in 2012. |
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In 2013, the company opened its first urban convenience format on Yonge Street and Churchill Avenue the in [[Toronto]]-suburb of [[Willowdale, Toronto|Willowdale]] called "M2M–morning to midnight". The two-story, {{convert|4500|sqft|sqm}} store is the first one in Canada. There are currently two other M2M stores in Manhattan.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kwon|first1=Nancy|title=H-mart opens urban convenience format in Toronto|url=http://www.canadiangrocer.com/top-stories/h-mart-unveils-its-first-urban-convience-format-in-toronto-28579|accessdate=November 6, 2014|work=Canadian Grocer|publisher=Rogers Publishing Limited|date=June 27, 2013}}</ref> |
In 2013, the company opened its first urban convenience format on Yonge Street and Churchill Avenue the in [[Toronto]]-suburb of [[Willowdale, Toronto|Willowdale]] called "M2M–morning to midnight". The two-story, {{convert|4500|sqft|sqm}} store is the first one in Canada. There are currently two other M2M stores in Manhattan.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kwon|first1=Nancy|title=H-mart opens urban convenience format in Toronto|url=http://www.canadiangrocer.com/top-stories/h-mart-unveils-its-first-urban-convience-format-in-toronto-28579|accessdate=November 6, 2014|work=Canadian Grocer|publisher=Rogers Publishing Limited|date=June 27, 2013}}</ref> |
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In 2012, outside the [[Flushing, New York]], location, pop-up picket lines appeared to protest H Mart's hiring practices. According to Jim MacDonald, the protest organizer, and two friends, said that a nearby [[Waldbaum's]] closing is the reason for their discontent of the company's hiring practices which are mainly of Asians or Koreans.<ref>{{cite web|last1=MacDonald|first1=Jim|title=Picket/Protest/Phone H-Mart Supermarket Chain to End Their Racist Hiring Policies|url=https://ny121asil.wordpress.com/2012/07/25/big-store-closing-sale-10-75-off-waldbaums-at-46-40-francis-lewis-blvd-in-queens-nyc/|website=ny121asil @ASilva_NY|accessdate=November 6, 2014}}</ref> The trio said that several other nearby stores all have disproportionate levels of employees meaning that there were almost no white or blacks in any of the stores they visited.<ref name=hiring>{{cite news|last1=Chan|first1=Melissa|title=Protesters call H-Mart's hiring racist|url=http://queenscourier.com/protesters-call-h-marts-hiring-racist/|accessdate=November 6, 2014|work=The Queens Courier|publisher=Schneps Publications, Inc.|date=October 24, 2012}}</ref> In a statement by H Mart stated that the company, "does not screen employees by race, but by their capabilities. The reason Korean employees dominate the chain's Flushing stores, he said, is so they can cater to an incredibly large population of residents who do not speak English."<ref name=hiring /> |
In 2012, outside the [[Flushing, New York]], location, pop-up picket lines appeared to protest H Mart's hiring practices. According to Jim MacDonald, the protest organizer, and two friends, said that a nearby [[Waldbaum's]] closing is the reason for their discontent of the company's hiring practices which are mainly of Asians or Koreans.<ref>{{cite web|last1=MacDonald|first1=Jim|title=Picket/Protest/Phone H-Mart Supermarket Chain to End Their Racist Hiring Policies|url=https://ny121asil.wordpress.com/2012/07/25/big-store-closing-sale-10-75-off-waldbaums-at-46-40-francis-lewis-blvd-in-queens-nyc/|website=ny121asil @ASilva_NY|accessdate=November 6, 2014}}</ref> The trio said that several other nearby stores all have disproportionate levels of employees meaning that there were almost no white or blacks in any of the stores they visited.<ref name=hiring>{{cite news|last1=Chan|first1=Melissa|title=Protesters call H-Mart's hiring racist|url=http://queenscourier.com/protesters-call-h-marts-hiring-racist/|accessdate=November 6, 2014|work=The Queens Courier|publisher=Schneps Publications, Inc.|date=October 24, 2012}}</ref> In a statement by H Mart stated that the company, "does not screen employees by race, but by their capabilities. The reason Korean employees dominate the chain's Flushing stores, he said, is so they can cater to an incredibly large population of residents who do not speak English."<ref name=hiring /> |
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In 2006, a [[civil suit]] was filed against H Mart for [[Reverse discrimination|discrimination against whites]] when three tenants of the West Willow Shopping Mall that the company had moved into and then bought in [[Surrey, British Columbia|Willowbrook, Canada]]. The three complainants, Rose Farrell of Colour Tech Hair Studio, John Pook of Peter F. Pook Insurance, and Lynn Wallace of Frames West Gallery filed a complaint with the [[British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal]] alleging that the company wanted to turn it into an Asian-only market.<ref>{{cite news|title=Claim of discrimination against whites dismissed|url=http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=f59b9bd2-88cc-4a28-8722-b87ab4422703&sponsor=|accessdate=November 6, 2014|work=Langley Advance|agency=canada.com|date=December 18, 2007}}</ref> All three made the claim when their leases weren't renewed despite being long-term lease holders within the mall. In late 2007, tribunal member Lindsay Lyster dismissed their complaint on the grounds it had no reasonable prospect of success and did not merit a hearing. She found the complainants' evidence in support of their claim was not strong and the respondents disputed what they did have. Lyster wrote: <blockquote>In the end, I have concluded that the complainants' case is based on little more than conjecture based on what they read in the media and H-Mart's reputation as a "Korean market," as seen through the lens of their own unhappiness in being unable to maintain their businesses in the mall.<ref> |
In 2006, a [[civil suit]] was filed against H Mart for [[Reverse discrimination|discrimination against whites]] when three tenants of the West Willow Shopping Mall that the company had moved into and then bought in [[Surrey, British Columbia|Willowbrook, Canada]]. The three complainants, Rose Farrell of Colour Tech Hair Studio, John Pook of Peter F. Pook Insurance, and Lynn Wallace of Frames West Gallery filed a complaint with the [[British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal]] alleging that the company wanted to turn it into an Asian-only market.<ref>{{cite news|title=Claim of discrimination against whites dismissed|url=http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=f59b9bd2-88cc-4a28-8722-b87ab4422703&sponsor=|accessdate=November 6, 2014|work=Langley Advance|agency=canada.com|date=December 18, 2007|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324222657/http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=f59b9bd2-88cc-4a28-8722-b87ab4422703&sponsor=|archivedate=March 24, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> All three made the claim when their leases weren't renewed despite being long-term lease holders within the mall. In late 2007, tribunal member Lindsay Lyster dismissed their complaint on the grounds it had no reasonable prospect of success and did not merit a hearing. She found the complainants' evidence in support of their claim was not strong and the respondents disputed what they did have. Lyster wrote: <blockquote>In the end, I have concluded that the complainants' case is based on little more than conjecture based on what they read in the media and H-Mart's reputation as a "Korean market," as seen through the lens of their own unhappiness in being unable to maintain their businesses in the mall.<ref> |
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 H Mart at Diamond Jamboree Center in Irvine, California in August 2014. | |
Native name | H 마트 |
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| Company type | Private company |
| Industry | Grocery |
| Founded | September 1982 (as Han Ah Reum) Woodside, Queens, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Founder | Il Yeon Kwon |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Number of locations |
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Area served | Northeastern United States, Southeastern United States, Illinois, India, Michigan, Texas, California, Central Colorado, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Southern Ontario, United Kingdom |
Key people | Il Yeon Kwon (CEO)[1] |
| Revenue |
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Number of employees | 2,500[1] |
| Parent | Hanahreum Group |
| Website | www |
H Mart (Korean: H 마트 or 한아름 마트; Chinese: 韓亞龍) is an American supermarket chain operated by the Hanahreum Group headquartered in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. The chain, with locations throughout the United States, Canada, and London, specializes in providing Asian foods. The chain also operates several Super H Mart stores.
The "H" in "H Mart" stands for Han Ah Reum, a Korean phrase meaning "one arm full of groceries".[3]
History
The chain began in 1982 in Woodside, Queens, New York City, as a small corner grocery store. The store still exists, but does not operate the same way as other H Marts do and keeps the original Han Ah Reum name.[3][4] On October 19, 1998, the chain's current headquarters in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, opened.[5]
Growth
United States
After the opening of its first store in 1982, following the 10-year anniversary, the company began a rapid expansion by adding 10 additional stores in just as many years. While mainly concentrated to the Northeast, in 1997 the company opened its first store in Falls Church, Virginia. By 2005 the chain had 17 stores and by March 2006, the company had 22 locations. With the exception of two stores in Denver, Colorado, all of the locations were located on the East Coast. The company scheduled the opening of its first West Coast location in Federal Way, Washington, in April 2006.[6]
As of 2016, there are over 50 H Mart locations across the United States in California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Texas.[7]
In 2016, H Mart opened its first location in North Carolina, in the town of Cary.
After its 2001 opening, an H Mart location in Northern Virginia gained many Hispanic American employees. After cultural conflicts between Hispanic and Korean American employees in one store, the H Mart headquarters provided an intercultural training course, with translations in Spanish.[8]
Canada
H Mart began moving into Western Canada starting in December 2003 with their first store in Coquitlam, British Columbia.[9] The original and the next three were a first for the Vancouver suburbs as the company opened their first western North American stores in Canada as opposed to the United States first. Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco weren't scheduled to open until months later and the next year, respectfully.[10] In subsequent years, following the success of their first Canadian store, the company opened three additional locations in Downtown Vancouver and Langley in 2006 and Richmond[11] in 2012.
In 2013, the company opened its first urban convenience format on Yonge Street and Churchill Avenue the in Toronto-suburb of Willowdale called "M2M–morning to midnight". The two-story, 4,500 square feet (420 m2) store is the first one in Canada. There are currently two other M2M stores in Manhattan.[12]
Europe
H Mart Europe Limited was incorporated in 2009[13] and in 2011 H Mart opened its first store in Europe, in New Malden, London.[14] They then opened a miniature H Mart store in 2015 on Tottenham Court Road.[15]
Controversy
In 2012, outside the Flushing, New York, location, pop-up picket lines appeared to protest H Mart's hiring practices. According to Jim MacDonald, the protest organizer, and two friends, said that a nearby Waldbaum's closing is the reason for their discontent of the company's hiring practices which are mainly of Asians or Koreans.[16] The trio said that several other nearby stores all have disproportionate levels of employees meaning that there were almost no white or blacks in any of the stores they visited.[17] In a statement by H Mart stated that the company, "does not screen employees by race, but by their capabilities. The reason Korean employees dominate the chain's Flushing stores, he said, is so they can cater to an incredibly large population of residents who do not speak English."[17]
In 2006, a civil suit was filed against H Mart for discrimination against whites when three tenants of the West Willow Shopping Mall that the company had moved into and then bought in Willowbrook, Canada. The three complainants, Rose Farrell of Colour Tech Hair Studio, John Pook of Peter F. Pook Insurance, and Lynn Wallace of Frames West Gallery filed a complaint with the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal alleging that the company wanted to turn it into an Asian-only market.[18] All three made the claim when their leases weren't renewed despite being long-term lease holders within the mall. In late 2007, tribunal member Lindsay Lyster dismissed their complaint on the grounds it had no reasonable prospect of success and did not merit a hearing. She found the complainants' evidence in support of their claim was not strong and the respondents disputed what they did have. Lyster wrote:
In the end, I have concluded that the complainants' case is based on little more than conjecture based on what they read in the media and H-Mart's reputation as a "Korean market," as seen through the lens of their own unhappiness in being unable to maintain their businesses in the mall.[19]
See also
- Koreatown in New Jersey
- Koreatown, Toronto
| H Mart Translations | |
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| Korean name | |
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| Hangul | H 마트 |
| Revised Romanization | H mat'ŭ |
| McCune–Reischauer | H mateu |
| 한아름 마트 | |
| Hangul | 한아름 마트 |
| Revised Romanization | Hanareum mateu |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hanarŭm mat'ŭ |
References
- ^ a b "Il Yeon-Kwon, 53; Chairman & CEO, HAR Grand..." Forbes. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ "Hot 100 Chart 2014". National Retail Federation. National Retail Federation. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ a b "Company History". H Mart. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
- ^ Ortutay, Barbara (February 23, 2005). "Bucks gets an Asian flavor". Bucks County Courier Times. Retrieved July 27, 2011.(subscription required)
- ^ "Timeline". H Mart. Archived from the original on March 17, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Dietrich, Heidi (March 12, 2006). "H-Mart grocery chain to make state debut". Puget Sound Business Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
- ^ "Store Locations". H Mart. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ Kang, Cecilia (October 7, 2007). "Koreans, Hispanics Work for Harmony". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
- ^ "H Mart Canadian History". Canadian Store History. H Mart. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
- ^ "Korean supermarket chain picks B.C. over U.S. west". The Vancuver Sun. October 15, 2007. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Yong, Benjamin (January 12, 2012). "H-Mart introduces a taste of Korea". Richmond News. Glacier Community Media. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ Kwon, Nancy (June 27, 2013). "H-mart opens urban convenience format in Toronto". Canadian Grocer. Rogers Publishing Limited. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ Company information for H MART EUROPE LIMITED (06879552) incorporated 16-04-2009. Ukdata.com. Retrieved on 2013-06-10.
- ^ "H-Mart UK". Retrieved September 23, 2013.
- ^ "HMart open mini store in Tottenham Court Road, London!". October 19, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
- ^ MacDonald, Jim. "Picket/Protest/Phone H-Mart Supermarket Chain to End Their Racist Hiring Policies". ny121asil @ASilva_NY. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ a b Chan, Melissa (October 24, 2012). "Protesters call H-Mart's hiring racist". The Queens Courier. Schneps Publications, Inc. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ "Claim of discrimination against whites dismissed". Langley Advance. canada.com. December 18, 2007. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Farrell and Farrell obo others (2007), [1996] HUMAN RIGHTS CODE R.S.B.C., c. 210 (BCHRT)
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