H Mart

H Mart
	H Mart in Jericho, Nassau County
Native name	한아름 마트, H 마트
Company type	Private company
Industry	Grocery
Founded	September 1982 (as Han Ah Reum); Woodside, Queens, New York City, US
Founder	Il Yeon Kwon
Headquarters	Lyndhurst, Bergen County, New Jersey, U.S.
Number of locations	89 (US); 2 (UK); 13 (Canada);
Area served	United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Key people	Il Yeon Kwon (CEO)
Revenue	US$1.050 billion (2013);
Number of employees	5,500
Parent	Hanahreum Group
Korean name
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
Website	hmart.com

H Mart (Korean: H 마트 or 한아름 마트) is an American chain of Asian supermarkets operated by the Hanahreum Group, headquartered in Lyndhurst, Bergen County, New Jersey. The chain has 84 stores throughout the United States, operated variously as H Mart, H Mart Northwest, and H Mart Colorado; two stores in the Pacific Northwest operate as G Mart. It also has stores in Canada and two in the United Kingdom. H Mart is the largest U.S.-based grocery store chain that specializes in Asian-style products and caters to Asian-American shoppers.

The "H" in "H Mart" stands for Han Ah Reum (한아름), the store's original name. The phrase is a combination of the Korean word "Han," meaning "one," and "Ah Reum," a transliteration of the English word "arm" in hangeul, the Korean writing system. More poetically, it signifies "an armful [of groceries]," or even "an embrace."

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