Korean grocery retail outlet Mega Mart to open up in Fremont

FREMONT — Just a couple of months right after Sprouts Farmers Industry closed at a big Fremont procuring heart, a Korean grocery shop is planning to open up in the similar place, according to the organization.

Mega Mart, a Seoul-based grocer, is set to open what would turn out to be its 3rd U.S. retailer, in central Fremont at 3900 Mowry Ave., organization officials mentioned.

The 1st U.S. locale for the chain was opened in 2009 in Duluth, Ga, just outdoors of Atlanta. The Mega Mart business also opened a retailer underneath a distinctive name, The K Market place, in Sunnyvale past year, in accordance to Bumsuck Ha, the chain’s head of U.S. functions.

Ha mentioned the Fremont store’s grand opening date is at the moment set for Sept. 23, but the retail outlet could have a gentle opening faster. All around that time, the Sunnyvale store’s name will alter to Mega Mart also, Ha explained. The space is approximated to be 27,000 square-toes, in accordance to previous reports. Prior to Sprouts, the house prolonged was the home of Barnes & Noble Booksellers.

Mega Mart may well most likely be only the 2nd Korean market or grocery retail store in Fremont. Close by in the same Mowry Plaza procuring center is Manna Oriental Market, a Korean market featuring geared up foodstuff, treats and property goods.

While Fremont has a numerous populace, with roughly 60 percent of its residents determining as owning some Asian ancestry, only a compact share of those people establish as currently being of Korean descent, in accordance to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Ha explained the new retail store will have specialty Korean items, but will be “for anyone,” and he expects consumers to come from Oakland, San Jose and other spots in among to store at Mega Mart.

The retail store will attribute a gluten-cost-free bakery, as perfectly as an Asian deli counter, serving new and well prepared foodstuff, together with the well-liked Korean marinated beef dish identified as bulgogi, noodle dishes and sushi, Ha reported. The keep will also have a fresh fish counter.

Ha mentioned simply because the chain has a considerably for a longer time background and much more shops in Korea, its buyers can come across one of a kind merchandise for the U.S. current market, which includes Korean snacks and sweets, frozen vegan meals choices and purple ginseng solutions.

“We are importing that specifically from Korea,” he said in an interview Tuesday. “You can’t uncover some of these things any place else.”

The Mega Mart brand name and subsidiaries are owned by father or mother firm Nongshim, a food stuff and consume maker and wholesaler that produces quite a few well-known prompt noodle dishes. The business has far more than 15 stores, a browsing mall and other corporations in Korea.