page_title: H Mart
section_title: United States
hierarchical_section_title: H Mart / Growth / United States
caption_attribution_description: English: H Mart in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania
context_page_description: H Mart is a Korean-American supermarket chain operated by the Hanahreum Group headquartered in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. The chain, with locations throughout the United States and Canada, as well as 2 locations in London, specializes in providing Asian foods. The chain also operates several Super H Mart stores in the United States. H Mart is the largest Asian American grocery store chain, with 61 locations nationwide.
  The "H" in "H Mart" stands for Han Ah Reum, a Korean phrase meaning "one arm full of groceries". This phrase translates more literally to "spreading both arms to cover" or "armful".
context_section_description: After the tenth anniversary of opening its first store in 1982, the company began a rapid expansion by adding 10 additional stores in as many years.  While mainly concentrated to the Northeast, in 1997 the company opened its first store in Falls Church, Virginia.  In 2004, the very first Super H Mart opened in Duluth, Georgia. 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 on the East Coast. The company scheduled the opening of its first West Coast location in Federal Way, Washington, in April 2006.
  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.
  In Spring 2017, H Mart opened a 43,000-square-foot store in San Jose, California.
  As of 2018 there were 66 H Mart locations in the United States, in California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Texas.
  In Summer 2018, H Mart signed a lease for a 42,000-square-foot store in San Francisco,
  As of July 2019, H Mart operated 66 grocery stores across 12 states in the US.
caption: H-Mart in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania
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