19 Facts About FamilyMart

FamilyMart was, until 2020, a subsidiary of the FamilyMart UNY Holdings Co.

FamilyMart is known for its distinctive doorbell melody, which is played upon entering the store.

FamilyMart currently has franchise stores in Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan, China, and Vietnam.

FamilyMart was formerly the largest chain store in South Korea.

FamilyMart entered South Korea in 1990 through a franchise licensing agreement with Bokwang Group.

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In 2014, FamilyMart sold off their stake in BGF Retail after its IPO and divested from South Korea as a result of the rebranding exercise.

FamilyMart opened its first store in Malaysia at Wisma Lim Foo Yong in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur on November 11,2016.

FamilyMart Malaysia are owned by Maxincome Resources Sdn Bhd which is one of QL Resources Bhd subsidiary.

The products available in FamilyMart that are Halal certified will carry the Halal logo on its packaging.

FamilyMart was launched in the Philippines on April 7,2013 under the ownership of Ayala Corporation, Rustan's Group and Itochu.

On November 21,2019, FamilyMart opened its largest outlet in the world, with an area of 390 square meters, at Udenna Tower in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.

FamilyMart sued to end its partnership with Ting Hsin in 2019, which would end a 15-year joint venture.

FamilyMart opened its first store in 1993 and grew to over 1,000 locations within the next decades.

FamilyMart opened its first store in Vietnam in 2009, starting in Ho Chi Minh City.

In November 2010, FamilyMart announced it would freeze the number of locations in the United States to 10 stores due to the difficult economic environment.

FamilyMart has had solar power at some of its stores since at least 2004.

On 30 January 2006, FamilyMart began trials of an automatic cashier station at one of its Tokyo stores in cooperation with Itochu and Toshiba.

Seventeen convenience store owners of FamilyMart stores formed a union and requested collective bargaining with the company.

FamilyMart responded by shutting the store, in order to investigate the cause of the problem, and apologised if the "unsanitary" footage had made customers feel "uneasy".