Seafood City

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Seafood City Supermarket
Company typePrivate
IndustryRetail, Supermarkets, Grocery, Food court
Founded1989 (35 years ago) (1989) in National City, California, U.S.
HeadquartersPomona, California
Number of locations
36 (as of 2023)
Area served
California
Nevada
Washington
Hawaii
Illinois
Texas
Ontario
Manitoba
Alberta
ProductsFilipino products
Websitehttp://www.seafoodcity.com/
Seattle branch

Seafood City is an American supermarket chain that specializes in Filipino food and products. It was founded in National City, California as Manila Seafood and is headquartered in Pomona, California.[1] It has American locations in California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, Texas, and Washington, and Canadian locations in Ontario, Alberta, and Manitoba.

The chain offers a wide selection of imported Asian goods as well as American staples. As its name suggests, Seafood City provides fresh seafood, as well as meat and produce. In some of its locations, it acts as a marketplace and serves as an anchor to Filipino businesses such as Chowking, Red Ribbon, Jollibee, and Tokyo Tokyo. In other locations, Seafood City also features locally owned Filipino video rental stores, immigration offices, travel agencies, and restaurants.

Seafood City opened its first store in National City, California in 1989.[2] It has since expanded to 21 stores in California,[3][4][5] with a concentration in the Greater Los Angeles Area, San Diego County, and Northern California. Further expansion has led the company to open markets in the Las Vegas, Nevada area,[6] Seattle (Tukwila, Washington),[7] Chicago, Illinois,[8][9] and Waipahu, Hawaii.[10]

Canadian stores and US expansion plans[edit]

Seafood City has expanded into Canada by opening its first location in Mississauga, Ontario in the Heartland Town Centre shopping district in the fall of 2017.[11] Additional stores followed in Winnipeg in 2019, Edmonton and Calgary in 2020, and Scarborough, Ontario in 2021.[12]

Seafood City opened its first store in Texas in the city of Sugar Land, near Houston in December 2023.[13][14] There are plans to expand to Florida and Virginia.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Privacy Policy | Seafood City Supermarket". www.seafoodcity.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  2. ^ "Our Story | Seafood City Supermarket". www.seafoodcity.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  3. ^ "Los Angeles | Seafood City Supermarket". www.seafoodcity.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  4. ^ "San Diego | Seafood City Supermarket". www.seafoodcity.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  5. ^ "Northern California | Seafood City Supermarket". www.seafoodcity.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  6. ^ "Nevada | Seafood City Supermarket". www.seafoodcity.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  7. ^ "Seattle | Seafood City Supermarket". www.seafoodcity.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  8. ^ "Seafood City to take over lease of North Mayfair Kmart". 2019-06-11. Archived from the original on 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  9. ^ "Chicago | Seafood City Supermarket". www.seafoodcity.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  10. ^ "Hawaii | Seafood City Supermarket". www.seafoodcity.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  11. ^ "Heartland Town Centre - Seafood City Supermarket". heartlandtown.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  12. ^ "'Like coming home': Filipino supermarket brings favourite foods to Winnipeggers: CBC News". Retrieved 2019-11-28.
  13. ^ "Houston (NOW OPEN) - Seafood City Supermarket Seafood City Supermarket". www.seafoodcity.com. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  14. ^ "New markets, including Filipino grocery chain, reach Houston". Chron. 2023-12-13. Retrieved 2023-12-21.

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