Market Place (supermarket) facts for kids
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| Supermarket | |
| Industry | Retailing |
| Founded | 1975 (Singapore) |
| Headquarters |
Hong Kong
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| Parent | DFI Retail Group |
Market Place is a chain of supermarkets. It is known for selling high-quality food and products. This supermarket chain is owned by the DFI Retail Group.
You can find Market Place stores in different countries. In Hong Kong, it's called Market Place. In Singapore, it's known as Cold Storage Fresh. In the Philippines, it's called The Marketplace.
The company also has a partnership in mainland China. There, the stores are called BHG Market Place. They used to have stores in Taiwan called Jasons Market Place. These stores were later sold to another company called Carrefour. In Malaysia, a similar store called Mercató is now owned by a different company.
DFI Retail Group owns many other supermarkets across Asia. Some of these include Wellcome, Cold Storage, and Giant.
A Look at History
Jasons Market Place first started in Singapore in 1975. It then expanded to Taiwan in 2003. In 2007, the first store in Hong Kong opened. It was located in Jardine's Lookout and was named "Market Place by Jasons".
In 2012, a store called Jasons Food Hall opened in Malaysia. It took the place of a Cold Storage store in a fancy shopping mall. The Jasons Market Place stores in Taiwan were sold in 2020. They were later renamed Mia C'bon in 2022.
Store Brands
Market Place supermarkets sell their own special products. These products come from DFI's own brands. Two of these brands are Meadows and Yu Pin King. This means you can find unique items only at their stores.
More to Explore
- Dairy Farm International Holdings
- Cold Storage
- Wellcome
