TORRANCE, Calif. -- Famima Corp., the U.S. branch of Tokyo-based FamilyMart Co. Ltd., opened its eighth convenience store yesterday, in downtown Los Angeles.
We are very excited about opening our new store in the high-traffic location of Figueroa at 8th street in downtown Los Angeles, the largest business district in Southern California, said Shiro Inoue, Torrence, Calif.-based Famima's president and CEO. With over 150,000 people working downtown every day and many more always coming to visit L.A., the downtown Famima!! store will target working professionals [image-nocss] by offering them a variety of healthy and gourmet meals, snacks, drinks and everyday items with quality, quick customer service.
He added, We are especially proud of our ongoing promotion with the City of Los Angeles, called See MY L.A.,' which will encourage more business growth while also introducing Famima!! to more people.
FamilyMart, hosted Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on his recent visit to Tokyo. While there, FamilyMart in Japan and the City of Los Angeles announced their cooperative promotion campaign, See MY L.A.
Inoue said, FamilyMart and the Mayor will work together to promote Los Angeles as a travel destination for FamilyMart's approximately 10 million, daily customers visiting our campaign store locations in Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand and Shanghai. We are very proud to be a part of this campaign because L.A. is Famima!!'s home.
Meanwhile, Famima's Chicken Korma dish won the grand prize at the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) Chef Showdown contest in Las Vegas. The dish, chicken curry with cashews and basmati rice, is a best-selling item and available to go at all Famima!! stores.
Since opening its inaugural store in West Hollywood in July 2005, Famima!! has opened stores in Westwood, Torrance, Santa Monica Third Street Promenade, Hollywood and two locations in Pasadena. Famima!! will continue to open new stores in Culver City, Glendale, Long Beach and a second downtown store at the Pacific Center in coming months.
The chain specializes in freshly prepared packaged gourmet meals: salads, sushi, panini, sandwiches, dim sum, deli and Chicken Korma, hot soup, freshly baked breads and desserts, organic gourmet coffee and other assorted hot and cold drinks.
FamilyMart Co. Ltd. Has more than 12,900 stores operating in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand and China, with net sales of approximately $10.3 billion.
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