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:''Family Mart redirects here. For the defunct grocery chain in the United States that operated under the Family Mart name, see A&P Family Mart.'' is a Japanese convenience store franchise chain first opened in Japan on September 1, 1981. FamilyMart is Japan's third largest convenience store chain, behind 7-Eleven and Lawson, and used to be the largest chain store in South Korea (now renamed to CU). FamilyMart is owned and overseen by FamilyMart Company, Limited. The main shareholder is Itochu with a stake of 35.55%〔(Change in Largest Shareholder of FamilyMart Co., Ltd, September 2009 )〕 Its headquarters is on the 17th floor of the Sunshine60 Building in Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo.〔"(Company Information )." FamilyMart. Retrieved on April 7, 2010.〕 All of the usual Japanese convenience store goods such as basic grocery items, magazines, manga, soft drinks, alcoholic drinks like sake, nikuman, fried chicken, onigiri, and bento are available. ==Growth and development== The first FamilyMart opened its first shop in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture in 1973.〔 FamilyMart also has franchise stores in the Philippines, Thailand, South Korea, Taiwan, Mainland China (Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Suzhou), the United States and Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City).〔(U.S. about page lists countries Family Mart operates in )〕 In addition, South Korean franchisees operate two stores in North Korea for South Korean visitors and workers in the Kaesong Industrial Region and Mount Kumgang Tourist Region. As of August 31, 2009, there are 22,444 stores worldwide, with fast growth in Asia outside of Japan. There are 9,641 stores in Japan, 7,964 stores in South Korea, 2,864 stores in Taiwan, 998 stores in Mainland China, 913 stores in Thailand, four stores in Vietnam, nine stores in the USA, eight stores in Indonesia, and 52 stores in the Philippines. Beginning in July 2005, FamilyMart began building and opening several stores in Los Angeles, California, the first of 250 planned for the United States by 2009. The North American brand name is "Famima!!". On January 30, 2006, FamilyMart began trials of an automatic cashier station at one of its Tokyo locations in cooperation with Itochu and Toshiba. Special tags on items in the customer's shopping basket are remotely and instantly sensed at the register. 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. However, operations in certain parts of Asia, especially Mainland China, continue to expand. The highest located convenience store, a FamilyMart, is located in Taipei in the skyscraper Taipei 101. It gives employees a place to shop while working. FamilyMart was launched in the Philippines on April 7, 2013 under the ownership of Ayala Corporation, Rustan's Group and Itochu.〔(Ayala Land, Rustan's to bring in FamilyMart to challenge 7-Eleven, MiniStop ); (Japan's Family Mart firms up Philippine investment ) (News5)〕〔(ファミリーマート、伊藤忠商事、AyalaグループとRustanグループの合弁会社“ＳＩＡＬ”の３社がフィリピンにおけるファミリーマートの展開で合弁契約を締結 (FamilyMart, Itochu, Ayala-Rustan's JV company "SIAL" join forces to launch FamilyMart in the Philippines) ) (FamilyMart)〕 Its first Philippine branch, opened on April 22, 2013, is located at the Glorietta 3 mall in Makati. In October 2013, FamilyMart opened its 10,000th store in Japan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「FamilyMart」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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