FamilyMart

FamilyMart

FamilyMart Co., Ltd. (\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30d5\u30a1\u30df\u30ea\u30fc\u30de\u30fc\u30c8, Kabushikigaisha Famir\u012bm\u0101to) is a Japanese convenience store franchise chain. FamilyMart is Japan's second largest convenience store chain, behind 7-Eleven. There are now 24,574 stores worldwide in Japan, Taiwan, China, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia. FamilyMart is subsidiary of FamilyMart UNY Holdings, Ltd. which also owns supermarket chain Uny. The main shareholder is Itochu with a stake of 37.66%. Its headquarters is on the 17th floor of the Sunshine 60 building in Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo. There are some stores in Japan with the name Circle K Sunkus under the operation of FamilyMart.\nAll 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. FamilyMart is known for its distinctive doorbell melody, which is played upon entering the store. This melody is referred to as Melody Chime No.1 \u2013 Daiseikyou, and was originally developed by Yasuhi Inada in 1978.In South Korea the original stores are now called CU and operated separately by BGF Retail. It used to be the largest chain store in South Korea.

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