KK Super Mart

KK Super Mart
Type	Private limited company
Industry	Retail, Grocery stores, Mini-markets
Founded	January 2001 in Kuchai Lama
Founder	Dr. KK Chai (蔡志权, CEO)
Headquarters	Menara KK, Tower 6, Maju Link, Jalan Lingkaran Tengah 2, Bandar Tasik Selatan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Number of locations	653+ (2022)
Area served	Malaysia, Nepal, India[1]
Parent	KK Group of Companies
Website	Official website

KK Super Mart is a convenience store chain in Malaysia. Established in 2001, it is named after its founder, Datuk Seri Dr. KK Chai. The first location of KK Supermart occupied the ground floor of a shoplot at Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park in Kuala Lumpur with an initial capital of only RM 60,000.[2]

It started out by focusing mainly in the Klang Valley region, Putrajaya, Cyberjaya, KLIA2, Malacca and Seremban. KK Super Mart also has branches in other countries such as Nepal and India. In 2019, KK Super Mart had launched its first outlet at a LRT station which is the Kelana Jaya LRT station.[3][4]

The retailer currently operates 650 outlets with rapidly expanding by average 10 stores a month.[5] The company entered into a partnership in 2019 with UniPin, an Indonesian payment gateway focused on online gaming.[6]

In July 2022. KK Supermart signs MOU with GS25, a leading convenience store in South Korea with over 16,000 outlets worldwide. Following Vietnam and Mongolia, Malaysia is the third country that GS25 has expanded into.

According to their statement, KK Supermart is targeting to open first GS25 in third quarter of 2023 and 500 outlets in the next 5 years. They also will open franchisee opportunity to local business owner who interested to open their own GS25 outlet. [7]

References

"KK Super Mart Others Location".
"Our Journey". KK GROUP. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
"KK Supermart : 7 Days Opening Promotion @ Kelana Jaya!". BigSale Malaysia. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
"KK Super Mart". KK GROUP. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
"Cover Story: 99 Speedmart and KK Super Mart hasten expansion". The Edge Markets. 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
"UniPin appoints KK Super Mart as official retailer". The Malaysian Reserve. September 6, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
"South Korea convenience store GS25 announces partnership with KK Mart in Malaysia". The Retail in Aisa. July 13, 2022. Retrieved November 24, 2022.

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[1] "KK Super Mart Others Location".

[2] "Our Journey". KK GROUP. Retrieved 2021-09-11.

[3] "KK Supermart : 7 Days Opening Promotion @ Kelana Jaya!". BigSale Malaysia. Retrieved 2021-09-10.

[4] "KK Super Mart". KK GROUP. Retrieved 2021-09-10.

[5] "Cover Story: 99 Speedmart and KK Super Mart hasten expansion". The Edge Markets. 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2021-09-10.

[6] "UniPin appoints KK Super Mart as official retailer". The Malaysian Reserve. September 6, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2021.

[7] "South Korea convenience store GS25 announces partnership with KK Mart in Malaysia". The Retail in Aisa. July 13, 2022. Retrieved November 24, 2022.