Market Place (formerly Market Place by Jasons, Jason's Food & Living, and Jasons ichiba) in Hong Kong, Cold Storage Fresh (formerly Market Place, Jasons, and Jasons Deli) in Singapore and The Marketplace (formerly Market Place by Rustan's) in the Philippines is a high-end supermarket chain owned by DFI Retail Group. The chain also has a joint venture in mainland China with Beijing Hualian Group called BHG Market Place and formerly ran stores (Jasons Market Place) in Taiwan until they were sold to Carrefour. The Malaysian chain called Mercató (formerly Jasons Food Hall) is owned by Macrovalue Sdn Bhd. after its acquisition of DFI Malaysian food retailing business in 2023.[1]
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| Company type | Supermarket |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retailing |
| Founded | 1975 (Singapore) |
| Headquarters | Hong Kong |
| Parent | DFI Retail Group |
| Website | www |
DFI also operates further similar supermarkets under the 3hreeSixty and Oliver's The Delicatessen brands in Hong Kong, and has various other supermarkets around Asia including Wellcome, Cold Storage, Hero and Giant.[2]
History
editJasons Market Place started its business in Singapore in 1975. It was introduced in Taiwan in 2003.[3][4] In 2007, it opened in Hong Kong's Jardine's Lookout under the name "Market Place by Jasons".[5][6] In 2012, Jasons Food Hall began operations in the Bangsar Shopping Centre, an upmarket shopping mall in the township of Bangsar, Malaysia, as a replacement for a Cold Storage store.[7] Jasons Market Place in Taiwan was sold to Carrefour in 2020[8][9] and rebranded as Mia C'bon from 2022.[10]
Brands
editPrivate labels
editMarket Place supermarkets sell products from DFI's Meadows and Yu Pin King private labels.[citation needed]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Giant hypermarkets to be replaced by Giant Malls". The Edge Malaysia. 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ^ "Supermarkets and Hypermarkets." Dairy Farm Group. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ^ "Jason's Market Place". www.taiwanfun.com.
- ^ "高檔超市Jasons攻陷九龍灣". Apple Daily 蘋果日報.
- ^ "2000-2009" sec. 2007. Dairy Farm Group. Archived 2012-10-27 at WebCite.
- ^ Market Place by Jasons Archived 2009-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Menon, Priya. "Gourmet market for foodies - Community | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my.
- ^ Shih-ching, Kao (3 June 2020). "Carrefour snaps up Wellcome, Jasons". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ Yang, Shu-ching; Chiang, Yi-ching (2 June 2020). "Carrefour to acquire Wellcome, Jasons Market Place in Taiwan". Central News Agency. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ 聯合新聞網. "JASONS超市年底退場！全新頂級超市「Mia C'bon」首店天母亮相，5大特色必逛 | 聯合新聞網". 旅遊 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2023-07-19.
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