Seafood City
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Retail, Supermarkets, Grocery, Food court |
| Founded | 1989 in National City, California, U.S. |
| Headquarters | Pomona, California |
Number of locations | 37 (as of 2025) |
Area served | California Nevada Washington Hawaii Illinois Texas Ontario Manitoba Alberta |
| Products | Filipino products |
| Website | http://www.seafoodcity.com/ |
Seafood City is an American supermarket chain that specializes in Filipino food and products. It was founded in National City, California as Manila Seafood and is headquartered in Pomona, California.[1] It currently operates 37 stores across North America.
Seafood City opened its first store in National City, California in 1989.[2] It has since expanded to 21 stores in California,[3][4][5] with a concentration in the Greater Los Angeles Area, San Diego County, and Northern California. Further expansion has led the company to open markets in the Las Vegas, Nevada area,[6] Seattle (Tukwila, Washington),[7] Chicago, Illinois,[8][9] and Waipahu, Hawaii.[10]
Canadian stores and US expansion plans
[edit]Seafood City has expanded into Canada by opening its first location in Mississauga, Ontario in the Heartland Town Centre shopping district in the fall of 2017.[11] Additional stores followed in Winnipeg in 2019, Edmonton and Calgary in 2020, and Scarborough, Ontario in 2021.[12]
Seafood City opened its first store in Texas in the city of Sugar Land, near Houston in December 2023.[13][14] There are plans to expand to Chandler, Arizona in 2025,[15] Florida and Virginia.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Privacy Policy | Seafood City Supermarket". www.seafoodcity.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ "Our Story | Seafood City Supermarket". www.seafoodcity.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ "Los Angeles | Seafood City Supermarket". www.seafoodcity.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ "San Diego | Seafood City Supermarket". www.seafoodcity.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ "Northern California | Seafood City Supermarket". www.seafoodcity.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ "Nevada | Seafood City Supermarket". www.seafoodcity.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ "Seattle | Seafood City Supermarket". www.seafoodcity.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ "Seafood City to take over lease of North Mayfair Kmart". 2019-06-11. Archived from the original on 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ "Chicago | Seafood City Supermarket". www.seafoodcity.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ "Hawaii | Seafood City Supermarket". www.seafoodcity.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ "Heartland Town Centre - Seafood City Supermarket". heartlandtown.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ "'Like coming home': Filipino supermarket brings favourite foods to Winnipeggers: CBC News". Retrieved 2019-11-28.
- ^ "Houston (NOW OPEN) - Seafood City Supermarket Seafood City Supermarket". www.seafoodcity.com. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ "New markets, including Filipino grocery chain, reach Houston". Chron. 2023-12-13. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ "Arizona's First Seafood City Supermarket coming to Chandler". AZ Big Media. 2024-11-06. Retrieved 2024-11-14.