Kam Man Food (; abbreviated KM Food) is a Chinese supermarket chain with its corporate headquarters in

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. Its original location is in Chinatown,

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. While it has its main store in

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(named "New Kam Man"), it also has locations in

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and

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. A location in Staten Island, New York, opened in 2005 and closed on October 1, 2006. The first Chinese supermarket on the

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, Kam Man opened for business in 1972. Its main store is located at 200 Canal Street, between Mott Street and Mulberry Street, and carries such Asian mainstays as meats and produce, noodles, sauces, frozen foods, ginseng and various herbs. It also has an entire floor dedicated to cooking utensils, Asian ceramics and loose teas. Its store in Edison, New Jersey, anchors a plaza that also includes a video rental shop, pharmacy, cell phone shop, travel agency, and a branch of the

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Bookstore. Kam Man's expansion into Quincy, Massachusetts, has been the subject of several articles on the growth of

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community. Opened in 2003, the Quincy store anchors a mall that includes 40 shops. Kam Man and other Asian-owned businesses are seen as filling a market space catering to affluent suburban Asian Americans unwilling to drive to traditional urban Chinatowns to shop. As of August 2007, the Quincy store was the largest Asian supermarket in New England.Asian festival expands into city center – The Boston Globe
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Kam Man Marketplace
- Official website
New Kam Man
- Official website {{Supermarkets of the United States Asian-American culture in Massachusetts Asian-American culture in New Jersey American companies established in 1972 Retail companies established in 1972 Chinese-American culture in New York City Chinese supermarkets Companies based in Middlesex County, New Jersey Edison, New Jersey

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