Oseyo is a
supermarket
A supermarket is a self-service Retail#Types of outlets, shop offering a wide variety of food, Drink, beverages and Household goods, household products, organized into sections. Strictly speaking, a supermarket is larger and has a wider selecti ...
chain specializing in
Korean foods, as well as other Asian products. The company is the UK's largest specialist grocery retailer.
Overview
The company currently has 20 branches in the
United Kingdom
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, 14 of which are located in
London
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.
The first store was opened on
Tottenham Court Road
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The road runs from Euston Road in the north to St Giles Circus in the south; Tottenham Court Road tu ...
, London in 2015.
While all other branches used to mainly focused on selling grocery items, London Waterloo station shop used to also cater for hot foods, and originally offering a number of seats for eating in Korean meals, before this was discontinued in 2022.
The company is a partner of
H Mart group, which launched its first store in Europe in London
New Malden
New Malden is a suburban area in southwest London, England. It is within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and the London Borough of Merton, and is from Charing Cross. Neighbouring localities include Kingston upon Thames, Kingston, Norb ...
in 2011.
Although specialising in Korean food, a variety of other Asian products, from Japan, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and Taiwan. Stationery and household products are part of its product range.
When translated from Korean into English, the name "Oseyo" means "Welcome, please come in".
Branches
''London''
* Tottenham Court Road
* Camden Town
* Waterloo
* Angel
* Soho
* Hammersmith
* Battersea Power Station
* Kingston
* Paddington Square
* London Bridge
* Victoria Place
* Wimbledon
* Notting Hill
* Liverpool Street Station
''Outside London''
* Manchester Arndale
* Manchester (Oxford Road)
* Cambridge
* Guildford
* Birmingham
* Sheffield
See also
*
Asian supermarket
In non-Asian countries, an Asian supermarket largely describes a category of grocery stores that focuses and stocks items and products imported from countries located in the Far East (e.g. East Asia, East, Southeast Asia, Southeast and South Asia ...
*
Wing Yip
References
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Supermarkets of the United Kingdom
Shops in London
Retail companies based in London
British companies established in 2015
Retail companies established in 2015