By Canadian Press

Chinese grocery chain Sungiven Foods to open Canadian location in Vancouver

Oct 25, 2019 | 1:58 PM

VANCOUVER — A Chinese grocery chain has plans to crack the highly competitive Canadian market with its first international location in Vancouver next month.

Sungiven Food Canada Inc. hopes to grow to up to 15 locations across B.C.’s Lower Mainland within the next five years.

Senior vice-president Terence Fong says he doesn’t see another format like Sungiven in the industry right now.

He says the Xiamen, China-based chain relies on smaller shop sizes, which will enable it to find locations more easily than larger grocers that require much more space.

Fong says the store’s wide selection of in-house brand items and reasonable prices will also attract consumers — many of whom currently have to travel further to purchase similar goods.

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He says the company chose to expand in the Lower Mainland partly due to the area’s sizable Asian population.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 25, 2019.

The Canadian Press

Note to readers: This is a corrected story. An earlier version stated that Sungiven planned to open 18 stores in B.C.’s lower mainland.