Asian grocer 99 Ranch opening stores in New Jersey

Asian supermarket 99 Ranch plans to open at least three stores in New Jersey this year, according to published reports. The first store, a 60,000 square foot former Pathmark, opened recently in Edison, NJ, about a mile from an H Mart, which is also an Asian grocery chain. 99 Ranch stores are also slated for Jersey City and Hackensack.

The chain is owned and operated by California-based Tawa Supermarket, Inc. and has 42 additional locations in its home state, Washington, Nevada and Texas.

99 Ranch focuses on products from China, but also includes a broad assortment of foods from other Asian countries including India and the Philippines.

H Mart partners with Instacart

H Mart announced recently that it would partner with Instacart to deliver products to its customers, and an H Mart store in Upper Darby (near the Philadelphia border) would be the first store to activate the program.

H Mart is a national Asian-American supermarket chain that has 51 stores nationwide, including three in PA and eight in New Jersey.

Instacart is an online delivery service that currently services 18 metropolitan areas in the U.S.