Oseyo
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| Type | Private limited company |
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| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Headquarters | London, UK |
Number of locations | 20 |
| Products | Groceries, consumer goods |
Number of employees | 100+ |
| Website | www |
Oseyo is a supermarket chain specializing in Korean foods, as well as other Asian products. The company is the UK's largest specialist grocery retailer.
Overview
[edit]The company currently has 20 branches in the United Kingdom, 14 of which are located in London.
The first store was opened on Tottenham Court Road, London in 2015.[1] By 2019, it had five stores in London.[2]
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.[3]
The company is a part of H Mart group,[4] which launched its first store in Europe in London New Malden in 2011.[5]
Although specialising in Korean food, a variety of other Asian products, from Japan, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and Taiwan.[6] Stationery and household products are part of its product range.
When translated from Korean into English, the name "Oseyo" means "Please come in".
Branches
[edit]London
- Tottenham Court Road
- Camden Town
- Waterloo
- Angel
- Soho
- Hammersmith[7]
- 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "H Mart open ministore". United Kpop. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ Cambridge, Lyndsey. "Korean supermarket Oseyo opens fifth London store". The Grocer. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ^ "Guide to Korean food". The Strand Magazine. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ Vallely, Lois. "The world food specialists bringing global flavours to Britain". The Grocer. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ^ "The best bits of New Malden". Timeout. 14 November 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ Mullen, Dene. "What's fuelling the rise of Asian supermarkets in the UK?". The Grocer. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ^ "New brands in Hammersmith broadway". Retail Destination. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.