2009 Thirteenth affiliate supermarket opening in Duluth, Georgia : ASSI PLAZA 2008 Twelfth affiliate supermarket opening in Chantilly, Verginia : LOTTE PLAZA 2007 Eleventh affiliate supermarket opening in Niles, Chicago : ASSI PLAZA 2007 Tenth affiliate supermarket opening in Duluth, Georgia : ASSI PLAZA 2007 Ninth affiliate supermarket opening in Germantown, Maryland : LOTTEPLAZA Establishing an affiliate in Qingdao, China : YAWAY Co. Ltd. 2005 Eighth affiliate supermarket opened in Suwanee, Georgia : ASSI PLAZA 2004 Seventh affiliate supermarket opened in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : ASSI PLAZA
	1999 Fifth affiliate supermarket opened in Silver Spring, Maryland : LOTTE PLAZA Fifth affiliate supermarket opened in Ellicott City, Maryland : LOTTE PLAZA 1998 Fourth affiliate supermarket opened in Los Angeles, California : ASSI SUPER 1995 Established the west coast wholesale operation at Santa Fe Springs, California : KOREAN FARM, INC. 1994 Affiliate Cash&Carry established at Flushing , New York : ASSI PLAZA 1991 Second affiliate supermarket opened in Fairfax, Virginia : LOTTE PLAZA
	1989 The first affiliate supermarket opened in Rockville, Maryland : LOTTE PLAZA 1982 Established an affiliate in Kobe, Japan : New Japan Food Corp. 1982 Established an affiliate in Seoul, Korea : R&G Corporation
	1979 Relocated headquarters to Columbia, Maryland 1976 Founded in Silver Spring, Maryland