- CEO
- Xiao-yan Wang
- Full Time Employees
- 18,630
- Sector
- Retail trade
- Industry
- Specialty stores
- Address
- No. 1258 Zhen Guang Road Shanghai SH China 200333
- IPO Date
- Jun 27, 2003
- Business
- Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co., Ltd. (0980.HK) operates a chain of hypermarkets, supermarkets, and convenience stores primarily in eastern China; the company offers a range of fast-moving consumer goods, proprietary brands such as Lianou Original Seaweed, UPSH Button Lithium Battery, and UPSH Long Strip Sleeve Hot Water Bag; it also provides wholesale merchandise sales, logistic services for wholesale business, e-commerce platform sales, store franchising, and catering services under brands including Century Mart, Lianhua Supermarket, Hualian Supermarket, and Lianhua Quik. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Shanghai, the company serves diverse consumer needs across its retail segments in the People's Republic of China, with operations spanning multiple provinces and municipalities; as of December 31, 2024, it manages 3,152 outlets excluding certain acquisitions. In recent developments, Lianhua Supermarket Holdings optimizes its hypermarket structure through resource allocation and differentiated transformation plans, upgrades its supermarket segment with the 2.0 selected model exemplified by the November 2023 opening of the CITY LIFE Gubei store as Shanghai's first community-based high-end boutique supermarket, sustains double-digit growth in home delivery and online sales, raises approximately CNY 357-360 million via new share issuance to controlling shareholder Bailian Group Co., Ltd., enters new leasing agreements including a major premise in Shanghai with Vanguard and extended cooperation with Bailian Group, and reports a turnaround to profit in the first half of 2025 alongside store network adjustments with 34 new openings and 37 closures in East China during early 2025.