Famima!! is a chain of small upscale convenience stores based on and owned by the widely successful FamilyMart stores of Japan. Founded on September 17, 2004, the stores bring the Japanese model of premium convenience stores, targeting the Middle and Upper level income 21 - 41 years of age, to the United States. Famima Corporation is currently testing stores out on the American consumer segment by building 30 stores in Southern California. These 30 stores will be followed by 220 additional stores by 2009. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... FamilyMart in Osaka City, Sekime station shop Daytime shot of a FamilyMart in Tokyo FamilyMart (Japanese: ファミリーマート) TYO: 8028 is a konbini or convenience store franchise chain in Japan. ... is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the region of Southern California. ...

Famima!! stores feature upscale design and premium foods, packaging deli style "lunch boxes" (sandwiches, panini, sushi), International and American goods popular in the United States, magazines, etc. For other uses, see Sandwich (disambiguation). ... For other uses of Panino, see Panino (disambiguation). ... This article is about Japanese cuisine. ...

Most stores are open from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. and are located in urban or suburban areas.

Locations

All locations are in the Greater Los Angeles area. Walt Disney Concert Hall, Frank Gehry, architect The Greater Los Angeles Area, or the Southland, (not to be confused with the Los Angeles Metro Area which includes only Los Angeles and Orange Counties) is the agglomeration of urbanized area around the county of Los Angeles, California, United States. ...

• Arcadia - Santa Anita Ave and Live Oak Ave (24 hour location)
• Culver City - at Overland Ave and Venice Boulevard
• Fountain Valley - opening in July, 2008
• Glendale - no longer open
• Lakewood - Downey and South Street
• Los Angeles
  • Hollywood and Highland
  • Downtown California Plaza
  • Pershing Square
  • Ernest & Young Plaza
  • City National Plaza
• Long Beach
  • 2nd Street in Belmont Shore (closed as of March 1, 2008)
  • Los Coyotes Diagonal (closed as of March 1, 2008)
• Pasadena
  • on Colorado Boulevard near Paseo Colorado
  • at Raymond Avenue and Union Street
• Santa Monica (Third Street Promenade)
• Torrance (closed as of May 30, 2008)
• West Hollywood

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External links

• Famima!! website
• Andrea Gardner, More than convenient, it's Famima!!, Marketplace (radio program), May 29, 2006
• Jonathan Gold, All in the Famima!! -- A new convenience-store empire is among us, LA Weekly, September 20, 2006