Tawa Supermarket Inc. was established in 1984 by Mr. Roger H. Chen. As the Asian immigrant community grew in Los Angeles, so did the appetite for quality Asian food products. Sensing the demand, Mr. Chen opened the first Tawa Supermarket store in Westminster, California (Little Saigon). For more than 20 years, Tawa has satisfied the needs of Asian immigrants by providing them with their hometown flavors. Today, Tawa has grown from an individual supermarket into a grand diversified organization. We now serve customers from all over the world.
Currently, Tawa has twenty-four full-service stores in California and four in Washington, Nevada, Texas, Tawa also has joint-venture franchise stores in the states of Georgia, and internationally in Jakarta, Indonesia. In 2006, Tawa has become a sister company to 168 Supermarket. Today, 168 Supermarket can be found in Alhambra, California and Las Vegas, Nevada.