 It was founded in 2002 by David Min Sik Kang, a Korean-American entrepreneur who originally owned small Korean grocery stores in Washington, D.C.

Grand Mart provides a wide selection of Korean and East Asian groceries and fresh produce.Depending on the location of the store, it also offers varying amounts of Asian, Latino, African and traditional North American groceries.Some stores advertise in the Spanish language media as "Mercado Grande," and have signs in English, Spanish and Korean.