With a string of chain-store names already familiar to everyone's ear, by the end of February there were some 1,800 of them in the whole of Taiwan. When individual convenience stores are added to this, there are now altogether around 2,230 stores. Of these, the great majority is concentrated in the cities, and especially in the Taipei area.
統一麵包、7-Eleven、福客多、萊爾富、安賓、B&D、OK … …，這些我們耳熟能詳的連鎖便利商店，至二月底，全台灣有一千八百家門市；若再加上個人便利商店，共約二千二百三十家，其中絕大多數都集中在都市，尤其是大台北地區。