FAMIMA!! to Open its Eighth Store in the Expanding Specialty Food Chain at Figueroa and 8th in Downtown Los Angeles

TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Famima Corporation, the U.S. branch of FamilyMart Co., Ltd., one of the largest convenience store franchises, announced today that they plan to open their eighth store on October 31, 2006 in downtown Los Angeles.

The newest Famima!! store is located at 800 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 101, on the corner of Figueroa and 8^th Street, close to the Staples Center, Ernst & Young Plaza and the Financial District.

“We are very excited about opening our new store in the high-traffic location of Figueroa at 8^th street in downtown Los Angeles, the largest business district in Southern California,” said Mr. Shiro Inoue, FAMIMA Corporation’s President and CEO. “With over 150,000 people working downtown every day and many more always coming to visit L.A., the downtown Famima!! store will target working professionals by offering them a variety of healthy and gourmet meals, snacks, drinks and everyday items with quality, quick customer service.

“We are especially proud of our ongoing promotion with the City of Los Angeles, called ‘See MY L.A.,’ which will encourage more business growth while also introducing Famima!! to more people,” said Mr. Inoue. “FamilyMart, Famima!!’s parent company, hosted Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on his recent visit to Tokyo. While there, FamilyMart Co., Ltd. in Japan and the City of Los Angeles announced their cooperative promotion campaign, ‘See MY L.A.’ FamilyMart and the Mayor will work together to promote Los Angeles as a travel destination for FamilyMart’s approximately 10 million, daily customers visiting our campaign store locations in Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand, and Shanghai. We are very proud to be a part of this campaign because L.A. is Famima!!’s home.”

Famima!! also hit the news recently when its Chicken Korma dish won the grand prize at the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) Chef Showdown contest in Las Vegas. The award winning Chicken Korma: chicken curry with cashews and basmati rice is a best-selling item and available to go at all Famima!! stores.

Since opening their inaugural store in West Hollywood in July 2005, Famima!! has kept close to their original plan of opening new stores in the communities: Westwood, Torrance, Santa Monica Third Street Promenade, Hollywood, and two locations in Pasadena. Famima!! will continue to open new stores in Culver City, Glendale, Long Beach and a second downtown store at the Pacific Center (525 W. 6^th Street) in coming months.

Famima!! specializes in freshly prepared packaged gourmet meals: salads, sushi, panini, sandwiches, dim sum, deli, and prize winning Chicken Korma, hot soup, freshly baked breads and desserts, organic gourmet coffee (priced below that of grocery store chains), and other assorted hot and cold drinks. At Famima!!, customers will find exceptionally unique, well designed stores, fresh and quality products, fast friendly service, and courtesy.

FAMIMA Corporation (http://famima-usa.com) was founded in September 2004 with corporate offices in Torrance, California. Famima!! is the American brand name for one of Asia’s leading convenience store chains: FamilyMart Company, Ltd. With over 12,914 stores operating in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, and China and net sales of approximately $10.3 billion.