GW Supermarket is a specialized

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in the U.S., established in

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in 2004. The chain caters to Asian immigrants, offering Asian products in a Western supermarket-style retail operation. The President, CEO and founder is Lihui Zhang. There are 16 locations in 7 states as of 2020.

Locations

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** Monterey Park - 421 N Atlantic Blvd ** Rosemead - 8150 E Garvey Ave ** Rosemead - 8815 E Valley Blvd **

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- 18475 Colima Rd *

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** Broomfield - 6600 West 120th Ave. **

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- 2200 West Alameda Ave. **

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- 12303 East Mississippi Ave *

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- 2300 Pleasant Hill Rd *

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- 5510 Baltimore National Pike **

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- 19721 Fredrick Rd ** Rockville - 700 Hungerford Dr *

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- 50 Herald St **

- 109 Lincoln St *

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- 59-16 99th St **

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- 137-45/61 Northern Blvd **

- 144-50 Northern Blvd **

- 41-79 Main Street *

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- 9889 Bellaire Blvd, Building B *

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- 2982 Gallows Rd

Controversy

In 2011, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries staff conducted a sting of the Great Wall Supermarket in

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and found the store in violation of several local wildlife laws, due to the sale of live animals, including frogs, turtles, eels, largemouth bass, and crayfish. The sting resulted from a complaint from a conservationist. Two managers of the store were charged with felonies in 2012, later reduced to misdemeanors. Great Wall lawyers argued that the wildlife charges did not apply because all of the creatures on sale were commercially farmed: turtles from Oklahoma, eels from Pennsylvania, bullfrogs from the Dominican Republic, and so forth. The defense claimed that "law governing sales of live fish and other animals has not been updated to reflect advances in aquaculture, and that it is tilted against immigrants with unfamiliar cuisines and customs." Starting in 2012, residents behind the Rockville store began submitting noise complaints to th
Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection
As of June 1, 2015, Great Wall Supermarket has two active ongoing cases and has paid multiple fines as punishment for disturbing the peace and quiet of the adjoining neighborhood.

In popular culture

*A Great Wall store appears as a location in the TV series, ''

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References

External links

Great Wall Supermarket

www.gwmarts.com E-commerce site
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