''Tang Frères'' ("Tang Brothers") is an

Asian supermarket In non-Asian countries, an Asian supermarket largely describes a category of grocery stores that focuses and stocks items and products imported from countries located in the Far East (e.g. East Asia, East, Southeast Asia, Southeast and South Asia ...

chain based in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, one of the ''quartier chinois'' (

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) of the

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of France. Tang Frères is known as the biggest Asian supermarket chain west of China. The company has in fact diversified to other activities, including import of Asian DVDs and TV broadcasting. Tang Frères has several retail outlets throughout Paris and its immediate suburbs, as well as an outlet in

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, the capital of

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– the country of origin of the company's founding brothers. Next to the Ivry's Tang Frères supermarket lies

Paristore Paris Store or Paristore is an Asian supermarket situated in France in the regions of Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Roubaix, Strasbourg, Toulouse, and Tours that sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, and Reunionese food products. It ha ...

, another major Asian supermarket from France.

References

External links

Tang Frères website
(Archive) Retail companies established in 1976 French companies established in 1976 Asian-French culture Shops in Paris Supermarkets of France 13th arrondissement of Paris {{supermarket-stub