Seafood City
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Seafood City is a Filipino supermarket
Supermarket
A supermarket, a form of grocery store, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments...

 chain in the United States
United States
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 with branches in California
California
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, Nevada
Nevada
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, and Washington.

Seafood City's tagline Higit sa Lahat, Pilipino (English: Above All, Filipino) or At Home Ako Sa 'Yo (English: With you [Seafood City], I'm at home) encapsulates its purpose of being the de facto "home away from home" of Filipinos in the United States.

It specializes in mostly Filipino food and products. In some of its locations, it serves as an anchor to many known Filipino businesses such as Jollibee
Jollibee
Jollibee Foods Corporation is the parent company of Jollibee, a fast-food restaurant chain based in the Philippines. Among JFC's popular brands are Jollibee, Chowking, Greenwich, Red Ribbon, Caffe Ti-amo, Mang Inasal and Burger King...

 and Red Ribbon
Red Ribbon (bakeshop)
Red Ribbon Bakeshop is a popular fast-food chain and bakery in the Philippines and the United States, offering a wide range of cakes and pastries. The chain began in the Philippines in 1979 in Quezon City along Timog Avenue and started franchising in 1999. In 1984, they opened their first US...

. In other locations, Seafood City also features locally-owned Filipino video rental stores, immigration offices, travel agencies, and restaurants.

Seafood City has 14 stores all over California
California
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, two in Nevada
Nevada
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, and one in Washington.

Plans to open branches in Queens, New York, New Jersey
New Jersey
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, and Virginia
Virginia
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are currently being considered to serve the large Filipino communities in the respective areas.
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