# Simple Mart to acquire OKmart for NT$125 million **URL:** \ **Category:** Living in Taiwan\ **Created:** [January 24, 2026, 11:26am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/simple-mart-to-acquire-okmart-for-nt-125-million/255820 "2026-01-24T11:26:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ma3xiu1](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/ma3xiu1/32/81129_2.png) [@ma3xiu1](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/ma3xiu1)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 11:26am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/simple-mart-to-acquire-okmart-for-nt-125-million/255820/1 "2026-01-24T11:26:00Z")
Buying a convenience store chain is a lot cheaper than I thought. Good reminder of how slim the margins must be. > **[Simple Mart to acquire OKmart for NT$125 million - Focus Taiwan](https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202601240004)** > > Simple Mart Retail Co., which runs a supermarket chain Simple Mart in Taiwan, has decided to spend NT$125 million (US$3.96 million) to acquire the OKmart convenience store chain. ---
**Author:** ![lostinasia](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/lostinasia/32/60703_2.png) [@lostinasia](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/lostinasia)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 11:52am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/simple-mart-to-acquire-okmart-for-nt-125-million/255820/2 "2026-01-24T11:52:39Z")
> [@ma3xiu1](#): > > Buying a convenience store chain is a lot cheaper than I thought. Darn. Maybe we at forumosa should get together and put in a competing bid. That’d be … well, not at all fun, but it would at least elicit some amusement. ---
**Author:** ![autorelease](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@autorelease](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/autorelease)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/simple-mart-to-acquire-okmart-for-nt-125-million/255820/3 "2026-01-24T12:48:55Z")
I guess it’s priced this way since most (all?) are franchised out. It’s also not the most prestigious brand compared to 7/11 and FamilyMart. I remember some time ago it was ranked number one in violations for selling cigarettes to minors :D. ---
**Author:** ![afterspivak](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@afterspivak](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/afterspivak)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/simple-mart-to-acquire-okmart-for-nt-125-million/255820/4 "2026-01-24T12:59:16Z")
My old workplace used to have one convenience store on site—OK Mart. The running joke was that this convenience store was . . . not OK. What’s the next step? Making it not simple? Guy ---
**Author:** ![CTaitung](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/ctaitung/32/100105_2.png) [@CTaitung](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/CTaitung)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/simple-mart-to-acquire-okmart-for-nt-125-million/255820/5 "2026-01-24T14:35:01Z")
Cool. Now likely more branches island-wide to find SM’s good (and not expensive) foreign beers. ---
**Author:** ![Marco](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marco/32/179744_2.png) [@Marco](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Marco)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/simple-mart-to-acquire-okmart-for-nt-125-million/255820/6 "2026-01-24T16:32:01Z")
> [@afterspivak](#): > > My old workplace used to have one convenience store on site—OK Mart. The running joke was that this convenience store was . . . not OK. > > What’s the next step? Making it not simple? > > Guy Mine is it’s not great, just OK ---
**Author:** ![TT](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tt/32/271883_2.png) [@TT](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/TT)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/simple-mart-to-acquire-okmart-for-nt-125-million/255820/7 "2026-01-24T16:47:20Z")
> [@lostinasia](#): > > Darn. Maybe we at forumosa should get together and put in a competing bid. That’d be … well, not at all fun, but it would at least elicit some amusement Would make the “which convenience store do you support” thread take on a whole new dimension ---
**Author:** ![gavmasterflash](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@gavmasterflash](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/gavmasterflash)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 5:10pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/simple-mart-to-acquire-okmart-for-nt-125-million/255820/8 "2026-01-24T17:10:34Z")
OK Mart is the absolute bottom one of them all….. Hi Life actually has some good stuff, some interesting beers, but the real debate is between Family Mart and 7-11. Simple Mart is kind of a cross between a convenience store and small super market. They have good deals on stuff but they aren’t open 24 hours. I remember when I first got here, I thought it was “S-Mart.” Shop smart, shop S-Mart, ya got that?!?!?!?!? But unfortunately, they don’t sell any boomsticks. [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/14ikjKhK7bI](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/14ikjKhK7bI) ---
**Author:** ![RickRooney](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@RickRooney](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/RickRooney)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/simple-mart-to-acquire-okmart-for-nt-125-million/255820/9 "2026-01-24T17:42:44Z")
Sounds like a good move. OK mart offers zero. Its 4th place after hi life which is at least slightly different to family mart/711. So it makes sense to take it and make it better somehow. Simple mart is decent too. I go there quite often as they are nearer to my house than a supermarket and they have some different stuff I didnt see elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Mataiou](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mataiou/32/178744_2.png) [@Mataiou](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mataiou)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 11:28am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/simple-mart-to-acquire-okmart-for-nt-125-million/255820/10 "2026-09-21T11:28:56Z")
It seems that they rebranded, anyone saw the new Ok mart brand image? Looks very similar to some lawsons ---
**Author:** ![Marco](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marco/32/179744_2.png) [@Marco](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Marco)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 11:36am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/simple-mart-to-acquire-okmart-for-nt-125-million/255820/11 "2026-09-21T11:36:36Z")
> [@Mataiou](#): > > It seems that they rebranded, anyone saw the new Ok mart brand image? Looks very similar to some lawsons Is it great or just OK? ---
**Author:** ![afterspivak](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@afterspivak](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/afterspivak)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 12:04pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/simple-mart-to-acquire-okmart-for-nt-125-million/255820/12 "2026-09-21T12:04:22Z")
> [@Mataiou](#): > > Looks very similar to some lawsons So in Japan, there is LAWSONS and NATURAL LAWSONS. Can we look forward to a similar brand differentiation in Taiwan between OK and NATURAL OK? Guy ---
**Author:** ![Gmu](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gmu](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Gmu)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/simple-mart-to-acquire-okmart-for-nt-125-million/255820/13 "2026-09-21T12:40:17Z")
OK Mart Shops new Logo ![image](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/4X/5/3/5/53587df6406eab47e218553d1a2ba5111be76a5a.jpeg) ![image](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/4X/1/e/f/1efacc0d856cfb0881e69faf3f5148bc84e51b09.jpeg) OK Mart debuted a new blue-and-white visual identity and a stylized graphic logo—described by internet users as looking like a fish—at its Banqiao Daren branch in New Taipei City, which serves as the brand’s first concept store ---
**Author:** ![Mataiou](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mataiou/32/178744_2.png) [@Mataiou](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mataiou)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/simple-mart-to-acquire-okmart-for-nt-125-million/255820/14 "2026-09-21T12:44:55Z")
Looks more like a coin laundromat ---
**Author:** ![RickRooney](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@RickRooney](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/RickRooney)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/simple-mart-to-acquire-okmart-for-nt-125-million/255820/15 "2026-09-21T14:14:08Z")
Certainly looks water themed. Well I’ve seen worse. Prosperty fucking plaza worse. So this is not that bad I guess. Curious to how it looks in the store. ---
**Author:** ![threesheets](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/threesheets/32/239889_2.png) [@threesheets](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/threesheets)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/simple-mart-to-acquire-okmart-for-nt-125-million/255820/16 "2026-09-21T14:57:06Z")
Is that a half-filled bed pan inside the O? Not sure what they’re going for… ---
**Author:** ![Marco](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marco/32/179744_2.png) [@Marco](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Marco)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/simple-mart-to-acquire-okmart-for-nt-125-million/255820/17 "2026-09-21T15:02:35Z")
> [@afterspivak](#): > > > [@Mataiou](#): > > > > Looks very similar to some lawsons > > So in Japan, there is LAWSONS and NATURAL LAWSONS. > > Can we look forward to a similar brand differentiation in Taiwan between OK and NATURAL OK? > > Guy Naturally OK! 👍 ---
**Author:** ![afterspivak](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@afterspivak](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/afterspivak)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/simple-mart-to-acquire-okmart-for-nt-125-million/255820/18 "2026-09-21T20:09:08Z")
> [@Marco](#): > > Naturally OK! I admit I have my doubts. 😐 Guy ---
**Author:** ![Marco](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marco/32/179744_2.png) [@Marco](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Marco)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 1:57am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/simple-mart-to-acquire-okmart-for-nt-125-million/255820/19 "2026-09-22T01:57:56Z")
> [@afterspivak](#): > > > [@Marco](#): > > > > Naturally OK! > > I admit I have my doubts. 😐 > > Guy Are you OK? ---
**Author:** ![afterspivak](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@afterspivak](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/afterspivak)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 2:11am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/simple-mart-to-acquire-okmart-for-nt-125-million/255820/20 "2026-09-22T02:11:21Z")
I have been in an OK in my neighbourhood, and after that experience I am not sure! :runaway: Guy [Next page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/simple-mart-to-acquire-okmart-for-nt-125-million/255820.md?page=2)