KTA Super Stores

Established in 1916 as K. Taniguchi Shoten by Koichi and Taniyo Taniguchi in Waiakea, KTA Super Stores has been fortunate to grow with the community on the Hawaii Island, employing generations of residents. KTA Super Stores has been an innovator in the Hawaii retail grocery industry, building the first in-store bakery in the state in 1977; installing UPC bar code scanners at all checkouts in 1979; building the first full-scale deli department on the Hawaii Island; establishing the KTA Super Stores-exclusive Mountain Apple Brand, a private-label brand promoting products exclusively grown and manufactured in Hawaii; and creating the "Living in Paradise" TV show focusing on the many positive aspects of life on the Hawaii Island. For more than 100 years, KTA Super Stores has been committed to its founders' mission of working hard to fulfill the food, household and health care needs of Big Islanders, where "You Are Someone Special Every Day at KTA."