convenience stores franchises minimarkets supermarkets grocery stores and hypermarkets founded 1940 ; 76 years ago 1940 in penang malaysia founder mydin mohamed headquarters subang jaya selangor malaysia number of locations 267 outlets 1 2015 key people mydin mohamed owner mydin mohamed holdings berhad website www.mydin.com.my mydin is a malaysian chain of hypermarket supermarket and emporiums . contents 1 history 2 board of directors 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit mydin hypermarket in ayer keroh malacca . mydin was founded in 1918 by gulam husen jamal father to mydin mohamed in penang . 2 their first hawker business was started on 1940 . however the shop was burnt down as a result of world war ii and the family lost everything . but with strong determination perseverance and faith has made his children mydin mohamed to continue the trades of wholesaling . 3 in 1957 he opened his first shop which was a small wooden shop named syarikat mydin mohamed in jalan tok hakim kota bharu kelantan by selling toys and general merchandise with his own hard earned money . 4 with the help of his immediate sons the business spreads its operations to kuala terengganu in 1979 and later made their presences in klang valley at jalan masjid india in 1989 . from then on mydin has grown steadily . with its vision to be the world s leading distributor of competitive halal goods and services in malaysia it is now known as mydin mohamed holdings berhad . in 2011 mydin along with other major hypermarkets such as tesco and carrefour participated in the tukar programme under the economic transformation programme . the programme is aimed to transform 100 selected sundry shops into modern mini marts . the company is responsible for training the shops and providing assistance after transforming as mini marts along with tesco . in july 2013 mydin s then ventured into the high end retailing with the opening of the first sam s groceria outlet at the gurney paragon in penang in july 2013 . sam affectionately stands for saya anak malaysia i am malaysian . 5 as of january 2015 there are 267 outlets nationwide which include 18 hypermarkets 16 emporiums 3 bazaars 47 mini marts that operate as mymydin 8 convenience stores that operate as mymart and 6 franchise outlets operating as mydin mart 5 premium grocery store known as sam s groceria 2 premium f & b store known as sam s deli and 162 kedai rakyat 1malaysia kr1m . 1 2 board of directors edit mydin mohamed founder dr. haji ameer ali mydin managing director murad ali executive director ahimmat mydin executive director salim mydin executive director dr. hajah siti hawa human resources director mumtaz director nadiya director malik murad ali it director mirza murad ali merchandising director see also edit companies portal list of hypermarkets in malaysia references edit a b mydin rm3bil turnover eyes sabah next . daily express . 12 march 2015 . archived from the original on 18 april 2016 . retrieved 18 april 2016 . a b nevash nair 29 july 2013 . mydin s sam s groceria all ready to capture high end segment . the star . retrieved 29 july 2013 . nik maheran nik muhammad ; filzah md isa ; siti norezam othman 29 july 2013 . mydin transformation focus leadership and organizational change . universiti teknologi mara universiti utara malaysia . emerald group publishing limited academia.edu . doi 10.1108 20450621111180963 . issn 2045 0621 . retrieved 18 april 2016 . mydin mahu buka 7 lagi cawangan baru pdf in malay . penang state government secretary office . 19 august 2013 . retrieved 18 april 2016 . mydin goes high end with sam s groceria . bernama . the malay mail . 23 july 2013 . retrieved 18 april 2016 . external links edit official website this malaysian corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mydin & oldid 741944030 categories malaysian company stubshypermarketssupermarkets of malaysiahidden categories cs1 malay language sources ms engvarb from april 2016use dmy dates from april 2016pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 september 2016 at 17 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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