page_title: Rhee Bros
hierarchical_section_title: Rhee Bros
caption_attribution_description: First Lady Yumi Hogan And Secretary Pete Rahn Tour Rhee Brothers Asian Food distributors by Bill McAllen at Rhee HQ in Hanover - 7461 Coca Cola Dr, Hanover, MD 21076
context_page_description: Rhee Bros., Inc. is an Asian foods wholesaler and distributor. It sells Asian food products from a variety of origins, including Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, and Filipino, and offers dry, refrigerated, frozen, and household goods. Along with its distribution partners, Rhee Bros sells retail and foodservice accounts in the US and internationally. Rhee Bros has its headquarters in Columbia, Maryland. Company revenue was approximately $300 million USD in 2004.
  Rhee Bros was founded in 1976 by Syng Man Rhee, along with his three brothers, who started in a small warehouse in Silver Spring, Maryland. In 1989, Rhee Bros began a retail affiliate relationship to sell Rhee Bros' products at Lotte Plaza, an Asian supermarket chain in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. A retail relationship with Assi Plaza, which has stores across the country, followed. In 2004, the company reported having over 40 Assi-branded stores in Maryland, New York, California, and Georgia.
  In 2001, the company issued a recall of about 2,400 boxes of "Lotte Margaret" cookies imported from Korea because they contained unlabelled peanuts and eggs.
context_section_description: Rhee Bros., Inc. (Korean: 리브라더스) is an Asian foods wholesaler and distributor. It sells Asian food products from a variety of origins, including Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, and Filipino, and offers dry, refrigerated, frozen, and household goods. Along with its distribution partners, Rhee Bros sells retail and foodservice accounts in the US and internationally. Rhee Bros has its headquarters in Columbia, Maryland. Company revenue was approximately $300 million USD in 2004.
  Rhee Bros was founded in 1976 by Syng Man Rhee, along with his three brothers, who started in a small warehouse in Silver Spring, Maryland. In 1989, Rhee Bros began a retail affiliate relationship to sell Rhee Bros' products at Lotte Plaza, an Asian supermarket chain in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. A retail relationship with Assi Plaza, which has stores across the country, followed. In 2004, the company reported having over 40 Assi-branded stores in Maryland, New York, California, and Georgia.
  In 2001, the company issued a recall of about 2,400 boxes of "Lotte Margaret" cookies imported from Korea because they contained unlabelled peanuts and eggs.
caption: Rhee Brothers HQ in Hanover, Maryland
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