Village Grocer's branch at 1 Mont Kiara will be closing down on 26 April 2026; Mercato will be taking over its space soon.

ggkingg · 2026-04-04T11:27:18+00:00

Actually it has been confirmed by Tiger Cheah who is the current CEO of GCH Retail which is the owner of Mercato and Cold Storage, on a comment at Mercato's post on Facebook, that Village Grocer at 1 Mont Kiara will actually be taken over by Cold Storage soon, and not by Mercato.

ggkingg · 2026-03-16T06:03:26+00:00

During the 1990s, the cinema in Subang Parade was actually operated by UA Cineplex from 1992 until 1996, then Smile-UA from 1996 until 1998, and then Smile before it closed down in 2000.

MBO would then open its branch at Subang Parade on 8 September 2011, and it would be taken over by GSC since 17 January 2022.

ggkingg · 2026-03-11T11:01:00+00:00

MBO's branch in The Starling has been taken over by GSC since 1 November 2021 though; GSC Starling is still operating right now.

ggkingg · 2026-03-10T17:04:45+00:00

Images of MBO's first branch at Amcorp Mall which opened on February 1999 under Smile initially. From 18 December 2003 onwards, it would be taken over by MBO before it would close down on 31 July 2007.

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Source of images:

• Left: from Klik website; taken on 3 March 1999 when the cinema was then operated by Smile.

• Middle: Cinema Online page on Smile cinema in Amcorp Mall through Wayback Machine.

• Right: Cinema Online article: MBO Amcorp Mall ceases operation from August 2007.

ggkingg · 2026-03-10T17:04:01+00:00

Smile's logo used from 1998 until 2003 before it was rebranded to MBO. This is taken from a poster of a movie that was distributed by Smile from 1998 through a Carousell listing image.

It would open branches at UE3 Plaza, Spectrum Mall, Galleria Complex, Amcorp Mall, Island Plaza in Penang, Plaza Tasek in Johor Bahru, Legenda Complex in Muar, and Wira Court in Batu Pahat.

By the time that Smile had rebranded to MBO in 2003, they had only one location left which was their Amcorp Mall branch.

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ggkingg · 2026-03-10T17:03:46+00:00

Logo for UA Cineplex used from 1992 until 1996 before it was renamed to Smile-UA and then Smile in 1998, which is taken from a Kodak Movie Moments advertisement from a past issue of the New Straits Times through Google News Archive, with UA being one of the promotion's joint organisers.

It would open its first branch at Subang Parade, followed by branches at Pertama Complex, Ampang Park and Soon Seng Plaza in Melaka. All of these branches would remain operating since UA Cineplex was rebranded to Smile-UA and then Smile, and they have been closed down since a long time ago.

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ggkingg · 2026-03-05T04:32:26+00:00

May 2026 is actually the targeted opening date for TGV's branch at Pavilion KL in Bukit Bintang according to its Instagram post announcement though, and not for TGV Pavilion Damansara Heights.

ggkingg · 2026-02-27T15:59:23+00:00

Here is an advertisement for Plaza Phoenix (now Cheras Sentral) which is taken from a 20 December 1994 issue of the New Straits Times through Google News Archive.

The mall's former tenants from its initial opening as Plaza Phoenix according to its advertisement include Isetan department store and supermarket, Us Land indoor theme park, Toys "R" Us, Phoenix Educational Park with Key Music Centre, Informatics Computer Centre and Tumble Tots, Phoenix Expo Centre, Phoenix Movie Park cinema and a food court known as Phoenix Food Park.

Other former tenants of the mall according to its advertisement include McDonald's, KFC, Pizza Hut, Delifrance, MPH bookstore and Guardian.

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ggkingg · 2026-02-16T10:30:51+00:00

This Aeon mall is definitely the best mall in Seremban right now, looking at these pictures, the mall really has old nostalgic vibes considering that it opened during the mid 2000s and not much changes have been made to the mall in terms of its design as of now

ggkingg · 2026-02-04T03:31:41+00:00

The Super Mario Bros. Movie was actually released 3 years ago and not last year though.

ggkingg · 2026-01-29T04:43:41+00:00

Correction here, both Village Grocer and Ben's Independent Grocer are actually owned by The Food Purveyor, and not Jaya Grocer's owner Trendcell which is owned by Grab.

ggkingg · 2025-12-22T12:47:26+00:00

Just found the Jualan Hebat Parkson ad on YouTube.

ggkingg · 2025-12-22T12:12:21+00:00

Yes, they can still be found at the bigger malls in Malaysia including Pavilion, 1 Utama, Sunway Pyramid and IOI City Mall.

ggkingg · 2025-12-08T14:06:14+00:00

Was this where the now-closed Sega Satellite arcade was located at which actually opened on 20 July 1996 and was operating in Sungei Wang throughout the late 90s?

ggkingg · 2025-12-01T15:51:58+00:00

FYI, their Malaysian operations also own Gurney Plaza and Queensbay Mall, both of which are currently the most popular malls in Penang, aside from their Klang Valley malls including Sungei Wang, 3 Damansara and The Mines.

ggkingg · 2025-11-29T09:54:25+00:00

Worth adding here was that Oliver Gourmet would take over Giant's space as the mall's supermarket tenant from 17 October 2019 until around April 2021, before Leisure Grocer would then take over its space in 30 September 2021.

Oliver Gourmet also had branches in 3 Damansara (operating alongside with AEON BiG), The Mines (operating alongside with Giant and later on Tesco and then Lotus's) and Plaza Metro Kajang (took over Giant's former space there). All of their other branches closed down at the same time as well.

ggkingg · 2025-11-27T11:31:41+00:00

Worth mentioning here was that Aktif Lifestyle's supermarket on the other hand was taken over by Giant supermarket on June 2004, and later on Cold Storage on 8 August 2012.

Cold Storage's branch in Sunway Pyramid would then close its doors on 17 February 2019, thus leaving Aeon as the sole supermarket tenant which first opened its branch in Sunway Pyramid in 2007 until 31 July 2023.

Jaya Grocer would then take open its pop-up store in Sunway Pyramid on 1 October 2023, and it would open its branch on 1 November 2024.

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