Rhee Bros

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.[1] Along with its distribution partners, Rhee Bros sells retail and foodservice accounts in the US and internationally. The company has its headquarters in Columbia, Maryland.[2] Company revenue was approximately $300 million USD in 2004.[3]

Rhee Bros, Inc.

Rhee Brothers headquarters
Industry	Asian food wholesale and distribution
Founded	1976 (1976) in Silver Spring, Maryland
Founder	Syng Man Rhee and his three brothers
Headquarters	Hanover, Maryland , United States

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.[2] In 1989, the company 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.[2] In 2004, the company reported having over 40 Assi-branded stores in Maryland, New York, California, and Georgia.[3]

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.[4]