KTA Super Stores celebrates 110 years

KTA Super Stores is marking its 110th anniversary, celebrating more than a century of serving Hawaiʻi Island. Koichi and Taniyo Taniguchi founded the locally owned business in 1916 as a small grocery and dry-goods store in Waiākea Town, now part of Hilo’s Banyan Drive area. The company has grown alongside generations of island families and communities, with the anniversary recognizing its long history and local roots.