Asianfresh Food Market will open its second location on Cherry Hill's Route 70 corridor on Thursday, Sept. 3. The Philadelphia Chinatown grocer plans a grand opening at 2005 Marlton Pike East on Saturday, Sept. 12.

The store is moving into a large retail unit in a Route 70 shopping center that most recently housed Oscar Huber Furniture. The building was originally developed decades ago as a Clover discount store.

Asianfresh confirmed the dates in a Facebook comment, responding to a customer who asked in Chinese when the Cherry Hill store would open, according to a 42 Freeway report published Saturday, Aug. 29. The company's official account wrote that Sept. 3 would be the soft opening and Sept. 12 the grand opening.

The market will carry imported foods and ingredients from Korea, Japan, China, the Philippines and other Asian countries, along with fresh seafood and meat counters. A prepared hot-food section is also planned, though 42 Freeway noted it may not match the scale of the food court at the recently renovated H Mart on Route 70.

Asianfresh's original location is a two-story market at 142 N. 10th St. in Philadelphia's Chinatown. Samuel Chueh, the City of Philadelphia's director of international business and global strategy, has said he finds popular Taiwanese snacks he grew up with on the store's second floor, according to a Postcard profile of the market.

Cherry Hill already has two major Asian grocers. H Mart drew more than 200 people to its grand reopening on April 23 after an 18-month renovation that added a food hall and live seafood market. Hung Vuong Food Market also operates in the township, and Sun Seng Supermarket serves shoppers in nearby Pennsauken.

As of Friday, Aug. 28, the Cherry Hill store's front windows were still covered with paper, but shopping carts were in place and roughly 20 cars sat in the lot, suggesting employees were running final preparations, 42 Freeway reported. The same shopping center also houses a Planet Fitness.

Asianfresh's Cherry Hill store is at 2005 Marlton Pike East, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003. Hours for the new location have not been announced.