New Malama Market Pahoa to open at the end of this month

The state’s largest, and newest Malama Market is set to open March 31 in Pahoa on Hawaii Island. The new store at Puna Kai Shopping Center will be 35,000 square feet, several times the size of the area’s previous Malama Market that opened in 2005. It will employ 130 people, an increase of 60 employees. “The Pahoa community has been so good to us, and we are grateful to our loyal customers for not only supporting Malama Market over the past 16 years but for helping us outgrow our current store,”…