Trying their luck in Indonesia’s groceries, a business which has had its ebb and flow, LotteMart took a short-cut by buying out PT Makro Indonesia in October 2008. Today, under the PT Lotte Shopping Indonesia banner, Lotte now controls 19 Makro outlets, which has changed its name to LotteMart Wholesale.

During the 1990s, there were quite a few businesses involved in the grocery business. Other than Makro, there were also Goro, Alfa Gudang Raba