香港超市已经存在40多个年头,经历了引进、加速发展和成熟三个阶段。从时间跨度上看,引进阶段持续的时间最长,从50年代早期一直持续到70年代早期。这段时间,香港超市的发展很像我国大陆80年代初刚引进超市时的情形:断断续续,发展很慢。50年代早期试办的超市,大多在试办一段时间后,由于经营不善宣告结业。其原因主要是当 Hong Kong supermarkets have existed for more than 40 years and experienced three stages of introduction, accelerated development and maturity. In terms of time span, the introductory phase lasted the longest, from the early 1950s to the early 1970s. During this time, the development of Hong Kong supermarkets was very much like the situation when the mainland China introduced the supermarkets in the early 1980s: intermittent and slow to develop. Most of the supermarkets that were piloted in the early 1950s were closed after they were put on trial for a period of time due to poor management. The reason is mainly when