ABC Stores Hawaii: Waikiki Locations, Hours and What to Buy

On November 3, 2026, the company’s store map listed 43 retail stores on Oahu: ABC Stores, plus the Island Country Markets and Duke’s Lane, which the company runs under other names. By our count of the addresses, 37 ABC-branded stores sit in Waikīkī or on its Ala Moana Boulevard edge, and 32 of them were open. The map marked five Waikīkī stores temporarily closed, with no reason given: #54 (2250 Kalākaua), #64 (349 Royal Hawaiian Avenue), #82 (1925 Kalākaua), #85 (120 Kaiulani Avenue) and #204 (2335 Kalākaua).

The density is not new. In 2004 the Associated Press counted “37 convenience stores within a one-mile radius of Waikiki” (Star-Bulletin, May 2004). Asked about it in 2013, CEO Paul Kosasa said: “Waikiki is unique in that it has very high density. We grew organically in Waikiki, one store at a time. But each store is busy and merchandised differently, too. The Kuhio Avenue store will have slightly different products than the Kalakaua stores” (Hawaii Business Magazine).

Hilton Hawaiian Village has two ABC Stores: the Star-Advertiser reported the second, in the Tapa Tower, opening beside the Rainbow Bazaar store in May 2013. Both are on the company map today. Staying there? Our Hilton Hawaiian Village review covers the rest of the resort. Two more stores are inside Ala Moana Center, #81 near Center Stage (9 a.m. to 9 p.m.) and #201 (8 a.m. to 8 p.m.). The company map lists no airport store. The Waikiki map shows the neighborhood around them.

No store on the company map is open 24 hours. In Waikīkī the earliest opening is 6 a.m., at #56 (1732 Ala Moana Boulevard), and the latest closing is 11 p.m. Most Waikīkī stores run 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. These close earlier:

Beer and wine. Honolulu’s liquor rules let retail dealers sell from 6 a.m. to midnight (Liquor Commission rules, effective October 3, 2026), so at ABC you can buy beer and wine until the store closes.

After 11 p.m. At Hilton Hawaiian Village, the resort’s own Diamond General Store in the Diamond Head Tower is open 24 hours with liquor, snacks and hot bentos (resort shopping page). Off the strip, the Don Quijote store on Kaheka Street near Ala Moana is open 24 hours, per its company’s store page.

ABC Stores is privately owned by the Kosasa family of Honolulu. Paul Kosasa is president and CEO and has run the company since 1999, according to the University of Hawaiʻi’s Shidler College profile of him; his parents, Sidney and Minnie Kosasa, founded it. The family’s retail roots go back to a grocery Sidney’s parents opened in 1917. Sidney earned a pharmacy degree at UC Berkeley in 1942 and opened Thrifty Drugs in 1949, and the first ABC Store followed in Waikīkī in 1964, stocking “grocery, souvenirs, drugs and cosmetics” (company history).

The idea came from a trip to Miami Beach, where Sidney watched visitors shop at convenience stores rather than hotel shops, the company says. His son described the start to the Star-Advertiser in 2016: “Dad wasn’t a grocer, but he knew drugs and cosmetics and housewares. He brought in the groceries and eventually brought in the souvenirs and T-shirts. And that’s how the ABC Stores got started.”

The name stands for nothing. The company says Sidney “settled on ABC as a name that everyone could remember,” and Paul Kosasa told SFGate in 2023: “There’s no acronym; it’s just ABC” (SFGate).

Company-wide, ABC had 75 stores on January 1, 2026, including Las Vegas, Guam and Saipan, according to the trade publication CSP. The company’s own page says “more than 70.” The family also runs Island Country Markets, Island Gourmet Markets and Duke’s Lane, and those count toward the Gold Card below.

Bottled water is probably the chain’s most popular item, “along with the chain’s Spam musubis,” Paul Kosasa told SFGate in 2023. In 2013 he said “a few stores have delicatessens in them,” making sandwiches, salads, Spam musubi and bentos to order (Hawaii Business). For a hot meal, go to one of the stores with a counter:

Duke’s Lane opened in 2017 as a 13,000-square-foot restaurant and food store. “It’s the largest investment that we’ve ever made,” Kosasa told the Star-Advertiser, adding: “It’s not an ABC Store. It’s a new stand-alone concept.” The Ala Moana Boulevard market sits in the former Wailana Coffee House space; Hawaii Public Radio reported the plan in February 2024. On the west side, our Island Country Market Ko Olina review has that store’s counters and hours. For poke beyond the deli case, see our best poke on Oahu list.

Each store carries a different mix, so this list follows the company’s own categories and brands rather than one shelf. “We probably sell more beach mats than anything else,” Kosasa said in 2013 (Hawaii Business). Prices below are the company’s online listings on November 3, 2026. The stores “do not price match website or catalog pricing” (company page), so the shelf can differ.

For snacks to bring home, our local Hawaiian snacks list covers what to look for, and getting around Oahu explains how TheBus and the HOLO card work. The beach mat goes to good use on a reef trip; our snorkeling guide has the spots.

These are not knocks on the store. They are the places a quick purchase can go wrong:

The Gold Card program is open to anyone who shops at the stores, per the company page. Shop at any ABC Store or affiliate, save receipts that total $100 or more, and bring them to any store for a free gift. The terms as published on November 3, 2026:

The Hawaiʻi gift list included Hello Kitty and other reusable bags, ceramic mugs and 2027 calendars at the $100 level, and T-shirts, a beach towel, a sarong and totes at $300. The Ko Olina market’s offers page confirms affiliate receipts count. Nothing is tracked digitally. “We don’t have a digital tracking system for purchases. Maybe one day we will,” Kosasa told SFGate. Keep the paper receipts together and redeem them before the oldest one turns 15 days old.

The company sells apparel, food gifts and souvenirs online. Per its shipping policy, orders of $150 to $500 ship free within the United States. International orders over $150 pay a $40 surcharge. Standard orders take about 10 to 14 business days to process. Website purchases can be returned within 30 days of delivery (return policy). Gift cards from $10 to $200 work at any ABC Store and affiliate, according to the Island Country Markets page.

ABC wins on distance: in most of Waikīkī the nearest one is down the block. For other jobs, these are the facts we could confirm:

We found no published price survey that compares ABC with other Oahu stores, so this guide gives none. For a full-day budget, our Oahu on a budget guide breaks down costs, and International Market Place is the Waikīkī stop for shopping beyond the basics.