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Founded in 1977, Almarai Company is the world’s largest vertically integrated dairy company and the largest food and beverage manufacturing and distribution company in MENA. Headquartered in Riyadh, Almarai Company is ranked as the number one FMCG Brand in the MENA region and the market leader in all its categories across GCC, Egypt, and Jordan. Over five decades of sustainable growth, Almarai has consistently provided nutritious and healthy products to consumers of all ages, driven by its core principle: “Quality you can trust.” Almarai has expanded its product range to include, in addition to dairy products, juices and beverages, baked goods, poultry, infant formula, dates, fish and seafood, and bottled water, under more than 20 brands such as Almarai, L’usine, 7DAYS, ALYOUM, Nuralac, Farm’s Select, Ice Leaf, Almira, Seama, Oska, IVAL, Almarai Pro, Premier Chef, Bakemart, and others. In 2024, Almarai reported net income of SAR 2.31 billion on sales of SAR 20.98 billion. For more information, please visit our website.

مجموعة صافولا هي مجموعة استثمارية استراتيجية قابضة رائدة في الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا، حيث تملك وتدير محفظة استثمارية لعلامات تجارية رائدة في قطاعي الأغذية والتجزئة. منذ تأسيسها عام 1979م، واصلت صافولا بناء اسماً مرموقاً مركزة على استحداث” قيمة أساسها القيم“، من خلال محفظتها الاستثمارية المتنوعة، والتي تشهد توسعاً في شركات واستثمارات وعلامات تجارية رائدة في قطاعي الأغذية والتجزئة. يثق المستثمرون محلياً وعالمياً بصافولا لأدائها المتميز، ومعرفتها المتخصصة بالأسواق، والتزامها بمسؤولياتها الاجتماعية والاستدامة من خلال مؤسسة عالم صافولا. تدير الشركة أكبر سلسلة متاجر للتجزئة في المملكة العربية السعودية، وتصّنع وتسوق المنتجات الغذائية الاستهلاكية والتي تحظى برضا عملائها، وتشمل زيوت الطعام والسكر والمكرونة والمخبوزات والأغذية المجمدة والتي يتم توزيعها في أكثر من 50 دولة حول العالم. Savola is one of the leading strategic investment holding companies in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) Region, with a portfolio of leading brands in the food and retail sectors. Since 1979, Savola has built a reputation for creating “Value Built on Values” through our diverse and expanding portfolio of investments in leading food and retail companies. Investors across the Kingdom and around the world trust Savola for our strong performance, specialist market knowledge and commitment to sustainability impact through our standalone Savola World Foundation. We operate the largest grocery store chain in Saudi Arabia, and produce much-loved everyday household products, including edible oil, sugar, pasta, bakery products and frozen foods, for our valued customers in over 50 countries worldwide.

Panda was founded in 1978 as one of the most important organizations in the retail sector in Saudi Arabia. In 1994, Panda merged with Azizia Company then in late 1998 Azizia Panda United was acquired by Savola Group, one of the largest diversified conglomerates in MENA region, Azizia Panda United became the retail sector of Savola and started its journey to become the leading food retailer in the region. In 2008, This acquisition has aided Panda in its growth and expansion by having the largest market share in the Saudi retail sector. The first new format of Hypermarket was opened in Riyadh city in 2004. In 2006, Panda moved forward with its regional expansion by opening its first store in Dubai. In 2008, more numbers of stores were operating under the name of Panda when Savola Group acquired “Giant” supermarkets in Saudi Arabia and merged them with Panda. One year later in 2009, Panda has landed another great success by acquiring all Geant stores in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In 2014 the company name was changed from Azizia Panda United to the Panda Retail Company. And another big step in the expansion plan was achieved when Panda opened it hypermarket in Egypt in the year of 2015. These big steps have raised Panda share in the retail sector from 7% to more than 8%. Today Panda is the largest food retailer in the Middle East owns more than 400 branch of panda Super, Panda Hyper and Pandati in Saudi Arabia & Egypt making it the largest retail company that offering its services to more than 400 million visitors annually.