Retail Coming Off A Low Base In Worst Ranked MENA Market

Boasting neither a high-spending consumer nor a large market, Lebanon has largely slipped under the radar over the past few years as investment into food and drink (F&D) has picked up strongly across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Its mass grocery retail (MGR) sector is reflective of the generally underdeveloped state of its F&D industry, with informal retail estimated to be contributing about 70% to aggregate grocery sales. Lebanon is a distant last in BMI's MENA region Business Environment Ratings for Q410.

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