Bahrain

In another effort to curb food price inflation, the Bahraini government has announced that it will create a national stockpile of food. The government has said that a national importing... 2008-06-02

Kraft Foods MEA is preparing for the mid-April opening of its Bahraini production plant which will produce Kraft cheese and Tang powdered beverages for export across the Middle East.... 2008-04-07

The Bahraini government has agreed to extra bread subsidies of BHD3mn (US$7.9mn) in order to keep down the price of this food staple. Under the new scheme, a 50kg bag of flour will... 2008-02-12

Recent developments in Bahrain's food and drink industry reflect the level to which it is connected to both the regional and international markets, as discussed in BMI's recently-published... 2007-11-21

Bahrain's BHD10mn (US$26.5mn) food subsidy scheme is under scrutiny, with the government reportedly considering abolishing the existing system in favour of a coupon scheme that favours... 2007-07-06

The Bahraini government has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dr Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Peace Prize winning founder of Grameen Bank, a micro-finance institution... 2007-04-04

Abu-Dhabi-based food and retail group Emke has announced that it will bring its hypermarket chain to Bahrain. With a BHD50mn (US$132.6mn) investment over the next two years, the company... 2007-03-29