Bahrain

In line with its product and geographic expansion plans, Abu Dhabi state-backed food and beverage producer Agthia Group has recently acquired Turkish spring water producer Pelit Su.... 2012-01-13

BMI's Food and Drink Risk/Reward Ratings assess a market's attractiveness to industry investors in comparison to its regional and global peers. The ratings take into account market... 2011-07-15

The political and economic landscape across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has fundamentally changed since our last ratings update. Tunisia's overthrow of president Ben Ali... 2011-04-08

High-end UK food retailer Waitrose has opened its first store in Bahrain as it continues to slowly build up business in the Middle East. Waitrose also has two stores in Dubai where... 2011-02-11

Reports in the UK press have suggested that frozen-food retailer Iceland has attracted the attention of a consortium of gulf investors headed by by the Global Banking Corporation of... 2010-12-14

BMI's near-term expectations for the (F&D) industry largely revolve around ongoing weakness in developed markets and the outperformance of emerging markets (EM). Led by the US,... 2010-12-09

There is currently much discussion in the global food, drink and retail industries about the largest companies needing to strengthen emerging market (EM) exposure to try and uphold... 2010-09-15

BMI's expectations for food and drink (F&D) industry growth in the short term are in keeping with our global macro views: weak US and eurozone growth and a post-stimulus cooling... 2010-07-05

Premium UK supermarket retailer Waitrose is to launch its first store in Bahrain as it bids to strengthen its position in the high spending Gulf region. Forming part of the retailer's... 2010-06-02

Coca-Cola and PepsiCo's franchisees in Bahrain have raised prices by 50% on the back of strengthening raw material costs after, in the latter's case, holding prices steady for about... 2010-01-13