Kuwait

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 team are rolling out a series of new and improved risk/reward ratings for all its regions. The new ratings, introduced here for the Middle East and North Africa... 2011-10-17

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

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

With the exception of the highly leveraged UAE emirate of Dubai, the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) has largely outperformed the global economy over the past eighteen months.... 2010-07-07

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

Having sealed a groundbreaking tie-up in February 2009 to form International Dairy and Juice Limited (IDJ), PepsiCo (it owns 52% of IDJ) and Almarai have made their first acquisition... 2009-06-05

According to leading UAE-based bottled water firm Al Ain Mineral Water Company, the country's per capita bottled water consumption has reached 275 litres per annum, which is comfortably... 2009-05-14

Leading Gulf-based halal food manufacturer Al Islami Foods has entered Bahrain and Kuwait after securing distributional agreements with Gulf Trading and Refrigeration Company (GTRC)... 2009-04-21