Saudi Arabia

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

With the pace of formalisation in the Gulf region's food retail sector having picked up strongly over the last ten or so years, a lot of money has been directed towards large big-box... 2011-07-22

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

We have highlighted Saudi Arabia's Almarai as probably the star performer in the Gulf food and drink universe over the past few years. It has a very strong dairy business and has taken... 2011-06-28

Saudi Arabia's Almarai has probably been the star performer in the Gulf food and drink universe over the past few years - generating some of the fastest growth in the Middle East and... 2011-06-10

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

In what appears to be a landmark move, Saudi Arabia's Menafea Holding is going to invest US$125mn in Zambia with a view to developing a juice production plant. Under the terms of the... 2011-02-01

Saudi Arabia possesses one thing that the rest of the Gulf region does not: a large population. It contributes about two thirds of the Gulf population and should serve up significantly... 2011-01-31

BMI expects Saudi Arabia's mass grocery retail (MGR) industry to register very strong growth through to 2015, with average annual headline sales growth forecast at 10.5%, which is quicker... 2011-01-25

Almarai is one of the Gulf region's most ambitious food and drink companies. It has been pursuing growth aggressively recently, even boldly by regional standards, having bought outside... 2011-01-19