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Ali AlMatrouk, Vice Chairman and Managing Director at Jadeite Group, shares his vision for the Kuwaiti shareholding company. Jadeite Group has interests in various areas, such as: real estate development, e-commerce, logistics and restaurants.
Makram Malaeb gives an overview of the retail and FMCG industry in Kuwait and presents Kuwait Agro Holding. He also talks about some of the brands the company represents in Kuwait, such as Chobani, Hostess and Del Monte, as well as premium brands Kuwait Agro has developed, such as Chef Mak and Layla’s Organic. Kuwait Agro’s mission is to be the preferred supplier and B2C channel through providing service, solutions, innovations and latest trends in the FMCG Industry.
Makram Malaeb, CEO at Kuwait Agro Holding, gives an overview of the retail and distribution company and explains what are its main verticals of the business.
Rishi Melwani and Manoj Sadhwani are the coming Fourth Generation of Melcom Group. They share their views on the future path of the Group.
Melcom Group prides itself with numerous CIMG Retail Outlet Awards as well as Ghana Club 100 membership. Conversely, the Group is very active in terms of community development and support through its Melcom Care Foundation.
Melcom Group currently employs approximately 2,600 people. The retail segment (including the back end and logistics) entails of 1,800-2,000 employees.
Melcom Group was voted the 16th largest company in Ghana in 2016.
“Melcom is unique in the sense that it is a homegrown company from Ghana. It is a trailblazer because it has grown over the generations within a family unit, and it has become a powerhouse in the retail sector in Ghana.”
“Al-Yousifi was established in 1955 by my father. He took the agency of National, which is now Panasonic. We have especially grown after the 1991 liberation. Until 1994 or 1995, we were number one in electronics in Kuwait. We were only concentrating on Panasonic at that time, because the deal between us and Japan was to not have other brands in our showroom,” says Adel Easa Al-Yousifi, Senior Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Al-Yousifi Group.
“For now, there is a good amount of potential. Government contracts are the cornerstone of all catering companies that deal in Kuwait and want to generate large amounts of revenue. Government contracts now and what we have seen over the past several decades are quite consistent in terms of catering,” says Badder Al-Ghanim, CEO (Board Member) of Alghanim Catering (Al-Awama Group).
