Metro Roundup: International grocery store coming to Lorna Road
Photo by Jon Anderson.
Hadi Sultan stands outside Alabama Halal FoodsInternational, a grocery store he is opening at 3150 Lorna Road that will specialize in Indian, Pakistani and Middle Eastern food and drinks.
When the COVID-19 pandemic began to hit hard in March, Hoover resident Hadi Sultan and one of his sons began having trouble getting halal meat for the Pakistani and Indian restaurant they own in The Plaza at Riverchase.
Halal meat is meat that is prepared in accordance with Islamic law.
The shortage opened Sultanâs eyes to a business opportunity, prompting him to open a grocery store in Hoover that specializes in Indian, Pakistani and Middle Eastern food and drinks.