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Qatar: Sainsbury s to open its first branch in Lusail City
British supermarket chain to open branch in Qatar
19 Jan 2021 - 15:01
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The Peninsula
Doha: Qatari Diar and Ariane Holding Group signed an agreement to open the first branch of the British supermarket chain Sainsbury’s in Qatar. Sainsbury s is the second largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom. The first branch is expected to start operation at Lusail City in the first quarter of 2022.
The agreement was signed Yousef Abu Bakr Al-Musleh, Chief Development and Asset Management Officer, Qatari Diar and Mohamed Hussein Al Ali, Group CEO, Ariane Holding Group in the presence of Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, CEO of Qatari Diar, John Wilkes, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Qatar, Sheikh Suhaim bin Khalid Al Thani, Chairman of Ariane Holdings Board of Directors, Jinoos Shariati, Director of Trade and Investment at the British Embassy and Abdelkarim al Zoubi, CEO of Marakez Trading.