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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Jones the Grocer, the Australian speciality gourmet food retailer and award-winning café, announces a broader expansion across the Middle East with a multiple store development deal across Saudi Arabia with Naif Alrajhi Investment.
Naif Saleh Alrajhi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Naif Alrajhi Investment company, said "We are delighted to partner with Jones the Grocer and its supreme offering to further expand and diversify our portfolio in the promising food and beverage sector. We are confident that Jones the Grocer will become a competitive dining destination due to the constant demand for quality and unique restaurants in Saudi Arabia.”
Yunib Siddiqui, Chief Executive Officer of Jones the Grocer, said “We’ve come a long way since our first ever store in Sydney, Australia twenty-two years ago and our first opening in the Middle East in Abu Dhabi in 2009. We’re thrilled to be working with Naif Alrajhi Investment Company and look forward to building incredibly successful stores with their team across Saudi Arabia over the next few years.”
The first Jones the Grocer flagship store is confirmed to be at the ground floor with access to the retail area of Fairmont Ramla Serviced Residences, Riyadh in an iconic new tower designed by world-renowned Tokyo architect, Nikken Sekkei. This site will feature gourmet grocery retail, a halal charcuterie, a bakery and patisserie and Jones the Grocer’s hallmark artisan cheese-room which will set the benchmark for store design and gourmet food retail in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
In conjunction to the established Jones the Grocer formats the multi-store rollout across the Kingdom also encompasses the incredibly successful Jones the Grocer Express, a compact gourmet ‘grab and go’ offer tailored for high traffic travel and commercial hubs.
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About Jones the Grocer
Established in 1996 in Australia, Jones the Grocer has stores in Cambodia, Singapore, Qatar and the UAE. Jones the Grocer is a food emporium featuring speciality food retail, a signature walk-in cheese room, a charcuterie, bakery, patisserie and deli set within an award-winning café. There are 21 Jones the Grocer stores across the world.
About Naif Alrajhi Investment
Headquartered in Riyadh with a presence in Dubai and London, Naif Alrajhi Investment has a portfolio of over 350 investments through 35 companies in more than 12 different sectors. These companies, led by Naif Alrajhi Investment, aim to achieve their goal of securing the highest success rates, in addition to that, Naif Alrajhi Investment guarantees fruitful partnerships for these companies.
For media inquiries, interviews and images:
Shreya Ghai
Marketing Manager
E: shreya.ghai@jonesthegrocer.com
W: www.jonesthegrocer.com
Nour El Alia
Marketing Manager, Naif Alrajhi Investment
E: nelalia@nalrajhi.com
W: www.nalrajhi.com
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