Najjar Professional Solutions (Cafe Najjar)

Café Najjar began in 1957 as a small artisanal roaster in Beirut and is now Najjar Professional Solutions, with three divisions: coffee, nuts and food. It describes itself as the leading coffee producer in the Middle East and North Africa, with a 67% share of the Lebanese market. It runs a 15,000 m² flagship factory in Lebanon and two more factories in Cyprus and Saudi Arabia. The coffee division offers Lebanese coffee (Café Najjar and the patented Najjar Raqwa system) and Najjar Gia and Il Gustino espresso. It also offers specialty coffee, American Cup filter coffee, Najjar Instant and a 100% Arabica cold brew concentrate, along with coffee machines and training through the Najjar Training Academy. The nuts division, under the Krikita brand, sells traditional Lebanese and flavored nut mixes, single-nut lines, seeds and raw nuts, roasted with advanced techniques. The food division, under the Byte brand, supplies frozen Lebanese mezza and meals, frozen pizzas, frozen sweets and ready-to-eat items for food service, retail and convenience stores. NPS exports to more than 45 countries across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, and Australia and New Zealand. It also offers private-label development for coffee, nuts and food.