Haribo Gummies & Chamallows

distributor• Saudi Arabia• Member since 1955

Abbar Foods, legally Abbar & Sons Food Company, is a Saudi food and consumer-goods distribution company headquartered on King Fahd Road in Jeddah. The company states that it was founded in 1955 and has more than 65 years of experience; it is a subsidiary of Ghazi Abdullah Abbar Company, chaired by its founder Ghazi Abdullah Abbar, with Hani Abbar as CEO since 2013. It operates two core divisions: distribution and logistics, and trading and partnerships with international brands. The company cites more than 450 employees and 11 main branches with warehouses in Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam, Makkah, Taif, Madinah, Tabuk, Abha, Jizan, Qassim and Al Ahsa, plus 9 warehouse hubs totalling 27,900 m², and is adding a 15,000 m² temperature-controlled central warehouse in Jeddah. Its sales coverage also extends to Najran, Hail, Sakaka, Qurayyat, Arar, Hafr Al Batin, Yanbu and Al Baha. It reports 60 vans, 80 merchandisers (excluding Panda and Othaim), coverage of more than 8,500 outlets and more than 1,000 modern-trade partners, and serves major retail chains, HoReCa clients (restaurants, bakeries, fast-food chains and hotels), wholesale and discount markets, and e-commerce platforms. Its product categories include canned food, spices and condiments, pasta, rice, baking and sweets, dairy products, olive oil, confectionery and snacks, ready-mix desserts and beverages. Brands it distributes include Haribo (gummies and Chamallows), Swiss Kägi (chocolate wafers), Italian Pezzullo pasta, Olio Sasso (olive oil and pomace olive oil) and Spanish Salgado olive oil, British Green's (dessert mixes, custard, jelly, cake and pancake mixes), Chtaura (hummus tahina, rose and blossom water, pomegranate molasses) and Omani Nabil biscuits. The company owns two private brands: Hafel (cream fudge, butter cookies, microwave popcorn, rice and tuna) and Freshco (New Zealand milk powder, Thai tuna, Italian tomatoes, mayonnaise, ketchup, BBQ sauce, rice, grape leaves and breakfast cream). It also refers to its retail partnership with STAR Super & Hypermarkets, part of the Ghazi Abbar Group, and states its vision of being the partner of choice for global suppliers, trade clients and retailers in the Kingdom.