Zalmout Distribution Company

Zalmout Distribution Company presents itself as the parent company of a Palestinian family group of companies headquartered in Nablus and says it is one of the largest companies in Palestine. Its website states that the sons of Mr Muhammad Rouhi Zalmout, Eng. Mahmoud, Mr Osama and Eng. Jamal Zalmout, laid the group's foundations, and that the family name was adopted as the trademark to reflect roots going back to 1948. The site lists the founding of Zalmout Trading Co. in 1990 and Zalmout Distribution Co. in 2003, the Hebron branch in 2004, the expansion of the main warehouses in 2015 and the Gaza Strip branch in 2016. The company says it has 140 employees, 5 branches, 19 distribution vehicles and 17,000 m² of storage, of which 1,550 m² is refrigerated, and that it serves 3,888 direct points of sale and at least 2,000 indirect ones. Its coverage area is the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Jerusalem and Arab cities and villages inside the Green Line, serving supermarkets, cosmetics stores, pharmacies, roasteries and sweets wholesalers. It says it manages sales with resource-planning and customer follow-up systems on tablets, and that its bidding department takes part every year in tenders of government bodies and international organisations such as UNRWA, UNICEF and WFP, supplying foodstuffs, dairy, meat and poultry, bread and more. The company says it supplies the Palestinian market with rice, sugar, sweets, soft drinks, wheat flour and canned food, as well as cleaning materials and paper goods, and its catalogue lists more than 900 items. Suppliers it displays include Nestlé (it reports receiving its first shipment from Nestlé Turkey in 2022), IFFCO with the Tiffany brand, Power Horse, Abant water from Kaya Turistik, Toy Box, Elit chocolate, Ibercacao (Dolcina cocoa), Bifa, ZDCO, Brüggen, Dori Alimentos, Atlantic Conserves and Star Rice Land. Products shown include Nestlé chocolate and Nesquik wafers, Tiffany toffees and Breaksta chocolate, Power Horse energy drinks, Abant mineral water, Toy Box jelly beans and gums, Cornice corn snacks, chips, pasta, Almas rice and tuna, sardines and flour. The company says its purchasing department selects products that meet Palestinian specifications and international standards, that it regularly attends international exhibitions to find new suppliers and products, and that it aims to offer the best brands at the most suitable prices. The group's sister companies include Daleel Co. for Trading and Import and Apollo Blue Star, as well as two pharmaceutical companies.