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Musgrave has announced an export deal worth €5m with Alosra, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s leading high-end supermarket, at Bord Bia’s marketplace international conference at the RDS in Dublin.
Alosra is the grocery retail subsidiary of BMMI Group, a long-established retail, distribution and hospitality group that is listed on the Bahraini stock exchange.
As part of the deal, Musgrave will supply a selection of products from its SuperValu and Musgrave excellence own brand range, as well as a number of Irish brands including products from its food academy programme, which is run in partnership with Bord Bia and the local enterprise offices.
There is also growing appeal in Bahrain for specific product segments such as breakfast cereals, coffee, jam, biscuits and healthy snacks, which are all included in the SuperValu own brand range.
The deal with Alosra is the latest development in Musgrave’s ongoing strategy to explore growth opportunities for Irish food abroad.
It is another ringing endorsement for the quality of Irish produce
In 2016, Musgrave agreed a partnership with Alibaba Group to use its Tmall Global e-commerce platform to sell SuperValu own brand products directly to Chinese consumers.
Commenting about the announcement, Musgrave CEO Chris Martin said: “Global demand for Irish produce continues to grow thanks to its outstanding quality and the dedicated efforts of Bord Bia. This demand has led to our latest export agreement with Alosra, Bahrain’s leading premium supermarket group.”
“Alosra has had a longstanding interest in and a relationship with Ireland," said BMMI general manager of food retailing and production, Jaffar Al Asfoor, who oversees Alosra supermarket.
“With Musgrave, we found a partner that we have perfect synergy with and we thought this would be a great opportunity for Ireland to come to Bahrain.”
Bord Bia CEO Tara McCarthy added: “Musgrave’s new export partnership with Alosra will provide a number of Irish suppliers with access to the growing Middle Eastern grocery retail market.”
“It is another ringing endorsement for the quality of Irish produce and underlines again the growing international demand for our food and drink products.”
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