Syeda Amtul

Saudi Gazette



JEDDAH — MOHAMED Abdullah Sharbatly Co. Ltd., a major supplier of fruits and vegetables in Saudi Arabia, has launched the latest cold storage warehouses for food in Madinah City in the presence of Engineer Ibrahim Al-Jabri, director of the Saudi Organization for Industrial Estates and Technology Zones.



The modern cold storage warehouses that cost more than SR50 million will significantly contribute in the stability of grocery prices and also will provide jobs opportunities for young Saudis.



Saifullah Sharbatly, General Manager of Mohammed Abdullah Sharbatly Co., said during inspection of the project that the company has launched the latest projects in Madinah to face the heat wave that will hit the Kingdom that contributes to the increase of prices of vegetables and fruits. In the future, two more projects will be completed in Tabuk and Al-Ahsa, he added.



The Jeddah-based company founded in 1933 has 12 branches in the whole Kingdom and three branches in Dubai, Bahrain, Egypt. All are continuously operational providing all kinds of fruits throughout the year.



He explained that the company imports all kinds of fruits globally to provide seasonal fruit all year around.



The company has its own farms in South America, South Africa as well as farms and filling and export stations of oranges in Egypt.



As part of the company’s expansion, it created Arab Transport Company Limited with a huge fleet of refrigerator trucks, distribution cars in order to transport fresh fruit and quality products inside and outside the Kingdom.



There are approximately 1,000 vehicles of all kinds to transfer the fruits to hypermarkets and to small grocers.



Moreover, in line with the Saudization of workforce, the company has succeeded in creating the Department of Packaging and the training of national cadres through a number of agreements with the Human Resources Development Fund, resulting into “100% Saudization” of the department.