Savola Group Company is a leading Saudi Arabian strategic investment holding group for the food and retail sectors in the MENA region. Established in 1979, the company has two main entities, Savola Foods and Savola Retail, through which it operates a large number of grocery stores and produces everyday household staples marketed in approximately 50 countries across the MENAT region. Savola Foods owns operations in seven countries (Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Turkey, Algeria, Morocco and Sudan) and manages a broad portfolio of B2C food brands which produce various food products, including cooking oils, sugar, pasta, and ghee. One of its most popular brands includes UAE-based Bayara, acquired in 2021. Savola Retail manages a significant number of retail stores under the Panda Retail Company, Saudi Arabia’s leading grocery store chain. All of Savola’s operations maintains full compliance with the standards and requirements issued by the Saudi Arabia Standards Organization. The company has earned halal certification for its subsidiary companies, such as the Panda Retail Company, Afia International Company, United Sugar Company (USC), and International Food Industries Company (IFI). Selected as one of the top ten publicly listed companies in Saudi Arabia in the Corporate Governance Index (CGI), Savola was awarded the CGI award in 2020 due to its efforts as a strategic investment holding group in the food and retail sectors Savola is a founding member of the Qaderoon Business Disability Network and the first company in Saudi to gain membership of the International Labor Organization Global Business and Disability Network, maintaining close relationships with global social and charitable bodies and areas of special interest. The company continues to maintain its vision of expansion and growth for both of its entities, Savola Foods and Savola Retail.. While Savola Group embraces positive change vital to securing growth, they ensure that the way they operate based on ethical principles will never change.