Photo: A BRF office in the city of Itajaí in southern Brazil on April 26, 2017. Lucas MT/Shutterstock

Brazil’s BRF deepens Saudi presence with purchase of food processing firm


Brazil meat processing company BRF, a major halal exporter, has agreed to purchase Joody Al Sharqiya Food Production Factory for 29.7 million riyals, roughly $8 million.

The company said in a statement dated May 7 that the purchase was executed by its indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary Badi Limited with Hungry Bunny and others.

Joody Al Sharqiya Food Production Factory has a processing plant in Dammam in Saudi Arabia. Its core business is breaded and marinated cuts and hamburgers.

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