Company type | Private |
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Industry | Retail (Convenience stores) |
Founded | 1924 |
Founder | Arthur Rawdon Spinney |
Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 77+ |
Website | www |
Spinneys is a supermarket chain active in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Lebanon, Oman and Pakistan, and Afghanistan. It began as a railway provision merchant company, and expanded to a grocery firm importing British Empire goods to Mandate Palestine.[1] The largest shareholder and manager of the brand is the Dubai based Al Bwardy Investment, founded by Ali Albwardy.