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Nestlé in the Middle East and North Africa
Nestlé’s heritage in the Middle East and North Africa goes back over 100 years with the sale of the first Infant Cereals in Egypt. Today, Nestlé operates 24 Food & Beverage factories across the 19 countries of the MENA region; and provides direct employment to more than 12,000 people who are all committed to Nestlé’s purpose of unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come. Nestlé MENA also provides indirect employment across the region to several thousand more.
The Nestlé portfolio in the region currently exceeds 60 innovative product brands in a wide range of categories: Dairy, Infant Nutrition, Coffee and Creamers, Confectionery, Bottled Water, Breakfast Cereals, Culinary products, Health Science, and Pet Care, among others. Nestlé Nido, Nestlé Cerelac, Nestlé NAN, S-26, Progress, Nescafé, Nespresso, Bonjorno Café, Coffee-mate, KitKat, Maggi, Nestlé Fitness, Nestlé Pure Life, Optifast, and Purina Friskies are just some of the brands available in the Middle East and North Africa.
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1900
The sale of the first Infant Cereals in Egypt.
1934
First Nestlé operation set up in Lebanon, importing products to the Middle East from Vevey, Switzerland
1946
Agency created in Beirut for Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Iraq
1955
First import operation setup in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
1957
SEPN Syria legally established
1992
Establishment of Nestlé Food and beverage factory in El Jadida, Morocco, which manufactures fortified full cream milk powder, growing up milk, soluble coffee, and coffee mixes.
1995
Nestlé Jordan Trading Co. created
1996
Nestlé’s food services distribution was established in 1996 in the UAE, and in 2006 the company expanded its operation to Dubai & Northern Emirates and later to Abu Dhabi in 2012
1996
Nestlé Kuwait General Trading Co. created
1997
Nestlé Middle East FZE formed, consolidating operations in the GCC and Levant
1997
Nestlé became the first Food and Beverages multinational company to establish full operations in Palestine with the creation of Nestlé Trading P.L.C. with main office in Bethlehem and additional facilities in Nablus and Ramallah.
1999
Nestlé acquired the lebanese premium water brand Sohat
2001
Nestlé resumed business operations in Iraq
2003
CERELAC production started at Nestlé Iran PJSCo
2003
Nestlé Oman Trading Co. created
2004
Nestlé Bahrain Trading Co. created
2005
Nestlé Qatar Trading LLC created
2010
Openining of Nestlé Dubai Manufacturing facility in Dubai, producing Confectionary and dairy
2011
Nestlé was the first corporation to establish direct sales and distribution operations in Saudi Arabia in 2011 with the creation of Nestlé Saudi Arabia LLC
2017
Inuaguration of the Nestlé Middle East Manufacturing "Al-Maha" Factory in Dubai South which produces coffee and culinary products
2019
Nestlé inaugurates new Bonjorno coffee factory in Egypt, following the acquisition of Caravan Marketing Company SAE ("CMC"), an Egyptian instant coffee company and owner of the Bonjorno brand, in January 2017.
2020
Middle East and North Africa countries were merged into one Nestle market (Nestle Middle East and North Africa) that oversees the operations of 19 countries in the region
2022
Nestlé announced the Investment of SAR 7 billion in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the coming ten years
2024
Nestlé Signs Agreement with MODON to Establish Its First Food Factory in Saudi Arabia