AAW joins Horeca 2018 as golden sponsor
KUWAIT: Ali Abdulwahab Al-Mutawa Commercial
Company (AAW) announced joining the list of participants and sponsors taking part in
Horeca Kuwait 2018 exhibition, where it participates as a golden sponsor. The event is organized by Leaders
Group in collaboration with the Hospitality Services
Company at Kuwait International Fairgrounds in
Mishref in the period of January 15-17, 2018.
In this regard, AAW CEO Ali Faisal Al-Mutawa said that Horeca plays a major role in linking regional companies with clients and that it opens new channels for the hospitality and food industries business. “Taking part in exhibitions help encourage development projects and youth to start their own businesses in order to eventually diversify sources of national income,” he explained.
Further, Mutawa noted that AAW has over 80 years of experience and excellence as a leading retail and distribution company. The company also invests in seven different retail sectors and represent over 100 international brands it introduces to local markets, he added.
Mutawa also pointed out that AAW runs the largest and most complicated distribution operations in Kuwait with a storage capacity of over 250,000 square meters to deliver over 200 products to consumers on a daily basis. “We take pride in being in every single supermarket and every single Kuwaiti home,” he said. “We represent some of the world’s most important and successful retail brands and we are even the sole distributor of Procter and Gamble products and Roche Pharmaceuticals since 1965.” He added that through this year’s golden sponsorship, AAW would display the latest in coffee-making devices as well as cafes equipment at the Horeca exhibition.
Moreover, Mutawa said that AAW has a legacy of almost 100 years as it was established in 1918 by Ali Abdulwahab Al-Mutawa, and started with practicing modest commercial activities and importing consumer products such as rice, sugar, tea and fabrics from neighboring countries like Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran.