{"id":18674,"date":"2022-10-03T13:53:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T13:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/?p=18674"},"modified":"2022-10-04T14:01:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T14:01:33","slug":"danube-supermarket-to-open-in-bahrains-al-liwan-mall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2022\/10\/03\/danube-supermarket-to-open-in-bahrains-al-liwan-mall\/","title":{"rendered":"Danube supermarket to open in Bahrain\u2019s Al Liwan mall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\nSaudi-based retail operator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2022\/03\/28\/bindawood-holding-acquires-62-per-cent-of-e-commerce-platform\/\">BinDawood Holding<\/a> is opening Bahrain&#8217;s first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2022\/08\/11\/first-danube-express-stores-open-in-jeddah-and-makkah\/\">Danube Supermarket<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Located in Al Liwan mall, the store is the start of BinDawood Holding&#8217;s international expansion.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed Yusuf, CEO of Seef Properties, Al Liwan\u2019s developer, said: \u201cWe are delighted with the opening of Danube Supermarket in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2022\/04\/20\/ahmed-al-wazzan-opticians-opens-at-bahrains-al-liwan-shopping-centre\/\">Al Liwan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;BinDawood Holding\u2019s choice of Al Liwan for its first branch outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia means a lot to us, especially since Al Liwan strives to combine modern facilities with diverse hospitality, retail and entertainment options to represent a promising tourist destination for citizens, residents and visitors from outside Bahrain, especially our Saudi brethren.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur partnership with BinDawood Holding will be a valuable addition to Al Liwan to be more diversified and a major tributary of the national economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Becoming part of BinDawood Holding back in 2001 has brought Danube&#8217;s total footprint to 55 across Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.<\/p>\n<p>Managing director of BinDawood Holding, Khalid BinDawood, said: &#8220;We are pleased our expansion outside Saudi Arabia has begun in Bahrain, especially at Al Liwan, whose strategic location near the King Fahd Causeway targets a large segment of tourists, visitors and residents in Bahrain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The opening of the new supermarket reflects our ambitious plans to enhance our presence in neighbouring markets, with the Kingdom of Bahrain having a special standing among Saudi companies and investors. We aim to reach the largest possible base of customers to offer them the unique and enjoyable shopping experience with our Danube brand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BinDawood Holding operates 82 stores across Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, employing more than 10,000 people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New Danube supermarket is opening in Bahrain\u2019s Al Liwan mall as part of BinDawood Holding&#8217;s international expansion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":17775,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[3975,948],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18674"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18677,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18674\/revisions\/18677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}