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03/10/2017 06:13 AST
Savola Group, Saudi Arabia’s largest food products company, is in talks to buy sweets and confectionery maker Sanabel Al Salam in a deal worth $300 million, sources told Reuters.
Savola, which owns supermarket chain Panda, is keen to increase the quality and variety of its sweets offering, said the sources, who declined to be named as the matter was not public.
Talks between Savola and Sanabel Al Salam’s shareholders could still falter and there’s no certainty a deal will be reached, the sources said.
“Adding Sanabel Al Salam to Savola’s portfolio signals the company is hoping to expand, and improve its retail portfolio, and will also help eliminate some competition with its Panda bakery unit,” said one source.
Savola and Sanabel Al Salam were not available for immediate comment.
The confectioner has 104 branches across the kingdom and a catering unit. It is owned jointly by Dubai-based NBK Capital Partners, the private equity arm of National Bank of Kuwait, and Dr Saleh Bin Nasser Al Farhan, who founded the company in 1995.
Saudi retailers have been hit by lower consumer spending because of low oil prices and government austerity policies.
Savola reported a 96 per cent drop in first quarter profit.
Second quarter declined 9.5 per cent even after a one off gain of 62 million riyals from the sale of a panda store in Dubai.
Savola sold two per cent of its shareholding in dairy producer Almarai in a deal worth 1.12 billion riyals last month. The transaction will produce 694 million riyals of profit for the company.
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