Americana subsidiary to build $100m plant French fries plant in Saudi Arabia
Americana subsidiary in joint venture with Farm Frites will build Riyadh plant
Dubai: Saudi Arabia is getting a new factory - for French fries.
A subsidiary of Americana Holding for Food is putting up $100 million into the manufacturing plant in Riyadh’s Sudair Industrial and Business City.
Set for opening early 2026, this is the second joint venture Americana has with Egypt's Farm Frites in the MENA region, to produce frozen French fries and specialty potato products.
The new facility will be on 100,000 square meter plus land, and will have a total annual production capacity of 70,000 MT during Phase 1 of the factory being commissioned.
"Our partnership with Farm Frites dates back over three decades, having been partners in Egypt since 1988," said Mohamed Ali Rashid Alabbar, Chairman of Kuwait Food Company (Americana).
A lot of the future production of French fries will be consumed in-house. Americana Restaurants, with listings on ADX and Saudi Tadawul, is the Middle East's biggest F&B operator, with franchises including Pizza Hut and KFC.
Once the Saudi project opens, 'We are set to become the largest producers of frozen French fries in the MENA region', said Piet de Bruijne, owner and Chairman of Farm Frites.