Americana subsidiary to build $100m French fries plant in Saudi Arabia

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).

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.