88 April 2016 www.bahrainthismonth.com unitedkingdomsupplement One of the island’s favourite supermarket companies, Lulu has a long and fruitful association with the UK and regularly holds promotions to showcase its British products. The company has a logistics and warehousing operation in Birmingham, England, and stocks a range of more than 5,000 British products on its shelves, giving British expats a welcome taste of home. Regional director Juzer Rupawala says: “Lulu Hypermarket has one of the island’s widest ranges of British products – in fact we have our own logisitics and warehousing facility in the UK to service our entire hypermarket chain. We are delighted to showcase the best of Britain.” Across the store you will find iconic British brands such as McVities, Bachelors and Jordans as well as popular UK toiletries and household goods, cooking products from Jamie Oliver and English language books and newspapers. There’s also a range of British dishes available in the hot foods section such as shepherd’s pie or you can head to the freezers to whip up a truly British feast with the likes of pastries, pies, veggies and Yorkshire puddings. This year, during the BHUK 200 Food Month, which celebrates the 200th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two island nations, Lulu will be holding a host of special events across all its branches to specially showcase its British products from April 24-39. Lulu Hypermarket is the retail division of the EMKE group. The brand symbolises quality retailing and boasts wide market coverage with 114 stores across the Middle East. The Bahrain division is the Kingdom’s first hypermarket to win the ISO 22000:2005 accreditation. The company has been recognised by audit firm Deloitte as one of the fastest growing retail chains in the world and Forbes ranks Lulu Hypermarket as one of the most impactful companies in the Arab region. The Best of British LULU HYPERMARKET This brand offers a prime selection of UK brands across its outlets.
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