ARABIAN FOOD

What ARABIAN FOOD does

Arabian Food Company is a privately held Saudi Limited company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Riyadh, operating an integrated food business across three strategic business units: Food Production, Food Supply Chain, and Restaurants Brands. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Saudi Arabian Rubyan Aquaculture (SARA), it operates a shrimp farm with 5K tons of annual production capacity, and it is adding an in-house food processing factory to produce a variety of food products for wholesalers, hospitality, hypermarkets, and online point-of-sale to end users. The Food Supply Chain Unit imports and supplies fresh and frozen seafood, liquid, and dry items, supported by a 21-vehicle logistics fleet, a 100K-ton chiller and freezing warehouse, and a 1,014 sqm built-up area enabling kingdom-wide delivery.

The Restaurants Brands Unit manages more than five owned restaurant brands — including NORI, YAMASAMA, FRESCO, and TAO — across 70+ point-of-sale locations spanning West, East, and Central Saudi Arabia, with 27 total operational locations. Arabian Food employs 120+ people and sells to both B2B customers (wholesalers, hospitality operators, hypermarkets) and B2C end users, positioning itself as a Saudi-made vertically integrated player aligned with national food security priorities. The company is privately owned with no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, partnerships, or M&A activity.

Name

ARABIAN FOOD

Legal name

Arabian Food Company

Website

https://arabianfood.sa

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Arabian Food Company is a Riyadh-based Saudi vertically integrated food operator founded in 2017, running a shrimp farm, cold-chain supply chain, food processing, and 70+ restaurant POS across multiple owned brands serving B2B and B2C customers in Saudi Arabia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Production and Processing

NAICS

Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (31171), Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers (42446), Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing (311991), Special Food Services (7223)

SIC

Prepared Fresh Or Frozen Fish & Seafoods (2092), Food And Kindred Products (2000), Wholesale-Groceries, General Line (5141), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFAIAIAF

Ethnic Spices, Herbs & Seasonings Wholesale

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Distribution & Wholesale/Specialty & Ethnic Foods Wholesale

SECONDARYAFAIAKAC

Edible Oils & Fats Trading/Wholesale

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Distribution & Wholesale/Food Ingredients & Commodities Trading/Wholesale

SECONDARYIMAIAAAE

Food Services & Catering (On-site/Corporate Dining/Vending)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Industrial Services & Facility Operations/Facilities Management (Integrated FM)

SECONDARYAFAIAIAI

Religious & Cultural Foods Wholesale (Halal, Kosher, etc.)

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Distribution & Wholesale/Specialty & Ethnic Foods Wholesale

SECONDARYCRAOABAC

Meat, Poultry & Seafood Distribution

Consumer Products & Retail/Wholesale, Distribution & Category Management/Grocery, Fresh & Specialty Foodservice Distribution

Keywords

• Food production processing
• Shrimp aquaculture farming
• Food supply chain
• Seafood distribution
• Restaurant brand management

Headquarters

HQ city

Riyadh

HQ country

Saudi Arabia

HQ region

Middle East

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Food Production & Processing: Owns shrimp farm (SAUDI ARABIAN RUBYAN AQUACULTURE - SARA) with 5K ton annual production capacity and operates food processing factory producing variety of food products for wholesalers, hospitality, hypermarkets, and online POS to end users.
2. Food Supply Chain: Imports and supplies fresh and frozen seafood, liquid and dry items through logistics system covering delivery across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Serves B2B and B2C customers.
3. Restaurants Management: Manages and operates more than 5 restaurant brands with 70+ POS locations in West, East, and Central Saudi Arabia.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Arabian Food is a vertically integrated food company that operates three strategic business units: it owns a shrimp farm (Saudi Arabian Rubyan Aquaculture - SARA) producing 5K tons of shrimp annually and runs a food processing factory producing a variety of food products for wholesalers, hospitality, hypermarkets, and end-user online POS. It also operates a food supply chain importing and supplying fresh and frozen seafood, liquid and dry items through a 21-vehicle fleet and a 100K-ton chiller and freezer warehouse. Its Restaurants Brands Unit manages and operates more than five restaurant brands (NORI, YAMASAMA, FRESCO, TAO, and others) across 70+ POS locations in Saudi Arabia.

Product overview

Arabian Food operates as a multi-unit food production and processing company with a portfolio of five restaurant brands (NORI, YAMASAMA, FRESCO, TAO, and one additional brand). The company is organized into three core strategic business units: (1) the Food Production Unit, which includes shrimp farming through subsidiary Saudi Arabian Rubyan Aquaculture (SARA) with 5K ton annual capacity and a food processing factory; (2) the Food Supply Chain Unit serving B2B and B2C customers with imports and supply of seafood and dry/liquid goods via a fleet of 21 vehicles and a 100K ton capacity warehouse; and (3) the Restaurants Brands Unit managing 5+ restaurant brands across 70+ point-of-sale locations. The company was founded in 2017 and employs 120+ people across 27 locations in Saudi Arabia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NORI: Restaurant brand under Arabian Food's Restaurants Brands Unit
• YAMASAMA
• FRESCO
• TAO

Products and services

• NORI Restaurant brand operated by Arabian Food's Restaurants Brands Unit, serving end consumers through point-of-sale locations across Saudi Arabia.
• YAMASAMA Restaurant brand operated by Arabian Food's Restaurants Brands Unit, serving end consumers through point-of-sale locations across Saudi Arabia.
• FRESCO Restaurant brand operated by Arabian Food's Restaurants Brands Unit, serving end consumers through point-of-sale locations across Saudi Arabia.
• TAO Restaurant brand operated by Arabian Food's Restaurants Brands Unit, serving end consumers through point-of-sale locations across Saudi Arabia.
• Shrimp farming (Saudi Arabian Rubyan Aquaculture - SARA) Wholly-owned shrimp aquaculture subsidiary of Arabian Food producing 5K tons of shrimp per year, supplying raw material to the Food Production Unit.
• Food Processing Factory Food processing factory producing a variety of processed food products (sourced from the shrimp farm and other inputs) for wholesalers, hospitality businesses, hypermarkets, and online POS to end users.
• Food Supply Chain Services Import and B2B/B2C supply of fresh and frozen seafood, liquid, and dry items across Saudi Arabia via a 21-vehicle logistics fleet and a 100K ton chiller and freezer warehouse (1,014 sqm build-up area) covering kingdom-wide delivery.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• National Aquaculture Group (Naqua): Saudi Arabia's largest aquaculture group producing shrimp and fish. Directly comparable to Arabian Food's wholly-owned subsidiary SARA on the aquaculture/production side, making it the closest peer for benchmarking seafood farming scale and operations.
• Almunajem Foods: Leading Saudi food importer and distributor supplying hotels, restaurants, catering, and retailers across the Kingdom. Directly comparable to Arabian Food's Food Supply Chain Unit in cold-chain logistics and broadline foodservice distribution.
• Halwani Bros. Saudi food manufacturer producing processed meat, frozen foods, and seafood-based products with national distribution. Comparable to Arabian Food's food processing factory and branded packaged seafood portfolio.
• Tanmiah Food Company: Saudi vertically integrated poultry producer and foodservice distributor with owned processing, distribution, and restaurant brands (Popeyes franchise). Closely comparable to Arabian Food's farm-to-fork vertical integration and restaurant operations model.
• Herfy Food Services: Major Saudi restaurant operator and food manufacturer with a large domestic QSR footprint and central bakery/processing. Comparable to Arabian Food's combination of in-house food processing plus a multi-outlet restaurant brand.
• Al Islami Foods: Leading Middle East halal processed-meat and frozen-food brand with strong foodservice and retail distribution across the GCC. Comparable to Arabian Food's halal/Saudi-made positioning and processed-seafood portfolio for B2B and B2C channels.

Regional players

• Tabuk Agricultural Development Company (TADCO): Saudi agriculture and food production company active in livestock, dairy, and food processing across the Kingdom. Comparable as a Saudi regional food producer/processor with similar food-security alignment, though focused on agriculture rather than seafood.

Broad incumbents

• SADAFCO: Long-established Saudi dairy and food manufacturer with national distribution and foodservice reach. Comparable as a broadline Saudi packaged-foods incumbent with similar B2B/B2C distribution scale, though in dairy rather than seafood.
• Americana Group: One of the largest restaurant operators in the Middle East and North Africa, running multiple QSR brands and food production. Comparable to Arabian Food's Restaurants Brands Unit but at much larger scale and with global franchise partnerships.
• Almarai: Largest vertically integrated dairy and food company in the world with end-to-end cold-chain distribution across the Middle East. Comparable to Arabian Food's integrated production-plus-distribution model and kingdom-wide cold-chain footprint, but at vastly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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