BMMI

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BMMI
TypePublic (BSE)
IndustryRetailing, Distribution, Logistics
FoundedBahrain (1883)
HeadquartersSitra, Bahrain
Key people
Marek Sheridan
(CEO)
Number of employees
2000 (2010)[citation needed]
WebsiteOfficial website

Bahrain Maritime & Mercantile International (BMMI) is a diversified retail and distribution and contract services and supply group based in the Kingdom of Bahrain, with international operations. BMMI is a provider of facility management, logistics and procurement services to governments and to non-governmental, commercial and military organisations. The group specialises in the wholesale, distribution and retail of food and beverages.

BMMI is an independent public company and is listed on the Bahrain Stock Exchange (BSE). The firm manages its activities through branches, associates and joint ventures in Kingdom of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Djibouti, Republic of Sudan and South Sudan.[1]

History

In 1883 Gray Paul, a British-owned merchant company operating in the Persian Gulf, established a local branch in Bahrain. Following a merger in 1936, the company was renamed Gray Mackenzie & Co. Limited,[2] and in 1955 it became part of the Inchcape Group.

In 1980, the group formed a joint venture with Bahraini shareholders to form Bahrain Maritime & Mercantile International (BMMI). The new company was later listed on the Bahrain Stock Exchange. When Inchcape divested its shareholding in 1999, BMMI became a wholly Bahraini-owned public shareholding company. In 2003, the group widened its shareholding base to investors across the GCC. In 2010 the company legally changed its name from Bahrain Maritime and Mercantile International to just the acronym BMMI.[citation needed]

Core business areas

Beverages

BMMI Shops specialises in the distribution, wholesale, and retail of beverages in Kingdom of Bahrain. BMMI Shops currently operates a retail outlet in Mina Salman. A website was launched for home deliveries at www.bmmishops.com.[3]

In 2009, the group purchased the MacAndrew's brand of Scotch whisky. MacAndrew's is currently distributed in Bahrain, the UAE and Oman.

Supermarkets

BMMI owns and operates Alosra supermarket. The group currently operates seven Alosra supermarkets in Bahrain, located at Amwaj Islands, Durrat Al Bahrain, Juffair, Riffa, Sar, Bahrain and Janabiyah. In 2015, Alosra expanded internationally with a new supermarket in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.[4] Another branch in As Safa, Saudi Arabia became the supermarket's second branch outside Bahrain.

Alosra is the first supermarket in Bahrain to implement an Integrated Management System (IMS) and has been awarded with international certification in quality, health and safety, food safety and the environment.[5]

The supermarket also maintains an online shopping portal www.alosraonline.com

Convenience meals & cafés

In 2009, BMMI established its Food Production Unit (FPU), a BMMI subsidiary which produces ready-to-eat meals including salads, sandwiches, wraps and sushi rolls.

In 2015, BMMI established Delilah's, a café which operates an outlet in Amwaj Islands and Saar.

Contract Services and Supply

Global Sourcing & Supply (GSS) is the integrated facilities management subsidiary of BMMI, providing contracted services including: Remote site and facilities management, Provision of camps and temporary structures, Rations supply, Technical sourcing and supply & Contract logistics.[6]

GSS caters to NGOs, Mining, Infrastructure, and Oil & Gas, providing temporary structures, facility management, and food & hospitality services in the onshore and offshore sectors. GSS currently operates in Bahrain, Djibouti, Iraq, Qatar, Sudan and South Sudan, with an extended network across the Middle East and Africa.

Contract Services

BMMI provides contract based services (warehousing, distribution and shipping) and sourcing and supply options to Government, Defence, and Energy sectors within the Middle East and Africa. BMMI runs warehousing services, located in the Kingdom of Bahrain and Republic of Djibouti.

Grocery Distribution

BMMI specialises in the distribution, wholesale and retail of food and household goods. The group represents brands in confectionery, packaged and canned food, toiletries, fragrances, cosmetics, tobacco and other domestic products. BMMI represents agencies and brands in Bahrain.[citation needed] [7]

Restaurants

In 2017, BMMI opened Alto, a rooftop lounge located on the 25th floor of Downtown Rotana in Manama.[8]

Shipping

BMMI Shipping Services offer services in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.[9]

Joint ventures and subsidiaries

UQLC

In 2013, BMMI entered into a joint venture with Gulftainer Group, a UAE based company, for the provision of warehousing, camp design, office management and facility management in Umm Qasr, Iraq. The joint venture with Gulftainer operates in the Umm Qasr Port where BMMI manages different facilities accommodating employees and visitors working in the port.[10]

References

  1. ^ http://www.asx.m-x.bahrainbourse.com/bhb/Market.asp?page=market&sec=Indices&ind=BSEXN Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Jones, Stephanie (1986), Jones, Stephanie (ed.), "Shipping and Trading in the Persian Gulf: Gray Paul & Co. and Gray Mackenzie & Co., c.1870–1939", Two Centuries of Overseas Trading: The Origins and Growth of the Inchcape Group, Studies in Business History, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 79–110, doi:10.1007/978-1-349-07376-4_3, ISBN 978-1-349-07376-4, retrieved 2022-02-06
  3. ^ http://www.gulfweekly.com/Articles/31109//WE%E2%80%99LL-DELIVER
  4. ^ "Alosra set to go global with new Saudi outlet".
  5. ^ http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=346688
  6. ^ "Home". gss-contracting.com.
  7. ^ "FMCG".
  8. ^ "Alto opens in Downtown Rotana".
  9. ^ "Shipping".
  10. ^ HighBeam
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