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How this Qatar-based supermarket will offer no ‘check-outs’ by tracking customers in store

The first cashierless store in Qatar will open its doors during the much-awaited World Cup. Qatar’s public may soon have the chance to drop long lines at cashiers and immediately…

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Doha gets its first ever ‘floating’ supermarket for customers at sea

Qatari-owned supermarket chain Al Meera has taken its motto “dedicated to being in every neighbourhood in Qatar” to a whole new level. Qatar now has a floating grocery store anchored…

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Business

Five Qatar companies listed among most valuable in GCC

Widam Food, Medicare Group, Mazya Qatar, Qatar Fuel (Woqod) and Al Meera all made the table compiled by Marmore MENA Intelligence.

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Business

Al Meera cancels $30 million acquisition bid for Spinneys in Qatar

The scuttled acquisition comes amid a boom in Qatar’s grocery business that has been attracting new companies and prompting chains already operating here to expand.

Business

Al Meera to build six new stores around Qatar

While it did not give a timeline for those projects, it said separately that new stores in Sailiya North (Al Miarad), Leabaib, Al Wakrah west, Umm Slal Ali and Bu Sidra would be completed within three months.

Business

Qatar’s Al Meera sets sales record but profits plunge

The firm said it sold a record QR2.45 billion in retail products last year, but that its bottom line was hurt by a QR31.46 million loss on its investments.

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Business

Al Meera plans to open slew of new stores across Qatar in coming year

The company's deputy CEO said the locations would be in Al Wakrah, Al Thumama, Al Wajbah, Muaither, Al Aziziya, Zakhira, Murraikh, Jeryan Nejaima and Gulf Mall.

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First Géant hypermarket opening in Qatar on Sunday

French hypermarket chain Géant will open its first store in Qatar on Sunday at Hyatt Plaza, Al Meera Holding has announced. Qatari-owned retailer Al Meera is opening the store in partnership with French company Groupe…

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Al Meera picks up speed on ambitious expansion efforts

By the end of this year, virtually everyone in Qatar will be within a short distance from an Al Meera outlet. Mohammed al Qahtani, Deputy CEO, Al Meera Consumer Goods Co.,…

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