Ocean Basket to open branches in Kuwait

Al-Ghunaim CEO Abdulghani Al-Ghunaim signs the agreement with Ocean Basket CEO Grace Harding.

Ocean Basket CEO Grace Harding met the Kuwait team from Al-Ghunaim Trading Company in Cape Town last week to complete the licensing agreement.

Al-Ghunaim CEO Abdulghani Al-Ghunaim says: “We learnt about Ocean Basket when one of our senior managers was working in Egypt and decided it would be perfect to enhance the group basket of flavours that we currently offer our customers. Fish is a very popular dish in Kuwait and we found that Ocean Basket has a unique flavour, which we are looking to add to our other offerings.”

Kuwait joins the Ocean Basket ranks alongside Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Malta, Kazakhstan and Cyprus, with expansion plans firmly in place for further stores, many breaking into new markets like Oman and Qatar.

Ocean Basket's Harding says: “We need to ensure the success of our partners by creating a globally relevant and meaningful brand and systems and infrastructure that supports them. That is our primary responsibility, so everything we do is about sustainability and making sure that our brand succeeds in the future.

“We welcome Kuwait to the Ocean Basket family and look forward to a long and fruitful partnership.”