About

How we began

In 1953 Sheikh Ali Abdullah Al Tamimi established the Tamimi Group to provide pipeline construction, general construction and related services to Saudi Arabia’s fast-growing oil and manufacturing industries. Over the past 60 years, the Tamimi Group has expanded to more than 30 businesses that support the kingdom’s emergence as a major force in the global economy.

In 1979, Sheikh Tamimi opened the kingdom’s first modern supermarket in Khobar and partnered with Safeway, a major North American food retailer, to import products from around the world. The store quickly became a huge success, attracting both Saudi and expatriate customers from across the Eastern Province.

From the beginning, Tamimi Markets offered the widest selection of local, regional and international foods and household products in Saudi Arabia. Other Tamimi Markets soon opened in Aqrabeyah, Dammam, Riyadh and Jeddah.

In 2011, Tamimi Markets unveiled a new modern, attractive and welcoming supermarket design to make shopping even more appealing, convenient and fun. The company’s first store on the Al Khobar Corniche was the first to undergo a complete remodel with the new design. The success of this new fresh format and its appeal to customers has led to rapid growth.

Where we are today

Now in our 39th year, Tamimi Markets is a major supermarket chain in Saudi Arabia with stores from coast to coast that carry a vast assortment of local and imported foods and household products, including exclusive Safeway and Kirkland Signature products from the United States.

Tamimi Markets also is the first grocery chain in Saudi Arabia to feature a Healthy Living department for customers who want to buy natural, healthy, organic and gluten-free products. Healthy Living carries fresh, frozen, chilled and packaged foods and household and cleaning products from around the world.

Tamimi Markets employs more than 2,000 people and operates  more than 40 stores, three distribution centers and a modern fleet of temperature-controlled trucks to deliver the freshest produce and products daily to our supermarkets.

Looking forward

Tamimi Markets has an ambitious growth strategy for the future, with the goal of having 50 stores in the kingdom by 2020. We will achieve this by building new stores, updating older stores, and modernizing our operations to become more efficient and support our growth.

Even as we grow, our mission and focus will remain the same: to provide our customers with the very best in customer service, quality, freshness, variety and everyday low prices. At Tamimi Markets, we believe that you deserve the best!

Our vision is to be the best supermarket company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. To achieve this, we promise to deliver to you, our customer, a friendly store with the widest selection of fresh high-quality products at great prices.

As a Saudi-owned company, we value:

• Customers first
• Integrity beyond question
• Commitment and passion
• Teamwork
• Accountability
• Focus on process

To deliver the best service to our customers, we will:

• Hire and retain great people.
• Offer our customers the best service in a first-class shopping environment.
• Implement strict internal controls and processes to ensure safest, highest-quality products.
• Offer the best variety of products to meet our customers’ current and emerging needs.
• Customize our stores’ products to meet the demand of each store’s unique neighborhood.
• Lower prices every day.
• Grow our company’s financial health to deliver the very best service, quality, freshness, variety and prices.
• Improve our communities in areas that matter most.

Since our first supermarket opened in Al Khobar in 1979, Tamimi Markets has always focused on bringing the best to our customers in variety, quality, freshness, low prices and service. People choose to shop at Tamimi Markets because they know and trust the Tamimi family name. This is an honor and a privilege that we work hard to earn every day.

Our family’s commitment to service and quality are deeply rooted in Saudi Arabia’s history. My father, Sheikh Ali A. Al Tamimi, opened the first retail gas station in Saudi Arabia in 1940 and started the Tamimi Group in 1953 to support the kingdom’s rapidly growing oil and manufacturing industries. Since then, our company has grown to more than 30 businesses and thousands of employees in Saudi Arabia.

On behalf of the Tamimi family, I thank you for shopping at Tamimi Markets.

Tariq Al Tamimi
Chairmen 
Tamimi Group

At Tamimi Markets, we believe you, our customer, deserves the very best for yourself and your family. That’s why we work hard to bring you a delightful shopping experience, with:

• Great service
• Excellent quality
• Freshness
• Variety
• Low prices every day

You’ll find a world of exciting choices and your favorite local and international brands at Tamimi Markets. Our employees are ready to assist you in every department, from freshly grinding meats at your request, to baking custom cakes for your special event, to preparing delicious ready-to-go pizzas and cheese breads in our brick oven.

I invite you to visit our nearest supermarket and experience the Tamimi Markets difference for yourself. We look forward to bringing you the very best Tamimi Markets has to offer – because once you come in you are Family.

Bobby Rajendran
General Manager
Tamimi Markets