Alrifai

{{Short description|Lebanese nut retailing chain}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = RIFAI

| logo = RIFAI-LOGO.png

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| logo_size = 150px

| type = Privately Held

| foundation = 1948 (Beirut)

| location = Beirut, Lebanon

| industry = Retail {{!}} FMCG

| products = Nuts, kernels, coffee, confectionery, chocolates, gifting

| num_employees =

| homepage = {{url|https://alrifai.com}}

}}

Rifai or Rifai Nuts is a Lebanese multinational nut-retailing company headquartered in Beirut, Lebanon. It is the largest nut-retailing chain in the Middle East and the company with the biggest market share in Lebanon.{{Cite web|last=Speetjens|first=Peter|date=30 September 2014|title=Nuts for nuts|url=https://www.executive-magazine.com/business-finance/business/rifai-i-nuts-for-nuts|access-date=15 September 2020|website=Executive Magazine}}

History

Rifai was founded in Beirut in 1948 as a home-based operation supplying roasted nuts and coffee to the local neighborhood. In addition to its retail brand, Rifai wholesales nuts under other brands. Rifai offers locally produced products in a variety of flavors.{{fact|date=September 2024}} In 2021, MERIT, the holding company of the Saadé family, completed the acquisition of Rifai.{{fact|date=September 2024}}

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