Who owns Al Rifai?
Al Rifai is owned by Al Rifai (Lebanon).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: About Rifai — Rifai Lebanon, Al Rifai. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Al Rifai reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇱🇧 Lebanon, Beirut · browse countries
- Origin
- 🇱🇧 Lebanon · browse countries
- Founded
- 1948
- Category
- Food › Snacks › Nuts & seeds
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Al Rifai
Al Rifai is sold as a single house brand across everything the company makes rather than through separate sub-brands: raw and roasted nuts and seeds, nut and dried-fruit mixes, sugared nuts and nut dragées, nut butters and bars, Oriental sweets, za'atar, fruit paste and its own-roasted coffee. The company calls itself the largest snacking-nut retailer in the Middle East, and its product catalogue runs to roughly 800 individual items sold across the region and, through export, beyond it.
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Other brands in nuts & seeds, and who owns them
The 20 brands in nuts & seeds on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is John B. Sanfilippo & Son, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher | John B. Sanfilippo & Son | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Earth Control | Midsona | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Abu Auf | Agthia | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
| Simbat | BİM | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
| Blue Diamond | Blue Diamond Growers | 🇺🇸 United States |
| ChaCha | ChaCha | 🇨🇳 China |
| FMF Peas | FMF | 🇫🇯 Fiji |
| Garuda | Garudafood | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
About the owner: Al Rifai
Al Rifai is a privately held company headquartered in Beirut, Lebanon, founded in 1948. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control.
Al Rifai began in 1948 as a home-based nut- and coffee-roasting operation on Mazraa Street in Beirut and grew into a nut, dried-fruit and confectionery manufacturer that the company says holds a 40 per cent share of Lebanon's nut market. It has run its own factory in Halat, Lebanon, with roughly 16,000 tonnes of annual capacity, since 2013. Merit Holding, the diversified holding company of Lebanon's Saadé family (also the controlling family of shipping group CMA CGM), bought full ownership of Al Rifai in 2021.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Al Rifai?
The parent company of Al Rifai is Al Rifai, a privately held company headquartered in Lebanon.
Is Al Rifai Lebanese?
Yes. Al Rifai originated in Lebanon in 1948 and its owner, Al Rifai, is also headquartered in Lebanon.
Is Al Rifai still owned by Al Rifai?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, Al Rifai is still owned by Al Rifai. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] About Rifai — Rifai Lebanon — Al Rifai, Official document; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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