Who owns Panda?
Panda is owned by Savola (Saudi Arabia, TADAWUL: 2050).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: The Savola Group — Annual Report 2025, Savola Group Company. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Savola Group Company reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia, Jeddah
- Origin
- 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Retailer own brands › Grocery own brands
- Parent ticker
- TADAWUL: 2050
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Panda
Panda is the grocery chain of Panda Retail Company, wholly owned by Savola, with 227 stores, 221 of them in Saudi Arabia and six in Egypt, serving more than 100 million customers a year. Its subsidiaries include Panda Bakeries Company, and Panda was ranked among the top ten most influential brands in Saudi Arabia in 2025.
Ownership timeline of Panda
Where Panda sits in Savola
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Savola
Savola controls 4 brands on Brandtree.
Other brands in grocery own brands, and who owns them
The 170 brands in grocery own brands on Brandtree belong to 55 owners. The largest is Cencosud, with 12.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bretas | Cencosud | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Lucerne | Albertsons | 🇺🇸 United States |
| City Gross | Axfood | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Chalo | Empire | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Checkers | Shoprite Group | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Amanhecer | Jerónimo Martins | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
| K-Citymarket | Kesko | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Farmer's Market | Loblaw | 🇨🇦 Canada |
About the owner: Savola
Savola is a publicly listed company headquartered in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, founded in 1979. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as TADAWUL: 2050.
Savola is a Jeddah-based investment holding company in food and grocery retail, investing since 1979 and listed on the Saudi Exchange. It owns all of Savola Foods, which makes edible oils, sugar, pasta, nuts, spices and pulses in more than five countries, and all of Panda Retail Company. It also holds 51 per cent of frozen food maker Al Kabeer and 49 per cent of Herfy Food Services. It distributed its former Almarai investment to shareholders and reported 2025 net profit of SAR 874 million.
🇸🇦 Panda and other Saudi brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 36 brands that began in Saudi Arabia. 1 of them (3%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Panda is not one of them.
- 7DAYS — Almarai 🇸🇦
- Acwa — ACWA Power 🇸🇦
- Aramco — Saudi Aramco 🇸🇦
- Baboo — SADAFCO 🇸🇦
- Bahri Dry Bulk — Bahri 🇸🇦
- Halwani Brothers — Halwani Bros 🇸🇦
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Panda?
The parent company of Panda is Savola, a publicly listed company headquartered in Saudi Arabia.
Is Panda Saudi?
Yes. Panda originated in Saudi Arabia and its owner, Savola, is also headquartered in Saudi Arabia.
Is Panda still owned by Savola?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Panda is still owned by Savola. 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] The Savola Group — Annual Report 2025 — Savola Group Company, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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