Six Saudi Women Partners in a Newly Opened Starbucks Branch in Al Sharqiya

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Published January 14th, 2020 - 05:20 GMT

افتتاح فرع جديد لستاربكس يضم 6 موظفات سعوديات

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Highlights

As part of its major expansion plan, Starbucks opened a new branch on Al Khobar Corniche in the Eastern Province.

As part of its major expansion plan, Starbucks opened a new branch on Al Khobar Corniche in the Eastern Province. The official opening ceremony was attended by Director General of the Ministry of Labour and Social Development in the Eastern Province Abdulrahman Bin Fahd Al-Muqbil upon the invitation of Muhammad Abdulaziz Alshaya, the Executive Chairman of Alshaya Group and General Manager Faisal Alshaya. The opening also witnessed the presence of the owners of Ajdan Walk, where the new Starbucks branch is located.

The new branch has the largest number of Saudi women working in any one Starbucks branch in the Kingdom. This reflects the company's efforts to promote the role of Saudi women based on Saudi Vision 2030. More than 104 Saudi women now work at Starbucks.

Al-Muqbil expressed support for Starbucks' women employment campaign and said he was delighted to see so many Saudi women working in the services sector, especially in the Eastern Province.

One of the six Saudi women partners in this branch is Najibah Al Makki, who represented Saudi Arabia in the recent World Barista Championship in London and came in the 4th place. The new branch is Starbuck's 234 branch in Saudi Arabia.

Background Information

Starbucks Coffee Company

Since 1971, Starbucks Coffee Company has been committed to ethically sourcing and roasting the highest quality coffee in the world. Today, with stores around the globe, the company is the premier roaster and retailer of specialty coffee in the world.

As the premier vendor of the finest coffee, Starbucks is focused on delivering the best experience to every customer at each of its locations around the world, including Kuwait, KSA, UAE, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Qatar, Bahrain & Oman in the Middle East region

Starcbucks work with many communities, and is committed to providing the Starbucks Experience while respecting the local customs and tastes of each country it operates in. It is also committed to hiring locally, currently providing nearly 2700 jobs for more than 30 nationalities including Arab nationals in over 300 operating stores in the region.

Starbucks stores have been operating in the Middle East since 1999 through a licensing agreement with trading partner and licensee MH Alshaya WLL, a private Kuwait family business.