Danube Company
Supermarket and hypermarket chain in Saudi Arabia
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| Type | Retailers |
|---|---|
| Industry | Hypermarket |
| Founded | October 18, 1987 |
| Headquarters | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| Key people | AbdulRazzaq BinDawood (Chairman), Ahmad AR. BinDawood (CEO) |
| Products | Retail - Hypermarket |
| Owner | Bindawood Holding[1] |
| Website | danube |
Danube Company Limited is a supermarket and hypermarket chain in Saudi Arabia. It is owned by BinDawood Holding, the grocery retail operator of hypermarkets and supermarkets in Saudi Arabia.[2] Since becoming part of BinDawood Holding in 2001, Danube has grown to 47[3] current locations.[4]
Branches
Danube opened its first hypermarket at the Heraa International Mall in 1993 in Jeddah. Then, the branch moved to a hypermarket about 0.5 kilometres away from Heraa International Mall. Danube hypermarkets are located at Medina Road (originally Heraa International Mall), Serafi Megamall, Redsea Mall[5] and at Central Park Mall[6][7] Danube opened its first hypermarket in Riyadh's Hayat Mall in 2006 and built its second at Panorama Mall in 2010.[8][9][10] Danube has 47 store locations across the Kingdom and Danube Online is live in Jeddah, Riyadh, Al Khobar, Dammam and Taif.[11][12]
Online presence
Awards
- Danube Online and the Danube App awarded the Retail Technology Award at the 2018 Seamless Middle East Awards.[18]
- the Danube Online won Digital Transformation of the Year by IDC Awards, 2019.[19]
- The Award of the Store Manager Of the Year at the retail Middle East awards 2019.[18]
- The Industry Excellence Award Food & Beverage at the Saudi Top Achiever Awards in March 2019.[20]
- Danube Online is shortlisted to win The Retail Transformation and Reinvention Award at the World Retail Congress Awards in September 2020.[21]
