Oman Food Investment Holding Company is advancing a consolidation strategy aimed at unifying food-sector companies under a single umbrella to enhance integration, efficiency, and competitiveness while bolstering the country’s long-term food security.
The restructuring effort is being carried out alongside an intensified rollout of investment projects spanning agriculture, food processing, and fisheries. These initiatives leverage Oman’s natural resources and competitive strengths to boost domestic production, increase local value addition, and contribute to economic diversification.
In an interview featured in the quarterly Oman Investment Authority publication *Injaz wa Ijaz*, Abdullah al Rashdi, CEO of Oman Food Investment Holding Company, noted that the consolidation has established a more cohesive strategic direction and improved portfolio integration. The organizational changes have optimized resource management and decision-making, resulting in a more effective framework for managing investments and projects.
The early outcomes of this approach have been promising. The company reported a 40 percent increase in revenue and a 28 percent rise in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) in 2025 compared to 2024. These gains coincided with improvements in operational efficiency, cost management, and project delivery.
Mazoon Dairy was highlighted by al Rashdi as a key indicator of progress within the portfolio. The company faced operational and financial challenges due to supply-chain disruptions, prompting a comprehensive review of its value chain from farm to consumer. This led to a two-phase transformation program in 2023 and 2024 focused on expanding distribution channels, launching new products, optimizing the product mix, and enhancing procurement and financial processes.
These reforms enabled Mazoon Dairy to break even in 2024 and achieve profitability in 2025, with sales growing by 16 percent and EBITDA doubling—an incremental increase of roughly RO 3 million. Enhancements were also observed in operational efficiency, product margins, and management capabilities.
International partnerships constitute a significant pillar of the company’s growth strategy. One notable collaboration is with global meat producer JBS, which involves Oman’s Al Bashayer Meat Company and Al Nama’a Poultry Company. JBS plans to invest up to $150 million (about RO 57.7 million) to expand meat production capacity and develop capabilities within the sector. The partnership is designed to transfer international expertise in operations, management, and business development.
This investment aims to boost production efficiency and increase Oman’s self-sufficiency in meat, supporting an integrated system capable of satisfying domestic demand. Over time, it is expected to position Oman as a regional hub for red and white meat production and export.
Beyond meat and poultry, the holding company is actively pursuing strategic alliances across fisheries, aquaculture, animal feed, and other segments of the food industry. Its broad investment strategy targets the entire food value chain—from primary production to processing, packaging, logistics, and supply chains—with the goal of increasing in-country value, promoting Omani products, and strengthening the sector’s overall competitiveness.