Food Industries Holdings

Food Industries Holdings (Arabic: القابضة للصناعات الغذائية) is an Egyptian state-owned holding company operating in the food industry sector. It is owned by the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade and was established by a prime ministerial decree under the name Public Sector Authority for Food Industries, pursuant to Law No. 97 of 1983. It was subsequently renamed the Holding Company for Food Industries under Law No. 203 of 1991. The company's capital is approximately six billion Egyptian pounds, and it oversees 36 subsidiary companies and four research centres. The group's subsidiaries span several food-related industries, including sugar production, oils and detergents, milling and bakeries, rice processing, paper manufacturing, and consumer retail complexes. Notable subsidiaries include the Egyptian Sugar and Integrated Industries Company, Delta Sugar, Dakahlia Sugar, Fayoum Sugar, Nubaria Sugar, Nile Oils and Detergents, Tanta Oils and Soap, Alexandria Oils and Soap, and various milling and bakery companies such as North Cairo Mills and Bakeries, South Cairo and Giza Mills and Bakeries, Middle Egypt Mills, Alexandria Mills and Bakeries, East Delta Mills, Upper Egypt Mills, and Middle and West Delta Mills. Rice subsidiaries include Rice Marketing, Dakahlia Rice Mills, Gharbia Rice Mills, Damietta and Balqas Rice Mills, Kafr El Sheikh Rice Mills, Beheira Rice Mills, Sharqia Rice Mills, and Rashid Rice Mills. Other subsidiaries include Qaha and Edfina for Advanced Food Industries, United for Packaging Production and Real Estate Investment, and Nag Hammadi Fiberboard. Paper companies include Misr Edfu and Qena Paper Industry. Consumer complex companies include the General Company for Wholesale Trade (Gomhoria outlets), the Egyptian Company for Wholesale Trade (Masria Market), Alexandria Consumer Complexes (Alex Market), Nile Consumer Complexes, and the Egyptian Company for Meat, Poultry and Fish. In February 2026, the company announced the launch of a unified brand called "Carry On – كاري أون" in collaboration with the Future of Egypt Authority for Sustainable Development and the Ministry of Agriculture to develop consumer complexes and food subsidy outlets in Egypt. The project aims to unify the commercial identity of consumer complexes, "Gomhoria" project outlets, and subsidy distributors under a single name, while developing the internal infrastructure of outlets and improving display and operation mechanisms. The first phase saw the opening of several developed branches in the areas of Girls' College, Amiria, and Sayeda Zeinab in Cairo Governorate. The project is part of a plan to develop the internal trade sector and retail outlets affiliated with the Food Industries Holdings, with gradual expansion of the new identity across the country. The company also operates four research and training centres: the Food Development and Safety Centre, the Egyptian Centre for Milling Technology, the Egyptian Centre for Bakery Technology, and the Oil Receiving Station.

Food Industries Holdings was established by a prime ministerial decree under the name Public Sector Authority for Food Industries, pursuant to Law No. 97 of 1983. In 1991, under Law No. 203 of 1991, it was renamed the Holding Company for Food Industries. The company operates as a state-owned holding entity under the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade, with a capital of approximately six billion Egyptian pounds. It oversees 36 subsidiary companies and four research centres. The subsidiaries are organised into sectors including sugar, oils and detergents, milling and bakeries, rice, paper, and consumer retail complexes. In February 2026, the company launched a unified brand called 'Carry On – كاري أون' to develop and unify consumer complexes and subsidy outlets, with the first phase opening developed branches in Cairo.

• Established as Public Sector Authority for Food Industries by Law No. 97 of 1983.

• Renamed Holding Company for Food Industries under Law No. 203 of 1991.

• Launched unified brand 'Carry On – كاري أون' for consumer complexes and subsidy outlets.

State-owned holding company for Egypt's food industry, ensuring food security and managing a large portfolio of food production and retail subsidiaries.

• Sugar

  Produced by subsidiaries such as Egyptian Sugar and Integrated Industries Company, Delta Sugar, Dakahlia Sugar, Fayoum Sugar, and Nubaria Sugar.

• Oils and detergents

  Produced by subsidiaries such as Nile Oils and Detergents, Tanta Oils and Soap, Alexandria Oils and Soap, Extracted Oils and Products, and Misr Oils and Soap.

• Milling and bakery products

  Produced by subsidiaries such as North Cairo Mills and Bakeries, South Cairo and Giza Mills and Bakeries, Middle Egypt Mills, Alexandria Mills and Bakeries, East Delta Mills, Upper Egypt Mills, Middle and West Delta Mills, United Mills and Complementary Industries, and Valley of the Kings Milling.

• Rice

  Produced by subsidiaries such as Rice Marketing, Dakahlia Rice Mills, Gharbia Rice Mills, Damietta and Balqas Rice Mills, Kafr El Sheikh Rice Mills, Beheira Rice Mills, Sharqia Rice Mills, and Rashid Rice Mills.

• Canned and processed foods

  Produced by Qaha and Edfina for Advanced Food Industries.

• Paper

  Produced by Misr Edfu (writing and printing paper pulp) and Qena Paper Industry.

• Meat, poultry and fish

  Marketed by the Egyptian Company for Meat, Poultry and Fish.

• Packaging and real estate

  Handled by United for Packaging Production and Real Estate Investment.

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