UAE-based Lulu Group International plans to establish modern food processing and logistics centres in Andhra Pradesh, alongside hypermarkets and a shopping mall, according to Chairman and Managing Director Yusuffali MA.
After͏͏ their͏͏ meeting,͏͏ Yusuffali͏͏ shared͏͏ on͏͏ social͏͏ media͏͏ platform͏͏ X͏͏ in͏͏ response͏͏ to͏͏ Andhra͏͏ Pradesh͏͏ Chief͏͏ Minister͏͏ N͏͏ Chandrababu͏͏ Naidu’s͏͏ post,͏͏ saying,͏͏ “Our͏͏ discussions͏͏ were͏͏ very͏͏ fruitful.”
Vision͏͏ for͏͏ a͏͏ State-of-the-Art͏͏ Retail͏͏ Experience:
He͏͏ stated,͏͏ “We͏͏ have͏͏ decided͏͏ to͏͏ launch͏͏ an͏͏ international-standard͏͏ shopping͏͏ mall͏͏ featuring͏͏ an͏͏ 8-screen͏͏ IMAX͏͏ multiplex͏͏ in͏͏ Vizag,͏͏ state-of-the-art͏͏ hypermarkets͏͏ in͏͏ Vijayawada͏͏ and͏͏ Tirupati,͏͏ as͏͏ well͏͏ as͏͏ modern͏͏ food͏͏ processing͏͏ and͏͏ logistics͏͏ centres͏͏ in͏͏ Andhra͏͏ Pradesh.”
He͏͏ tagged͏͏ Naidu,͏͏ highlighting͏͏ their͏͏ “18͏͏ long͏͏ years͏͏ of͏͏ brotherly͏͏ relationship.”
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In͏͏ a͏͏ previous͏͏ post͏͏ on͏͏ X,͏͏ Naidu͏͏ provided͏͏ an͏͏ update͏͏ on͏͏ his͏͏ meeting͏͏ with͏͏ Yusuffali͏͏ and͏͏ the͏͏ group’s͏͏ Executive͏͏ Director,͏͏ Ashraf͏͏ Ali͏͏ MA,͏͏ who͏͏ had͏͏ returned͏͏ to͏͏ Andhra͏͏ Pradesh.
“I͏͏ had͏͏ a͏͏ highly͏͏ productive͏͏ meeting͏͏ with͏͏ their͏͏ delegation͏͏ in͏͏ Amaravati͏͏ today.”
Naidu͏͏ wrote,͏͏ “We͏͏ discussed͏͏ plans͏͏ for͏͏ a͏͏ mall͏͏ and͏͏ multiplex͏͏ in͏͏ Vizag,͏͏ hypermarkets͏͏ and͏͏ multiplexes͏͏ in͏͏ Vijayawada͏͏ and͏͏ Tirupati,͏͏ as͏͏ well͏͏ as͏͏ investments͏͏ in͏͏ the͏͏ food͏͏ processing͏͏ sector͏͏ throughout͏͏ the͏͏ state.”
He͏͏ assured͏͏ the͏͏ state͏͏ government͏͏ of͏͏ “every͏͏ possible͏͏ cooperation͏͏ and͏͏ support,”͏͏ adding,͏͏ “I͏͏ wish͏͏ my͏͏ friend͏͏ all͏͏ the͏͏ best͏͏ in͏͏ his͏͏ endeavours͏͏ and͏͏ look͏͏ forward͏͏ to͏͏ a͏͏ fruitful͏͏ partnership͏͏ for͏͏ the͏͏ development͏͏ of͏͏ Andhra͏͏ Pradesh.”͏͏ The͏͏ Abu͏͏ Dhabi-headquartered͏͏ group,͏͏ with͏͏ an͏͏ annual͏͏ turnover͏͏ of͏͏ USD͏͏ 8͏͏ billion,͏͏ operates͏͏ in͏͏ various͏͏ sectors,͏͏ including͏͏ hypermarket͏͏ operations,͏͏ shopping͏͏ mall͏͏ development,͏͏ goods͏͏ manufacturing͏͏ and͏͏ trading,͏͏ hospitality,͏͏ and͏͏ real͏͏ estate.
It͏͏ currently͏͏ has͏͏ operations͏͏ in͏͏ 25͏͏ countries͏͏ worldwide.