LuLu Hypermarket Group has announced that it is hosting its mango festival, titled ‘Mango Passion 2017’, until May 17.
The festival was inaugurated by Indian ambassador P Kumaran at LuLu Hypermarket, D-Ring Road, in the presence of Mohamed Althaf, director of LuLu Group, and a host of dignitaries from the Ministry of Economy and Commerce, retail/FMCG sectors, different communities and officials from the LuLu chain.
LuLu Group said it has been organising the mango festival for the last 14 years and is the first hypermarket to introduce the festival to the Middle East region.
In an official communique, the LuLu Group management said “this festival is going to be different for connoisseurs of mangoes in Qatar”. They can savour the flavours of more than 60 varieties of the fruit grown all over India and around the world.
This year, the festival features a wide range of mangoes from India, Yemen, Malaysia, Kenya, Thailand, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Ivory Coast, Peru, Puerto Rico, Indonesia, Philippines, Brazil, the US, Mexico and Spain. The varieties include Malgova, Himapasanth, Chakkaragund, Mallika, Moovandan, Priyoor, Alphonso, Badami, Rajapuri, Thottapuri, Kesar, Daseri, Neelam, Sindooram, White Malgova, Rumaniya, Cheeri, Kesar, Ko Mango, Vazhapoo, Nadan, Nadasala, Natty Gold, Panchavarnam, Green Sweet, Nam Doc, Kartha Colombo, Red Villard, Kent, Palmer and Ataulfo. Besides, the festival is exhibiting organic mangoes.
The festival will also feature a wide range of mango-based products, such as mango raita, mango chick peas salad, Chemmeen mango curry, fresh mango cake, Nada fresh mango, Manbazha payasam, mango muffin, mango Swiss roll, Igloo mango ice-cream, Eastern mango pickle, Rani Juice - mango and Tango Instant Milk, etc.
“LuLu outlets have made it convenient for connoisseurs of this exotic fruit to taste the versatility and buy the best taste that suits their palate. The idea behind the festival is to promote the agricultural produce of India and make it popular among the local community and in the Middle East at large,” the communique noted.
As a major retail chain in the Middle East, Egypt, India, Malaysia and Indonesia, LuLu Group is currently operating 133 hypermarkets and 15 shopping malls with an annual turnover of $6.9bn globally. Besides, Lulu Group has a network of export distribution centres in 24 countries, including state-of-the-art facilities recently opened in Birmingham, the UK; New Jersey, the US; and Madrid, Spain, to cater to the regular requirements for European, British and US brands.
