John Hopkins Aramco Healthcare Company (JHAH), a joint venture with Saudi Aramco, has entered into an alliance with retail major LuLu Group for supplying its food and nonfood requirements to their hospitals and clinics across the country. The agreement was signed by John Ulatowski, chief executive officer of John Hopkins and Abdul Basheer, regional director of LuLu Group International - Eastern Province Saudi Arabia, on Monday in Al-Khobar in the presence of Surendran Nair, contract administrator, John Hopkins Healthcare and Adam Haroon, category manager, supply chain management, Saudi Aramco and other officials. As per the agreement, LuLu Group will start food & nonfood supplies to Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare Company from January 2016 onwards. At present, LuLu Group is already operating 7 commissaries of Saudi Aramco in its compound at various locations in the Eastern Province & 4 more is expected to start operations in the near future. Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare Company (JHAH) is the result of a joint venture between Saudi Aramco, a fully-integrated global energy and petrochemicals enterprise, and Johns Hopkins Medicine, one of the world's leading academic health systems. This health care organization is designed to drive and enhance the wellbeing of the community in an environment of growth and learning, by providing innovative, integrated and patient-centered care to Saudi Aramco's employees and health care beneficiaries. LuLu Group, which currently operates 118 hypermarkets and shopping malls in the Middle East and India, offers world-class shopping experience, highest-quality products, competitive prices and excellent customer service. Global consultancy firm Deloitte ranked LuLu among the top 10 fastest-growing retailers in the world.
