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Supply Ministry-affiliated Global Retail Gate (GRG) is planning to begin opening branches of an unnamed Italian supermarket chain in Egypt starting early 2021, GRG Chairman Mohamed Wafi said, according to Al Masry Al Youm<\/a>. The company wants to set up 30 branches beginning with Cairo, Wafi added. This comes under an agreement Egypt signed with Italy\u2019s Sopria Holding in September<\/a>. Sopria owns and operates Crai supermarkets<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supply Ministry-affiliated Global Retail Gate (GRG) is planning to begin opening branches of an unnamed Italian supermarket chain in Egypt starting early 2021, GRG Chairman Mohamed Wafi said, according to Al Masry Al Youm. The company wants to set up 30 branches beginning with Cairo, Wafi added. 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