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A Milestone in MENA Food Information and Analysis

 

Over the years, Food professionals throughout the Middle East & North African region have become well acquainted with Middle East Food (MEF), the leading business-to-business magazine serving the Food, Beverages, Ingredients, and Packaging sectors since 1985. They rely on this pioneering publication to gain up-to-date information about the latest developments in the Food industry worldwide. MEF, through its endless efforts to link the region to the four corners of the globe, has gained a shiny reputation among thousands of international companies who use it to promote their products and services inside the MENA, a region where they strive to increase their market share.

 

Structure

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Each issue is introduced with the Opening Letter, a page where the editor, analyses the latest trends and developments in the regional and international food industry and presents the highlights of the relevant issue. We interact with our faithful readers’ thoughts and propositions in the Open Forum section. The MENA Food Digest presents the latest projects undertaken throughout the region with a short and accurate analysis of their impact on the regional level.
• The Ingredients and Additives section focuses on specific ingredients or additives used to improve the quality of food items.
• MEF gives a special importance to the industry that shaped our entire modern food industry, the Packaging section brings the latest in this crucial sub-sector.
• The issue’s Special Feature covers the industry’s major sectors and the latest market trends with complementing technical articles.
• In the Industry Spotlights section, tomorrow’s headlines are treated today in a comprehensive manner combining cutting edge innovations with thorough analysis of the factors affecting the food market.
• Be it a major producer or main importer, each issue of MEF keeps a close eye on regional and international food markets in the Country Reports and highlights both their offers and their needs.
• The Departments section presents recent industry publications under Industry Literature; interviews with decision-makers and specialized professionals as well as corporate profiles under Interviews & Profiles; companies’ latest activities and developments under Corporate Happenings; product developments and services under Products and Services; latest software and IT news under E-news; Latest regional happenings under Projects and Developments and the latest in booming Hospitality sector under Catering
and Hospitality.
• Food-related events are granted ample room in the Event Previews and Event Reviews sections.
• The magazine also provides the following services: Coming Events offers a comprehensive listing of food-related events, conferences, seminars, and workshops. In the Industry Links listings, companies’ details are displayed. The Buyers’ Guide presents a 9 cm x 6 cm classified ad including the advertiser’s logo, a brief message and the product’s photo.


A Wealth of Experience

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Over the years, MEF has been reviewing innovations and market trends to promote a greater understanding of the industry and help decision-makers meet the increasing demands for innovative solutions in the MENA region. MEF delivers up-to-the-minute, hard hitting news that capture the first and foremost in the Food industry. With a tight gripped hand on the field, an efficient management, an experienced scientific editorial team and Honorary Editorial Consultants (HEC) Board, MEF dwells on mainstream topics and always looks for unconventional ones.

 

Quality at the Heart

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When providing news to our readers, we always put quality before quantity as we continuously avoid getting caught in the twirl of soft-hitting bulk material. MEF is published monthly in a bi-lingual format (English-Arabic) and receives a wholesome welcome from regional and international readers. Printed copies are distributed to decision makers working in over 8,450 leading entities of the
regional Food industry. In terms of digital circulation, each issue of MEF magazine reaches over 15,850 firms through a direct link to download the PDF version or view the HTML edition, delivered via email to their inbox. MEF has earned an esteemed reputation which has built over the years by providing updated and trusted content through a professional and elegant layout.

 

Online

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Visit our website www.mefmag.com to access the magazine issues anytime and anywhere. These issues are made available for you in two optional formats: the html version and the PDF version. Logon now and delve into the digital world of food industry news.

 

Editor-in-Chief

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Graduated with a BS in Nutrition and Dietetics in 1986 from the American University of Beirut (AUB), Roula Hamdan has 24 years of experience in the food sector and currently acts as the Editor-In-Chief of the Middle East Food (MEF) magazine.
Mrs. Roula Hamdan Ghutmi can be reached by e-mail at editorial@mefmag.com
For more deatils about the different sections and content of MEF magazine, please contact the editorial department at editorial@mefmag.com