RIYADH: LuLu Saudi Hypermarket is launching a special 10-day ‘Filipino Fun & Food Festival on Oct. 1 in cooperation with the Philippines Embassy in Saudi Arabia.

Ezzeddin H. Tago, ambassador of the Philippines and Dayang Dayang Sitti Kaushar G. Jaafar, labor attache, eastern region, will be the chief guests in Riyadh and Alkhobar respectively to inaugurate the festival in the presence of LLuLu regional management.

A large gathering of patrons, well-wishers and senior company officials will also join the events.

The inauguration will be held at 11:00 a.m. at LuLu, Murabba, Riyadh outlet.

During the inauguration, the chief guests will be welcomed in the Philippine traditional way.

The hypermarkets will also be specially decorated for the occasion.

The festival, which showcases some of the finest goods and food items from the Philippines, including groceries and frozen foods, also offers freshly prepared traditional cuisines at the hot food counters.

The Filipino festival provides shoppers with an opportunity to acquaint themselves with a wide range of Philippine products.

“Authentic flavours from the Philippines will be prepared by our chef, who will be preparing a wide variety of different authentic Filipino dishes.

The highlight of this festival will be a live cooking demonstration by MAMA Sita, a leading Filipino brand, at all LuLu outlets across the Kingdom.

Products such as Filipino bananas and pineapples, milk fish and dried fish are widely available in the hypermarkets.

Practically, all kind of Filipino products will be available on attractive prices under the roof of LuLu.

As part of this event, LuLu will conduct Raffle Draw “Win 20 Air Tickets to Philippines” for its customers and the free tickets will be handed over to lucky winners of a raffle draw.

The Raffle Draw will take place at the end of the festival.

A quiz competition for children will be conducted at Filipino schools in Riyadh and the winners will receive gifts.

The festival is part of LuLu Hypermarket’s initiative to continuously bring the best of the world to their customers, by providing the right products in the right place at the right time.

Catering to more than 750,000 customers every day, and with 118 outlets spread across the region, the LuLu Group has grown to become the shopping center of choice for customers.