Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare Company (JHAH) 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, CEO of John Hopkins, and Abdul Basheer, regional director of Lulu Group International-Eastern Province on Monday, in Alkhobar 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 and non-food supplies to Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare Company from January. At present, Lulu Group is operating 7 commissaries of Saudi Aramco on its compound in various locations in the Eastern Province and four more are expected to start operations in the near future.

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 major 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, claims to offer 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.