Qatar has been under a blockade by a coalition of Gulf states for nearly a month ©Nicolaas Traut/123RF

AIG sells food at cost price to support Qatar

4 July 2017

Doha-based food supplier Able International Group (AIG) has pledged to keep its food prices stable for the rest of the quarter in light of the blockade on Qatar.

The firm has said it is taking a cut to its margins, selling at cost and increasing its warehouse supplies in order to ensure consumer prices remain stable.

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