Al Raya flyer and deals of the week

Al Raya supermarket: a Jeddah-born chain with a new owner

Where Al Raya comes from

Al Raya began in 1991 with a first store in Jeddah, and the company is still headquartered there. People often search for the al raya supermarket by name, and the answer is a grocery retailer built around fresh food: produce, meat, dairy and bakery goods are the categories that business profiles keep returning to, and the bakery has drawn public praise from its current owner. If you are browsing Saudi Arabia for a neighbourhood grocer rather than a giant hypermarket, or comparing options in Other, this is the kind of store that fits.

The ownership story is worth knowing. Levant Capital, a private equity firm, bought a controlling stake in 2012, and during its years as investor the chain grew from 23 supermarkets to 51. In February 2024 Tamimi Markets completed the purchase of all the shares. Tamimi is a family-owned business that has operated since 1979, and the deal lifted its network to 111 stores. That is why Tamimi Markets is now mentioned in the same breath as Al Raya, and why a shopper should treat them as related but separate names, much like Al Amer Market is a separate local option.

Geographically the stores are spread across more than 20 cities in the northwest, west and southwest of the Kingdom. That makes the chain more regional than national, so a search such as al raya near me will give very different answers in Jeddah, Taif or Abha, and may give none at all in other parts of the country.

Reading the weekly offers

People mostly arrive here with a simple question: what are the al raya offers today? On this page the current catalogue runs 21.10.2026 to 27.10.2026 and has 20 pages, so you can scroll through the whole list. Whether you want the al raya offers weekly view or an al raya sale, check the validity dates on the first page, because a promotion that ended yesterday will not be honoured at the till. Shoppers in Jeddah often phrase it as alraya offers jeddah.

Shoppers also type regional versions of the same question, for example al raya offers makkah, al raya offers taif or al raya offers abha. We have not found a public statement that the offers differ by city, so the safest approach is to treat the catalogue as a guide and confirm the item and the riyal price on the shelf in your own branch. Around Ramadan and National Day it pays to browse early.

A word of caution about al raya opening hours: they vary between branches and between regular days and Ramadan, and we do not list them here. Use the store locator or call your branch. The same goes for delivery. We found no confirmed Al Raya app or delivery service in the sources we checked, so ask at the store before planning an order, and use the Other hub, A Market or Centro to compare services across retailers in Saudi Arabia.

Comparing Al Raya with other options

Because Al Raya is a regional supermarket, the sensible way to judge its offers is side by side. A shopper in western Saudi Arabia can open Hyper Panda and Carrefour for large-format shopping, then look at Lulu if international food ranges matter more than a short walk from home. Each hub on this site carries its own current catalogue with its own dates.

For smaller neighbourhood shopping, Dukan is a close comparison in the Jeddah area, and Nesto and SACO are further names to hold up against it. Compare the same basket of staples in each flyer, and compare the unit size as well as the shelf price, since pack sizes differ between chains. If you are buying more than groceries, the Other page and eXtra or IKEA cover electronics and home goods that a supermarket will not stock in the same depth.

In short, treat Al Raya as a fresh-food neighbourhood chain with a new owner and a growing reach in the west. Check the dates, verify prices in store, and return weekly.