The Success Story of Sharjah Cooperative: Driving Sustainable Development and Community Support for 46 Years

2023-06-14 09:13:00

SHARJAH, 14th June / WAM / Since its establishment in 1977, the Sharjah Cooperative has been able, under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, to become, over the past 46 years, more than just an outlet for selling food and consumer goods, but rather a supportive entity. For various community initiatives and pioneering youth projects that are proactive in applying sustainability systems to preserve the environment.

His Excellency Majid Al-Junaid, CEO of the Sharjah Cooperative, confirmed in a special statement to the Emirates News Agency, WAM, that the cooperative has spared no effort since its establishment to harness all available capabilities to support the local economy, indicating that it is pursuing strategic plans to achieve its goals by methodically consolidating the concept of sustainability in addition to cooperating with a number of From partners from institutions and destinations.

He said that the Sharjah Coop puts at the top of its priorities in all programs and plans the achievement of sustainable development in its economic and social dimensions, in a way that meets the aspirations and aspirations of the wise leadership and in line with the directives of His Highness, the Ruler of Sharjah, in bringing about a developmental shift in the emirate.

He added that the “Sharjah Cooperative”, which is turning its 46th year, constitutes, with its achievements, an inspiring model in integrated development work, through its economic role as one of the most important and largest sales outlets in the country, and through a package of projects that are implemented according to comprehensive plans, in cooperation with some entities at the emirate level. And the state, stressing that the cooperative strategy has always been associated with achieving happiness for both citizens and residents.

For his part, Faisal Al Naboodah, Director of the Public Relations and Marketing Department at the Sharjah Cooperative, said that the cooperative started with one branch in the city of Sharjah until it reached today more than 50 branches in various cities of the emirate, in addition to an electronic selling platform in addition to its entry into the field of commercial centers, so it established the Rahmaniyah Center and soon a center Al-Siuh, which has a completion rate of more than 90%, in addition to two centers in the city of Kalba and Al-Hosn Island in the city of Dibba Al-Hisn, according to the recent directives of His Highness, the Ruler of Sharjah.

He pointed out that it intends to establish a new branch in the Al Kharous area – Al Dhaid, in addition to the experience of launching the first smart store in the Sharjah Research, Technology and Innovation Park, which will be evaluated and circulated in other locations in the emirate, explaining that the launch of the Sharjah Cooperative for the mobile store between residential neighborhoods and in government institutions and forums The official store was a great success among the dealers, which encouraged the cooperative to increase these mobile stores.

Al Naboodah affirmed the support of the Sharjah Cooperative for the youth category by allocating sale platforms for them in the Rahmaniyah Commercial Center, as well as its contribution to the “Little Merchant” initiative organized by several government agencies in Sharjah.. pointing out that the Cooperative supports the category of citizen farmers by purchasing their agricultural products as it cooperates with More than 100 farms at the level of the emirate, in addition to their cooperation with organic farms in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.. pointing out that all these products are subject to health standards and requirements implemented by the municipalities of the emirate and the competent departments to reach the shopper with a healthy product free from defects and damages.

He mentioned that the association supports the charitable side in a large and continuous way in cooperation with the Sharjah Charity Association, the Red Crescent Authority and the Big Heart Foundation, as it recently participated in the “Bridges of Good” campaign, which was embraced by the Sharjah Expo Center, and provided one and a half million dirhams in support of the campaign.

He pointed out that the national flour product, which comes within the food security projects in the country, “Seven Sanabel”, which was produced in Maliha farms under the directives of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, witnessed unparalleled success among shoppers from various emirates of the country, as more than 170 units have been sold so far. tons, represented by more than 45 thousand bags, where the product is characterized by being free of chemicals and non-genetically modified, and the proportion of protein in it reaches more than 18%, which is a high percentage in the world.

Al Naboodah explained that the cooperative attaches great importance to sustainability in the course of its daily work and in all its branches, which is represented in reducing the rate of energy consumption in order to reduce the rate of carbon dioxide, indicating that the Rahmaniyah Commercial Center, in cooperation with the pioneering Bee’ah Group in the region, is carried out in recycling. Converting all the center’s waste into energy, and the center’s water is recycled to irrigate the plants surrounding the center.

Regarding the latest “cooperative” projects, he said that the Sharjah Cooperative, and in support of the culture sector in the emirate, recently signed a cooperation agreement with the Emirates Publishers Association, according to which the books of the “Manassa” company affiliated with the association are displayed and sold in the various branches of the cooperative, where books have so far been displayed In 5 branches: Al-Qarayen, Helwan, Khor Fakkan, Kalba, and Al-Rahmaniyah Center. It also signed a cooperation agreement with Al-Qasimi Publications House to provide the publications of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah in the various branches of the cooperative and on its electronic platform.

In the field of nationalization of the work sectors in the Sharjah Cooperative, Al Naboodah explained that the nationalization rates in the senior positions in the main center of the Sharjah Cooperative reach 80%, and at the level of branch managers reach 90%. Distribution of products according to each region.

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