Kuwait was importing all it's needs of wheat flour from the International market. The cost of flour was increasing and also the shipments were exposed to bad climatic and storage condition during shipment thus prone to high incidents of damage and bad quality. The idea of establishing Kuwait's own Flour Mills was a natural conclusion. Established in 1961 under the name of "Kuwait Flour Mills Company", focused to expand it's interests in specialized food products and introduced several products to the market under it's own Brand names at affordable prices, which now has become part of every day life of general public in Kuwait. The industrial activity of the company started in 1965 with the production of flour. Establishing an integrated complex near Shuwaikh Port, beginning with installing wheat-discharging equipment - to pump wheat from the ship in the port directly to silos - modern automatic wheat mills with packaging and storage of the sacks and advanced equipment to load into transport vehicles for delivery. In 1969, Macaroni and vermicelli factory was set up - 1970 saw the establishment of Biscuit factory, and in 1976 it's Vegetable oil factory came into being. In 1978 in order to meet the increasing demand for quality Arabic bread, a sister Company was set up under the banner of 'Kuwait Bakeries Company' - which later in 1988 was merged with the parent Company, thus emerging " Kuwait Flour Mills& Bakeries Company". Kuwait Bakeries Company during it's 10 years tenure - set up 8 automatic bakeries for the Production of Arabic Bread, conveniently distributed at different geographical locations in Kuwait. Also during this time to crown it all, a most modern automatic European bread factory was set up at Sabhan. This Factory is considered as one of the largest and most modern in the Arabian Gulf - Middle East area, and also one of the most sophisticated - inviting the attention and praise of international food companies and franchises who have been sourcing their products from this factory.
