LuLu has opened a 40,000 sq ft hypermarket at Moopans Mall in Oud Al Muteena, its 127th store in the UAE and 291st across the GCC. The group pitched the opening as part of a push into residential communities on the edges of the city.

The store carries groceries, fresh fruit and vegetables, bakery, fresh products and ready meals, alongside fashion accessories, household appliances and electronics. It has self-checkout counters and free parking. Ismail Al Hashemi, Executive Director of Institutional Support Services at Dubai Municipality, opened it with LuLu Group Chairman Yusuffali M.A. and Saleem Mobbin, founder and CEO of the Mobanes group.

Yusuffali said LuLu will keep expanding in the UAE to serve more residential communities, including areas on the outskirts of the main cities. "We have a number of new projects in preparation, including seven in the Dubai area," he said.

LuLu used the opening to announce three projects outside the Gulf. In Houston, Texas, it will open a new US headquarters with a food-manufacturing and logistics facility in January 2027. The site covers five acres, with 90,000 sq ft of built space and a first-phase investment of AED 150 million, and will support the group's international sourcing and supply chain.

In Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, an integrated food-manufacturing and logistics centre is due to open in December 2026. It represents an investment of INR 250 crore, on a 20-acre site with 275,900 sq ft of built space and cold storage for 100 reefer containers. The project is separate from the 100,000 sq ft LuLu hypermarket that opened at I-Thums Galleria Mall in Greater Noida on 18 October.

The third project is an INR 15 crore elder-care home for 250 residents at the Gandhi Bhavan institution in Pathanapuram, Kerala, opening this month.

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