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Spinneys supermarkets in Dubai and the UAE (www.spinneys.info >> this page)

Spinneys locations and opening hours Dubai | Abu Dhabi | Sharjah | Ajman | RAK
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Spinneys (not Spinnys) is a well known chain of supermarkets in Dubai with stores also in Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah and further afield. Spinneys usually have a good range of products, and is a popular place to shop, especially with Western expats, although it is regarded as more expensive than some of the other supermarket chains in Dubai such as Union Co-op, Choithrams (not Choitrams), Carrefour and Lulu's. Most Spinneys shops have pork sections for those who need a black pudding fix.

Spinneys store locations in the UAE and Middle East

Spinneys stores in Dubai
Area Store Name Location Opening hours Contact Notes
Al Garhoud         See Dubai Festival City Spinneys
Al Ghusais   Damascus St   tel +971-4-2586764
fax +971-4-2586731
Spinneys Market?
Arabian Ranches         None but go across Al Qudra Rd to Union Properties MotorCity Spinneys.
Bur Dubai Spinneys Trade Centre Road near the Bur Juman Center 24 hours tel +971-4-3511777 Has underground carparking (10 dhs first hour, 20 dhs/hr after that), and a recycling centre. Open 24 hrs from 01 May 2009.
Bur Dubai Ramada Spinneys next to the Ramada Hotel 24 hours tel +971-4-3555251
fax +971-4-3526390
Opening hours 8:00am-12:00am changed to 24 hours from March 2007. First opened 1995. Has covered parking above the store, entrance round the back (10 dhs first hour, 20 dhs per hour after that, free for one hour of minimum 10 dhs spend at Spinneys). Also a recycling depot in the upstairs carpark.
Business Bay Old Town         See Downtown Burj Dubai Spinneys
Deira Al Ghurair Centre Spinneys   8:00am-12:00am tel +971-4-2222886
fax +971-4-2221665
First opened Dec 2002, is a relatively large store (45,000 sq ft). Not spelt Al Ghuriar.
Deira   Muraqqabat?      
Downtown Burj Dubai   Al Manzil Souq     Spinneys Market, small
Downtown Burj Dubai Souk Al Bahar Spinneys The Old Town Island     Spinneys Market, open 14 Dec 2007
Downtown Burj Dubai South Ridge Spinneys South Ridge Towers     Spinneys Market, open 25 Sep 2008
Dubai Festival City Festival City Spinneys near Universal American School in Al Areesh Club building 8:00am-10:00pm tel +971-4-2326197 Spinneys Market, small, open 2007.
Dubai Investment Park   Ewan Residences 8:00am-10:00pm   Open 15 Oct 2009 In SoukExtra!
Dubai Marina Dubai Marina Spinneys Dubai Marina Towers 10:00am-10:00pm tel +971-4-3674810
fax +971-4-3674806
 
Dubai Silicon Oasis Spinneys Silicon Oasis Silicon Oasis Villas 8:00am-10:00pm tel +971-4-3264575
or +971-4-3264576
Spinneys Market, small. In DSO Villa compound community center (look for Ruby's sign).
Emaar Residences Spinneys Residence The Residences, Downtown Burj Dubai, building W2 8:00am-10:00pm tel +971-4-3603982 Spinneys Market, small with limited range. No pork. Opened 2007?
Emirates Hills   The Meadows Village Center   tel +971-4-3606484  
Emirates Hills   The Meadows Town Center   tel +971-4-3606511  
Ewan Residences         See Dubai Investment Park (DIP)
Hudeiba/Hudheiba Hudaiba Spinneys Al Mina Road, opposite Capitol Hotel 8:00am-12:00am tel +971-4-3580556 Opened 2006, Spinneys Market
International City China         Spinneys Market
International City France Spinneys IC France Building Q-08 8:00am-11:00pm tel +971-4-4227929 Spinneys Market (small). Has pork section. Open 2008?
Jumeirah Jumeirah Spinneys Jumeira Beach Road, opposite Open Beach, near 'The One' furniture shop. 10:00am-10:00pm tel +971-4-3674810
& +971-4-3499688
fax +971-4-3674806
Reopened in 2006 after being refurbished and reconstructed.
Jumeirah Mercato Spinneys Mercato Shopping Center on Jumeirah Beach Road 8:00am-11:00pm tel +971-4-3496900
fax +971-4-3496611
A reasonably large store (40,000 sq ft), underground carparking.
Mazaya Center   Sheikh Zayed Rd     See Satwa / Al Wasl
Meadows         See Emirates Hills
Mirdiff Mirdiff Spinneys Basement level at Uptown Mirdiff shopping center 8:00am-11:00pm tel +971-4-2880335
fax +971-4-2880355
One of the larger Spinneys stores, opened Feb 2005. Underground carparking.
Mirdiff   Mirdiff Community Center 8:00am-10:00pm tel +971-4-2882182 Opened April 2007
Motor City, Fox Hill I-III Spinneys Motorcity Dubai Motor City 8:00am-11:00pm tel +971-4-4329445 Open 19 August 2009. Large. Parking inside Foxhill building.
Oud Metha Oud Metha Spinneys Lamcy Plaza 7:00am-11:00pm tel +971-4-3357321 Opened mid-2006
Rashidiya Bin Sougat Centre Spinneys near the Airport Expo Center 8:00am-11:00pm tel +971-4-2862442
fax +971-4-2852997
Opened 2003
Satwa/Al Wasl Mazaya Spinneys In the Mazaya shopping centre on Sheikh Zayed Road, near Defense Roundabout 10:00am-10:00pm tel +971-4-3212225
fax +971-4-3212255
Spinneys Market
Silicon Oasis         See Dubai Silicon Oasis Spinneys
Souk Al Bahar         See Downtown Burj Dubai
South Ridge         Spinneys Market
The Old Town Manzil         See Downtown Burj Dubai Spinneys
Umm Suqeim Umm Suqeim Spinneys on Al Wasl Rd in the Spinneys Um Suquiem Center (yes, really) 8:00am-11:00pm tel +971-4-3941657
fax +971-4-3940695
First opened 1997. A decent size shop but gets busy in the evenings and carparking can be difficult. Has a recycling depot.
 
Spinneys stores in Sharjah
Area Store Name Location Opening hours Contact Notes
Sharjah Ghubaiba Spinneys Al Ghubaiba Road, next to The Home Centre. 8:00am-12:00am tel +971-6-5660844
fax +971-6-5664875
Opened 1997 (acquired store from First Choice)
Sharjah Fine Fair Fine Fair Commercial Complex, Quran Roundabout, Airport Road.   tel +971-6-5665055
fax +971-6-5668455.
PO Box 24663, Sharjah, UAE
Sharjah King Faisal Spinneys King Faisal Road, opposite Nova Hotel 8:00am-12:00am tel +971-6-5727011
& +971-6-5722830
fax +971-6-5725179
 
Sharjah Sahara Centre Spinneys Basement Level of the Sahara Center Sat-Thu 8:30am-12am
tel +971-6-5318555
fax +971-6-5318585
Open on Fri 8:30am-11:30am
& 1pm-12am
Sharjah Taawun Mall Spinneys Al Taawun 8:00am-12:00am tel +971-6-5776001  
Al Majaz 2         Spinneys Market
 
Spinneys stores in Abu Dhabi
Area Store Name Location Opening hours Contact Notes
Abu Dhabi Head office     tel +971-2-6948000
fax +971-2-6948001
Spinneys Abu Dhabi, PO Box 243, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Khalidiah Spinneys Khalidiya Khalidiya 0800-2300 tel +971-2-6812897
& +971-2-6813538
 
Mussaffa Spinneys Mussafah Mussafah 0800-2300 tel +971-2-5521762
& +971-2-5521723
Small shop
Sas Al Nakhil   Sas Al Nakheel     Spinneys market
Spinneys alcohol shops in Abu Dhabi
Hamdan Liquor store Al Markaziah 1000-1300
1600-2030¹
tel +971-2-6770577
& +971-2-6770211
Hamdan St
Khalidia Liquor store Khalidiyah 0930-1300
1600-2030¹
tel +971-2-6812356
& +971-2-6813160
 
Muroor Liquor store Al Wahda 1000-1300
1600-2030¹
tel +971-2-6419366  
Mussaffah Liquor store Mussafah 1100-1900¹ tel +971-2-5543731  
Najda Liqour store Madinat Zayed 1000-1300
1600-2030¹
tel +971-2-6717992
& +971-2-6717994
Najda St
Ruwais Liquor store Ruwais   tel +971-2-8772144 Liquor store only
  1. Closed Fridays
Spinneys shops in other emirates
Area Store Name Location Opening hours Contact Notes
Ajman   Dana Plaza 24 hrs tel +971-6-7422008 Small shop, opened March 2007
Al Ain Closed       Al Ain Mall store closed in 2004?
Al Ain Liquor store   1000-1300
1600-2030
tel +971-3-7636367
& +971-3-7636888
 
Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Spinneys Al Hamra Mall 08:00am-11:00pm tel +971-7-2434010 Opposite RAK Ceramics, open April 2008
Ras Al Khaimah         Warehousing or distribution facilities, and an office.
           
Spinneys stores in other countries
Bahrain, Manama         Renamed?
Egypt         Hypermarket, planned, location unknown
Egypt, 6th of October City   Cityscape Mall     Hypermarket, planned, open July 2010
Egypt, Alexandria         First Spinneys store
Egypt, Greater Cairo   City Stars Mall     Hypermarket
Jordan, Amman   Taj Mall     Planned
Lebanon          
Qatar, Doha   The Mall     Under construction, open 2009?
Qatar, Doha   The Pearl?     Unconfirmed, opening date unknown
  • No stores in Al Ain, Fujairah, or Umm Al Quwain (as of June 2009). Ras Al Khaimah Spinneys opened in Al Hamra Mall in April 2008.
  • Spinneys are planning to open up to 10 supermarkets in the SoukExtra chain of shopping centers according to a report in April 2009.
  • Spinneys plan to open 3 stores in the UAE and 2 stores in Oman during 2010, and possibly expand to Saudi Arabia (Maktoob report October 2009).
General information about Spinneys grocery shops and supermarkets
  • Spinneys shops are usually open 0800 to 2200 (some stores 0700/0830/1000 to 2200/2300/2400/0100/0200 and even 24 hrs in Bur Dubai).
  • Spinneys supermarket noticeboards are busy with for sale advertisements for cars, furniture and various other classified ads. A good place to go to sell your junk, or request/offer services like tutoring.
  • There are at least 29 Spinneys stores in the UAE - 21 in Dubai, 5 in Sharjah, 2 in Abu Dhabi, 1 in Ajman (as of January 2008).
  • Some Spinneys branches (Spinneys Um Suqeim, Spinneys Trade Centre Road, Spinneys Ramada) have recycling depots where you can leave newspapers, plastic bags, plastic bottles, aluminium cans.
  • Like all supermarkets in the UAE, Spinneys don't sell alcohol in their stores but some Spinneys complexes in Dubai have an A&E or MMI bottle shop next door eg Umm Suqeim Spinneys. Spinneys in Abu Dhabi operate separate liquor stores. The Spinneys alcohol shop in the Sharjah Booze Souk closed around 1996/1997 (along with the rest of the Sharjah Booze Souq).
  • 'Living in the Gulf' is Spinneys' own weekly magazine. Contains a few coupons and recipies. About what you'd expect from a supermarket chain producing their own magazine.
  • Spinneys Dubai LLC head office & postal address (except for Fine Fair in Sharjah): Spinneys Jebel Ali, PO Box 677, Dubai, UAE, tel +971-4-3555250, fax +971-4-3555269, email spinexpt@emirates.net.ae.
  • Job applications for Spinneys Dubai should be sent to hr@spinneys-dubai.com according to their website.
Spinneys products and selection
  • The stores are tidy, well organised, relatively spacious, have a large range of magazines and foreign newspapers. Spinneys have pork sections in most branches (except Deira and Sharjah).
  • Good quality meat, vegetables. Excellent range of bread baked in the store.
  • Delicatessen counter stocks a good range of stuffed olives and other culinary delights to cram into your visitors' gobs before dinner. The hommous (or humous / homous / hummous) and the potato salad are outstanding, and there's a decent range of cheeses. The pork delicatessen has a good selection of pates and salamis, and their spicy Italian sausages are great for BBQs.
  • Prepared meals look better than they taste - a home delivery from your nearest Chinese or Indian restaurant is a better idea.
  • Mondays is Market Day at Spinneys meaning they have special promotions on a variety of products. Occasionally there are actually some good deals.
Spinneys ownership and history
  • Spinneys was first founded in the Middle East in 1924 in Alexandria, Egypt by Arthur Rawdon Spinney. Spinneys was established in the UAE in 1942 in Al Nasr Square, Deira and was originally known as 'The Frozen Chicken' because it launched the first chiller van selling frozen chickens. In 1995 a major distribution center was opened in Al Quoz, Dubai.
  • Spinneys Dubai LLC own and run the Dubai and Oman stores (called Al Fair). Spinneys Dubai is owned by Mr Ali Al Bawardi (Albawardi, Albawardy, Al Bawardy, Al Bwardi, Al Bwardy, Albwardy, Albwardi). He bought it from the original owners, the Cupola Group.
  • Spinneys Abu Dhabi LLC own stores in Abu Dhabi. Spinneys Dubai manages them in conjunction with Abdulla Masood. CEO of Spinneys Dubai is Jannie C Holtzhausen.
  • CEO of Spinneys is Michael Wright (press release 04 October 2009 about Taj Mall Spinneys).
  • Spinneys Dubai is a separate organisation from Spinneys Group Limited, and Spinneys Dubai have the right to use the 'Spinneys' name only in the UAE.
  • Abraaj Capital is the managing shareholder in Spinneys Group Limited. A possible Initial Public Offering (IPO) was mentioned in July 2007 when Spinneys borrowed US$80 million (as part of a US$180m finance program) to fund its growth plans across the Middle East.
  • Spinneys Group (or Spinneys Holding) own or operate stores in Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Seychelles (Nov 2006, called ). Spinneys have major expansion plans with new stores opening in Bahrain (Alosra supermarket?), Qatar, Pakistan, Jordan and negotiations to open more stores in other Middle Eastern, Asian & African locations including Algeria, India, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya, Saudi Arabia and Syria (July 2007 news).
*Planned Spinneys stores
  • Information from Spinneys Dubai CEO interview with Emirates Today published 14 Sep 2007. Appears to be some overlap with some stores already opened eg Mirdiff Community Center, Emaar Residences, Ajman.
Last update Sunday 08-Nov-2009
Related pages
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Spinneys has a confusing selection of websites. These are the ones we can find and what they're for.

  • www.spinneys.com - Dubai Spinneys LLC website but with not much information - some job listings only? Domain name expired 09 July 2007, not renewed as of 21 July 2007.
  • www.spinneys-dubai.com - information about Spinneys Dubai stores, changed from spinneys.com?
  • www.spinneys-qatar.com - same as Spinneys main website?
  • www.spinneys.ae - Spinneys Abu Dhabi LLC website, being refurbished (has been in that state for a year or more)
  • www.spinneys.co.ae - same as spinneys.ae (Abu Dhabi)
  • Dubai directory - add your link free

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