SAUDI: Mars to build chocolate plant for Gulf market
By Dean Best | 16 February 2012
Mars Inc has begun the construction of a chocolate plant in Saudi Arabia to serve markets in the Gulf.
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Mars Inc has begun the construction of a chocolate plant in Saudi Arabia to serve markets in the Gulf.

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