TSSC is looking to build on the growth in demand leading up to Dubai Expo 2020.

Speaking on the sidelines of Gulfood 2018, Bahar said: “There are 1600 new restaurants coming to the UAE in the next year so we are looking at that and understand that Dubai Expo 2020 is around the corner too.

“There are a lot of hotels being built so we will be bidding and hopefully win some of them before the Expo. We are also looking to expand into a new country in the GCC soon so the coming year looks very positive,” he added.

The company was exhibiting their food product range at Gulfood along with the newly acquired Island Oasis brand for frozen drinks.

“Our newest product Island Oasis comes in many different flavours like sour mix, cappuccino, peach, wild berry and pina colada, which is a very popular one – all these are used to make frozen beverages and depending on the bartender, you can get very creative with it,” Bahar said.

“We bought the product from another company here who already had many customers- they were at Applebee’s and a number of pool bars as well, so the future of this product looks positive as we already have the customers and are now adding on to them presenting it as a new product to our existing customers,” he said.