4HF

Command Palette

Search for a command to run...

Portfolio

Widam Food

Livestock and meat company sourcing live animals and chilled/frozen meat from multiple countries, plus offal, dairy and frozen seafood.

Producer
Focus

Beef, lamb, camel meat, fresh/frozen chicken, offal, dairy, frozen seafood, fruits & vegetables

Region

Qatar

Scale

Sources live lamb from Australia, Sudan, Pakistan & India; beef from Australia, Somalia, Brazil & the US.

Products

6 product lines

Products
Product lines and their pricing benchmarks.

Beef (cuts, minced)

AU/Somalia/Brazil/US sourcing

Lamb (fresh/chilled/frozen)

AU/Sudan/Pakistan/India sourcing

Camel Meat

Cuts & minced

Fresh/Frozen Chicken

Imports incl. Brazilian frozen

Offal (liver, kidney, heart)

Frozen Seafood

Imported — limited futures reference

No benchmark linked

Cost drivers

The pricing benchmarks that drive Widam's input costs.

FRED / IMF (global beef, proxy)·Red Meat·live
$3.42
USD/lb
-1.2%

Impacts portfolio

FRED / IMF (global lamb)·Red Meat·live
$168.7
USD/kg
-0.4%

Impacts portfolio

FRED / IMF (global poultry, quarterly)·Red Meat·live
$1.68
USD/lb
-5.1%

Impacts portfolio

FRED / IMF (global poultry, proxy)·Poultry & Egg·live
$3.68
USD/kg
-0.5%

Impacts portfolio

Cost exposure
Share of cost by benchmark.
4benchmarks
Cost models
How benchmarks compose Widam's unit cost.

Related analysis

Protein LIVE · FRED Market Data·Apr 1
BR Meat Export fell sharply — -5.1% to $1.68

Brazil Chilled/Frozen Export fell sharply to $1.68 (-5.1% month-over-month), easing cost pressure on Widam. Source: IMF Global price of Poultry (proxy for Brazilian frozen chicken/meat exports).

ImpactsWidam
Protein LIVE · FRED Market Data·Jun 1
Live Cattle (Proxy) eased — -1.2% to $3.42

Live Cattle (IMF Beef Proxy) eased to $3.42 (-1.2% month-over-month), easing cost pressure on Widam. Source: IMF Primary Commodity Prices.

ImpactsWidam
ProteinHassad Food Intelligence·Jul 13

Australian chilled lamb exports firm on MENA demand

AU chilled export unit values rose 1.1% as Qatar and UAE buyers rebuild inventory ahead of the festive season — relevant to Widam's lamb sourcing cost.

ImpactsWidam
ProteinHassad Food Intelligence·Jul 9

Brazil frozen chicken export prices soften

Brazilian export unit values declined 0.8% on currency moves — tempering import-parity for both Al-Waha and Widam's frozen chicken.

ProteinHassad Food Intelligence·Jul 6

Lean hogs lower; red-meat protein proxy cools

CME lean hogs fell 1.5% — a directional cool-down in the red-meat protein complex that Widam monitors as a cross-species reference.

ImpactsWidam
ProteinHassad Food Intelligence·Jul 4

Live cattle steady as boxed-beef demand holds

CME live cattle ticked up 0.4% on firm cutout demand — maintaining the cost floor for Widam's imported beef programme.

ImpactsWidam