Jawad Cold Stores was founded by Hassan Mohamed Jawad, a Bahraini businessman and enterpreneur, as a small grocery store and shipping agency.

Since inception, Jawad has implemented a dynamic trading strategy, realising the need to keep pace with the fast changing requirements of modern consumers. A significant milestone was reached in the eighties with further diversification into fast food and fashion when three Dairy Queen restaurants and a major Bhs store were opened in Bahrain.

To support this progress, in the nineties Jawad has expended business interests to other GCC states. Dubai, UAE has the largest Shoe City in the Gulf, while the world's largest Dairy Queen is based in Doha, Qatar. Today, Jawad represents over a hundred internationally renowned companies and brands in Bahrain and the Gulf.