[3] During the early years of the company's history, there was little infrastructure for the production and sale of milk in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Prince Sultan recognized that the area and the wider Middle East could benefit from higher quality milk production and logistics.

Almarai then set up a number of facilities in regions across Saudi Arabia, which initially helped local farmers produce and distribute milk.

In 2009, Almarai and PepsiCo announced that they would be forming a joint venture, International Dairy and Juice Limited, known as IDJ.

[9] The expansion and growth of the dairy producer continued into 2010, when it was announced they planned on expanding its operations into Pakistan.

[10] Almarai announced in 2011 that they would be investing heavily in Saudi Arabia to increase dairy production in the country.

[11] The joint venture with Pepsi continued to grow, when Reuters announced that both companies would invest a total of $345 million in Egypt's agriculture industry.

[12] During the same year, they also made an announcement that they would be acquiring Fondomonte, a large farming company, based in Argentina.

It was announced that their total staffing numbers had reached 38,000, which means the company created over thirty thousand jobs in a decade.

The land would be purchased in a number of locations, predominantly in California for its farm-friendly water laws, acquiring in total around 14,000 acres.

[22] Almarai also received the ISO 9001:2000 across all its operating divisions (farming, procurement, processing, technical research and development, distribution and supply chain).

In June 2012, Almarai invited a number of representatives from both the International press and also financial leaders to visit their main facility in Saudi Arabia, located in Al Kharj.

[4] CNN reported on the innovative technology used at the Al Kharj facility, with each cow needing an estimated 300 liters (66 imp gal; 79 U.S. gal) of water each day in the middle of the Saudi Arabian desert, the company uses a method known as the Californian model to run huge dairy productions in some of the driest regions across the globe.