[6][5] The company's products, including fresh and powdered milk, yogurt and butter,[7] are distributed in the East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
In 2009, the Gulf-area-based private equity firm Abraaj Capital paid US$18.7 million for 10 percent shareholding in the business.
In 2014, French yogurt maker Danone paid an undisclosed sum to acquire a 40 percent stake in Brookside.
[8] Beginning in 2013,[9] Brookside has expanded by buying stakes in rival milk processing plants in Kenya,[10] Uganda.
[11][14] In January 2016, the Kenyan press reported that the company had plans to expand to West Africa, starting with Nigeria.