{"id":21412,"date":"2023-03-09T05:19:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T05:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.forbesmiddleeast.com\/lists\/?page_id=21412"},"modified":"2026-01-10T16:03:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T16:03:59","slug":"almarai","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.forbesmiddleeast.com\/lists\/10-most-innovative-companies-in-saudi-arabia\/almarai\/","title":{"rendered":"Almarai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container white-container max-width-1100 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-center\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 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