Cargills Food City opens latest outlet in Rathmalana

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Cargills Food City, the leading retail supermarket chain in the country opened its latest outlet in Rathmalana, in close proximity to the Maliban Junction. This comes as part of its accelerated expansion drive through which Cargills Food City aims to partner the development of regional Sri Lanka and improve quality of life across communities.

Coke, 4Ever, Maliban and Flora will conduct exclusive offers at the newly opened store to offer better value-for-money to the local customer base. Cargills Food City invites all customers in the vicinity to walk into the new outlet with their families and friends and enjoy a range of exciting activities lined up for them. These include competitions with instant gifts raffle draws and amazing price discounts.

Speaking at launch, Chief Guest Mahesh Lekhraj Ganwani said, “Corporates such as Cargills Food City help farmers and SME’s to market their produce and offer them a standard price and an assured market, thus reducing the regional disparities in Sri Lanka. We should encourage more companies such as Cargills Food City to develop the retail industry in the country and we as consumers should support their efforts.”

Cargills General Manager – Retail Marketing Pravin David noted, “We strive to give customers a good service along with best possible discounts and offers so that we help ease their burden of cost of living. We have a very close engagement with our suppliers and have created an environment where they can freely interact with our customers offering a better opportunity of marketing to them while also affording a better choice for consumers. We also strongly believe that modern trade now needs to evolve to meet the demands of a growing tourism sector and an emerging middle-class.”

David added, “We would soon be opening our landmark 200th outlet in Galle and invite all customers to share this journey where we strive to bring the affordable supermarket experience closer to your doorsteps.”

Cargills Food City is the retail arm of Cargills (Ceylon) PLC, a member of the CT Holdings Group.