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W. M. Mendis and Company, is a Sri Lankan beverage alcohol company, with its headquarters in Negombo, Sri Lanka. It is as known one of Sri Lanka's oldest and most renowned liquor manufacturers in Sri Lanka. [2] Considered as one of the pioneers in the field, it still ranks as one of Sri Lanka's largest distillers. [citation needed]
PickMe Food is Sri Lankan online food delivery platform launched by PickMe in 2018. [1] PickMe Food also provides on-demand grocery, essential medicines and package delivery service called PickMe Flash. [2] PickMe Food rivals international Uber Eats and would make the industry a duopoly.
PickMe is a Sri Lankan taxi hailing and delivery app developed by Digital Mobility Solutions Lanka Ltd. It launched in June 2015. It launched in June 2015. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The app is available in English, Sinhala and Tamil on Android and iOS .
In 1999 the company acquired a significant stake in highly diversified Aitken Spence PLC, which has interests in power generation, shipping and hotels in Sri Lanka, India, Oman and the Maldives. In 2003 the company acquired a 90% stake in Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited when the Sri Lankan government sold the state-owned insurer. [5]
In 2017 the beer market in Sri Lanka grew by 24-25%. According to the Finance Ministry, during the first eight months of 2017, revenue from excise duty on liquor and cigarettes has significantly decreased by 5.9% to LKR 73.7 billion and by 8.1% to LKR 54.6 billion, due to a drop in the volume of sales.
According to the Alcohol and Drug Information Centre's 2008 report on alcohol in Sri Lanka, the types of arrack are: [30] Special arrack, which is produced in the highest volume, nearly doubling in production between 2002 and 2007. Molasses arrack is the least-processed kind and considered the common kind. [30]
In nations like India and Sri Lanka where alcoholic advertising is generally prohibited, those regulations are rounded with distillers offering clothing lines and sports equipment marked with one of their brands or separate soft drink or bottled water lines within tournaments such as the Indian Premier League and test matches, such as United ...
Lion Lager - 4.8% ABV premium lager - Gold medal 2011 & 2012 Monde Selection; Lion Stout - 8.8% ABV stout, brewed from British, Czech and Danish malts with Styrian hops and an English yeast strain - Gold medal 1990–94, 2006, 2011-13 Monde Selection; Gold medal 2005 & 2012 World Beer Festival; Gold medal 2005 World Beer Championship; 2006 Gold medal International Beer Summit