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[2] [3] The Cargills Group subsequently spent Rs. 2 billion upgrading the brewery, [4] increasing the capacity from 50,000hL/yr to 600,000hL/yr. [5] [6] In June 2014 it was reported that Cargills was preparing to sell Millers Brewery, [7] the likely purchasers of the company include Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC and Carson Cumberbatch ...
KFC Sri Lanka is presently the largest fast-food chain in the country, with over 70 locations. Cargills began sourcing fruits and vegetables directly from farmers in 1999 when it established its first collection centre in Hanguranketha. In 2002 it acquired a dairy processing plant and expanded its farmer outgrower network to include dairy farmers.
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]
Cargills Square is a shopping mall in the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The mall is located in the heart of the city at the junction of Hospital Street and Mahathma Gandhi Road, opposite Jaffna Hospital. Work on the Rs.500 million shopping and entertainment complex started in September 2011.
The largest of Sri Lanka's brewers is the Lion Brewery, which is also the oldest brewery in the country. It produces over 80% of Sri Lanka's beers. It produces over 80% of Sri Lanka's beers. In 1988 it constructed a new brewery at Biyagama to replace the century-old facility at Nuwara Eliya .
Cargills entered the modern retail (supermarkets) sector in 1983, with the launch of Cargills FoodCity, which has since gone on to become Sri lanka's largest and most extensive supermarket chain. In 1991 the company built the Majestic City shopping complex and cineplex , one of the first at the time in Sri Lanka.
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.
The Ceylon Brewery was the first brewery established in Sri Lanka.It was established in 1849 by Sir Samuel Baker [3] [4] (1821–93) as a cottage industry, catering for the British colonial tea plantations in the hill country retreat of Nuwara Eliya.