Arpico Super Centre also popularly simply known as Arpico is a chain of
supermarkets
A supermarket is a self-service Retail#Types of outlets, shop offering a wide variety of food, Drink, beverages and Household goods, household products, organized into sections. Strictly speaking, a supermarket is larger and has a wider selecti ...
which is also regarded as a
departmental store located in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
owned by
Richard Pieris & Company. The retail shopping mall was initially started with the concept of supermarket and then transformed its business operations as a supercentre. It is one of the three largest retail operators on the island, alongside
Cargills Food City and
Keells Super. Arpico Super Centre is also regarded as one of the two most popular departmental stores in Sri Lanka along with
ODEL
Odel (stylised as O▷ΞL and ODEL) is a public retail company, the first in Sri Lanka. Starting out as a single company focusing on the retail garment trade, Odel developed over the years to become the first department store in the country.
...
. The Richard Pieris & Company, pioneered the concept of
hypermarkets
A hypermarket or superstore is a big-box store combining a supermarket and a department store. The result is an expansive retail facility carrying a wide range of products under one roof, including full grocery store, grocery lines and product (bu ...
in Sri Lanka through their Arpico Super Centre chain.
The store sells various types of goods in different sections under the building's roof and the headquarters is situated at
Maharagama
Maharagama is an outer suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka on the High-Level (A4) Road about from the centre of the commercial capital. It developed rapidly in the 1980s as a dormitory suburb. Governed by the Maharagama Urban Council, the town possesses ...
in High Level Road.
The Arpico Super Centre's 20th showroom branch was opened at
Kohuwala
Kohuwala is a suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka and is situated where the Colombo Piliyandala Road crosses Nugegoda Dehiwala Road. Hence it is connected to Nugegoda, Dehiwala, Pamankada, Boralesgamuwa and Piliyandala. Kohuwala is inside the administra ...
in 2017 with the concept of green products.
See also
*
List of supermarket chains in Asia
This is a list of supermarket chains in Asia.
Afghanistan
* Chelsea Supermarket
* Spinneys
Bangladesh
*Agora Super Stores
*Shwapno
Bahrain
Cambodia
* Big C
* Makro
* Aeon (company), AEON
China
Hong Kong
* 7-Eleven
* ÆON (Formerly JUSCO, ...
References
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Department stores of Sri Lanka
Supermarkets of Sri Lanka