Arpico supercentres awarded by Consumer Affairs Authority

Arpico Supercen- tres, owned and managed by Richard Pieris Distributors, were recently conferred an award by the Consumer Affairs Authority for engaging in fair and competitive trading practices, offering a high level of service to consumers and for complying with the provisions of the Consumer Affairs Authority Act, during the period of the Sinhala and Hindu New Year 2007.

The award was presented by Mahinda Rajapaksa, President at a ceremony at the Presidential Secretariat, attended by the Prime Minister, other Ministers, Members of Parliament and the Chairman of the Consumer Affairs Authority.

In keeping with the policy of the Government of Sri Lanka to provide for the better protection of consumers through the regulation of trade and the prices of goods and services as well as to protect traders and manufacturers against unfair trading practices, a mystery survey was conducted by the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) where selected businesses were identified as meeting the stringent criteria set by the CAA and recognised to be awarded. This was a concept of Minister of Trade, Marketing Development, Co-operatives and Consumer Affairs, Bandula Gunawardena.