Opens 200th outlet:

Record crowds at Lak Sathosa

Irangika Range

The Lak Sathosa network will be turned into a massive supermarket chain in Sri Lanka with the opening of its 200th outlet this week.

Lak Sathosa Chairman Nalin Fernando told the Daily News that consumers had expressed satisfaction over the Government's effort to open more outlets and a large number of consumers have begun to patronise Lak Sathosa outlets.

"Private traders and Lak Sathosa would have to compete with each other which would ultimately lead to lower prices of essential goods while increasing consumer purchasing power at these outlets," he said.

"We recorded the highest number of customers of nearly 125,000 per day at the 199 outlets countrywide in the last four months," he said.

"With the aim of bringing down the high prices of essential goods and providing relief to the people, the Lak Sathosa network has been transformed into the biggest supermarket chain in Sri Lanka," he said.Meanwhile, measures have been taken to set up 100 more Lak Sathosa outlets in May and June to cater to growing public demand.

"We provide an efficient and high-quality customer service by providing essential items at reasonable prices through 199 sales outlets from Point Pedro to Dondra Head," he said.

Lak Sathosa outlets islandwide as a result recorded sales increase from January to March this year.