Pascussi coffee shop on Southern Highway

Ramani Kangaraarachchi

A subsidiary of the Universal Group “Pascussi” which is one of the modern Italian Cafés will open a coffee shop on the Southern Highway shortly for the first time. Director, CEO of the company Rasanga Weerasingha told Daily News Business.

This expansion of the company is an investment of Rs 5 million and one of the first to invest in the catering field on the Southern Highway. This will be the only rest area available for tourists travelling on the highway and all tourist vehicles will be stopped for sometime once it is opened before the end of this year. She hoped it will be a fruitful investment as around 5,000 vehicles ply towards Galle from Colombo daily.

Weerasingha said high quality oven fresh food will be served with their popular coffee Pascussi and unlimited wifi facilities will be made available free of charge for guests. Pascussi is one of the fastest growing brands in Europe and the company has been holding the franchise in the UK for the last nine years as such this will be an attractive place for tourists coming from UK too.

“The Pascussi branch in Sri Lanka was opened last year having seen the potential after a survey carried out by the company and has progressed successfully over the short period achieving better results than we expected which is another milestone” she said. The company possess the Asian franchise as well and the next shop will be opened in Indonesia early next year as the next expansion. The Pascussi chain covers a number of countries in the world and it was the 200th branch opened in Wijerama Road Colombo last year.