Arpico Super Centre also popularly simply known as Arpico is a chain of supermarkets which is also regarded as a departmental store located in Sri Lanka 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.[1] Arpico Super Centre is also regarded as one of the two most popular departmental stores in Sri Lanka along with ODEL. The Richard Pieris & Company, pioneered the concept of hypermarkets in Sri Lanka through their Arpico Super Centre chain.[2] The store sells various types of goods in different sections under the building's roof and the headquarters is situated at Maharagama in High Level Road.[3]

Arpico Super Centre
Company typeDepartment store
IndustryRetail
HeadquartersNo 310. High Level Road, ,
Sri Lanka
Number of locations
25 (2017)
Area served
Sri Lanka
Key people
Sena Yaddehige
Susantha Pathirana
Lakshman Watawala
Mr. Paul Ratnayaka
Mr.Sunil Liyanage
ProductsSupermarket
Hypermarket
Superstore
OwnerRichard Pieris & Company
Websitearpicosupercentre.com

The Arpico Super Centre's 20th showroom branch was opened at Kohuwala in 2017 with the concept of green products.[4]

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  1. ^ "Spotlight: Sri Lankan Modern Grocery Retail" (PDF). LMD. Fitch Ratings. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
  2. ^ "Touching The Lives Of Sri Lankans - Largest and Leading Manufacturer, Importer and Exporter in Sri lanka". arpico.com. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
  3. ^ Admin2. "Arpico Super Center". Lankainformation.lk. Retrieved 2018-12-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Arpico goes green with new eco-friendly Supercentre at Kohuwala". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 2018-12-25.