Wickramaratne Group

Keeping the original name of the Company, Wickramaratnes was officially established as a limited entity in 1985 and maintained the initial operations that the Company began in the 1960s. It currently has a dominant market share of 65% in the supply of food provisions to the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. It is also a major player in the food supply market to Ministry of Health and Department of Prisons. Wickramarantes source all its food items from the domestic market, still buying them directly from farmers including those of the Jaffna Peninsula ensuring they get a fair-price. As with all of the Companies in the Group, the Board of Directors is an assembly of Wickramaratne family members with Mrs Nanda Wickramaratne as the Chairperson. Wickramaratnes has shifted its Head office from Colombo to Peliyagoda, a nearby town, where the Group also has significant warehousing and cold storage facilities. The move was prompted by a government initiative to move the capitals trading Centre out ...