Sampth Bank shop and cash now at cargills food city!

Offering greater convenience and better value for its customers Cargills has launched the Sampath Bank Shop and Cash facility at Cargills Food City.

This comes as part of the recent partnership sealed with Sampath bank aimed at offering a variety of value added services to customers of both partners.

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Cargills Food City short-listed for Responsible Retailer of the Year award at World Retail Awards 2009, Barcelona, Spain.

This important category focuses on the work retailers do to ensure that their brands and organisations deliver to the very highest standards of corporate responsibility and all that it means across the business – from how and what products are sourced and retailed, through to its policies towards its employees, the society they operate in and the impact its business has on the environment. Despite the economic downturn, retailers are in no doubt that this is a vital part of their strategy and undeniably makes for good business.

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Cargills donates Rs 6.8 million worth food for displaced civilians

Cargills (Ceylon) PLC donated Rs 6.8 million worth of noodles to fulfill a day’s meal requirements of over 100,000 displaced civilians. The donation of 200,000 packs was carried out on the 23rd of April at the Ratmalana Airforce base. Seen in the picture is Squadron leader Samaraweera accepting the donation from Mr. Lalin Ratwatte of Cargills.

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UNIDO presents award to Mr. Ranjit PAGE, Cargills (Ceylon) Plc, Sri Lanka for Innovative Finance, linking small farmers directly to markets

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) presents award to Mr. Ranjit PAGE, Cargills (Ceylon) Plc, Sri Lanka for Innovative Finance, linking small farmers directly to markets

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Cargills Food City gives away Rs 5 million worth gifts to Farmers and Entrepreneurs !!

Cargills Food City gave away gifts worth more than Rs 5 million to farmers and entrepreneurs on Saturday, 14th February 2009 as part of its 25th Anniversary Celebration of a lifetime. The gifts were distributed at a grand ceremony held at Cargills Food City Maharagama. This followed the Lucky Draw on the 31st of January 2009, held to pick the winners of the Doren Dorata competition

Accordingly the following lucky winners walked away with valuable gifts.

Dimo Batta vehicle- M.M. Ranjith from Bandarawela
Motor Boat – M.G. Nadeema Tharangani from Elpitiya
TAFE Tractor- R.M. Kularatne Bandara from Bandarawela
Three Wheeler – R.A. Dayaratne from Chillaw
Land Master- M. Mafaz Mutsadeen from Hambanthota

25 other lucky winners walked away with Power Sprays and Hand Spray.

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Cargills Supremo felicitates Brand Ambassador Ajantha Mendis

Cargills Supremo recently felicitated its Brand Ambassador Ajantha Mendis for his outstanding performance on the cricketing field having just established a new world record for the fastest 50 wickets in One Day International Cricket. Ajantha who is celebrated the world over as the ‘Future of Spin Bowling’ achieved this phenomenal feat in just 19 matches. Managing Director of Miller’s Distributors (Pvt) Limited Mr. Prince Nelson presented a token of appreciation to Ajantha Mendis in recognition of his sporting prowess.

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Cargills achieves PLATINUM BAND rating for Corporate Accountability

Cargills (Ceylon) PLC has been rated in the PLATINUM BAND of the inaugural Corporate Accountability rating conducted by STING Consultants.

The 2009 rating according to STING Consultants identifies whether business can develop corporate strategies that respond to stakeholders’ expectations, while maintaining long-term profitability. Accordingly ‘Sri Lanka’s Report Card on Corporate Accountability’ ranks Cargills along with Brandix Lanka, Ceylon Tobacco and Coca Cola Beverages Sri Lanka, the only four corporates ranked in the ‘Platinum Band’ which the highest rating.

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Celebration of a Lifetime- Lucky Draw

Cargills Food City as part of its 25th anniversary celebration gave away more than Rs 38 million to the Sri Lankan public though amazing discounts, instant prizes and draws .Cargills Food City held its grand draw on 31st January 2009 (Saturday) at its Maharagama outlet to give away Rs 5 million worth gifts for farming and entrepreneurship development as part of its 25th Anniversary Celebration of a life time.

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CPC Christmas celebrations

The team at CPC Kist production plant located in Katana decided to share the spirit of Christmas with the community this year. The talented singers at the plant teamed up with three church choirs from three missions in the area and held a Carol Service on the 29th of December 2008. Family members of Kist team attended the event which was graced by the parish priest as well as the chief Buddhist priest of the area. Gifts were also distributed among children by Kist’s very own Santa Clause.

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Cargills among Top Ten Corporate Citizen’s in Sri Lanka

Cargills (Ceylon) PLC was ranked among the Top Ten Best Corporate Citizen’s in Sri Lanka for the second consecutive year at the recently concluded Best Corporate Citizen of the Year – 2008 organized by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. The company also bagged the award of excellence granted to the company with the best Economic Performance among the country’s top corporate citizens.

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Cargills achieves Excellence in Knowledge Integration at National Business Excellence Awards- 2008

Cargills (Ceylon) PLC bagged two prestigious awards at the recently concluded National Business Excellence Awards 2008 organized by the National Chamber of Commerce. The company was adjudge the winner for ‘Best Knowledge Integration’ and also clinched the ‘Trading’ category award.

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Cargills (Ceylon) Limited is proud to announce the launch of ‘Cargills Rice’ which promises to herald a new era for Sri Lankan Rice.

Today the respect and prominence that was inspired by Rice must be taken to a higher plane. Cargills ‘Rice’ comes to you as part of this effort of elevating the status of ‘Rice’ in the modern market place.

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