Arpico Supercentre

What Arpico Supercentre does

Arpico Supercentre is a privately held Sri Lankan retail supermarket chain founded in 2001, headquartered in Maharagama with operations centered on its Nawinna Super Centre. The company operates a network of 32+ physical retail locations — branded as Super Centres and Super Stores — across Sri Lanka, covering the Western Province and regional hubs including Kandy, Galle, Negombo, Kurunegala, Matara, and Kegalle. Its product portfolio is broad and consumer-oriented, spanning grocery (including Sri Lankan specialty items such as hoppers, kottu, and string hoppers), fresh produce, meat and seafood, dairy, pharmacy and personal care, household and cleaning, home and living, electronics, baby care, and a prepared-food 'Food Corner' section. The company also offers pre-assembled hampers and gift vouchers.

Name

Arpico Supercentre

Legal name

Arpico Supercentre

Website

https://arpicosupercentre.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Arpico Supercentre is a privately held Sri Lankan retail supermarket chain operating 32+ Super Centres and Super Stores across the country, offering groceries, fresh produce, pharmacy, electronics, and prepared foods alongside its 'My Arpico' e-commerce platform for home delivery.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Supermarket Retail

NAICS

Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters (455211), Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) (445110), All Other General Merchandise Retailers (455219)

SIC

Retail-Grocery Stores (5411), Retail-Misc General Merchandise Stores (5399)

akta.pro primary industry

Hypermarkets / Supercenters (GM + Grocery) (CRAGABAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Grocery & Food Omnichannel (CRAFAEAE)

Keywords

• Supermarket retail
• Grocery delivery
• Fresh produce
• Pharmacy retail
• Household essentials

Headquarters

HQ city

Nawinna

HQ country

Sri Lanka

HQ region

Asia

Offices31 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Retail Sales: Revenue generated through retail sales of consumer goods across multiple categories including groceries, household items, electronics, fresh produce, meat, seafood, dairy, and pharmacy products. Sales occur through physical retail supercentres and the company's e-commerce platform.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Arpico Supercentre is a Sri Lankan supermarket chain that sells groceries, fresh produce, meat and seafood, dairy, pharmacy and health products, household and cleaning items, home and living goods, electronics, baby care products, prepared foods, and gift hampers through 32+ physical Super Centres/Super Stores and the My Arpico e-commerce website with home delivery.

Product overview

Arpico Supercentre is a Sri Lankan retail supermarket chain offering a unified e-commerce platform (My Arpico) alongside physical supercentre locations. The product portfolio spans grocery (including Sri Lankan specialty items like hoppers, kottu, and string hoppers), fresh produce (fruits and vegetables), meat and seafood, dairy products, pharmacy/healthcare, household and cleaning supplies, home and living furnishings, electronics, baby care, and prepared foods through the Food Corner. The company operates multiple store locations across Sri Lanka and provides online shopping with delivery options, featuring an age verification system for restricted products. The core offering is a traditional retail supermarket experience combining physical supercentres with a digital e-commerce platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• My Arpico E-commerce Platform

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Carrefour: Carrefour is a global hypermarket and supermarket operator with an established hypermarket format spanning groceries, fresh produce, household goods, electronics and pharmacy. It is comparable to Arpico as a broad hypermarket incumbent even though it does not directly operate in Sri Lanka.
• Tesco / Lotus's: Tesco and its Lotus's-branded Asian operations run large hypermarket and supermarket formats combining groceries, fresh and general merchandise. They are comparable as broad incumbents executing an omni-channel supercentre playbook similar to Arpico's.
• Lulu Hypermarket Sri Lanka: Lulu Hypermarket is a large UAE-based hypermarket operator that has expanded physical supercentres into Sri Lanka. It competes with Arpico on the full supermarket-plus-general-merchandise proposition but from a stronger international sourcing and private-label base.

Direct peers

• Keells Super: Keells Super is the supermarket arm of John Keells Holdings, one of Sri Lanka's largest conglomerates. It directly competes with Arpico across grocery, fresh, household and general merchandise in urban and suburban Sri Lanka.
• Cargills Food City: Cargills Food City is the largest supermarket chain in Sri Lanka operated by Cargills (Ceylon) PLC. It is the closest direct competitor to Arpico, running a comparable network of company-owned and franchised stores offering groceries, fresh produce, household and general merchandise across the country.
• Sathosa (CWE): Sathosa, run by the Co-operative Wholesale Establishment, is a long-standing state-affiliated supermarket and department-store chain in Sri Lanka selling groceries and general merchandise. It overlaps Arpico's mass-market grocery and GM proposition across multiple cities.
• Laugfs Supermarket: Laugfs operates a chain of supermarkets in Sri Lanka offering groceries, fresh produce, dairy and household items. It is a direct peer to Arpico at the mid-market supermarket level with overlapping store geographies.

Regional players

• Big C Supercenter: Big C is a major Thai hypermarket chain offering groceries, household, electronics and pharmacy under one roof, comparable in format and category breadth to Arpico's supercentres, although geographically focused on Thailand and parts of Southeast Asia.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/arpico-supercentre

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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