LuLu launches ‘Taste of Sri Lanka Festival’

LuLu launches ‘Taste of Sri Lanka Festival’

LuLu Hypermarket is looking to boost imports from Sri Lanka across a wide range of goods and food products, a top official said on Sunday.

“We will enhance efforts to import more products from Sri Lanka under LuLu’s plan to diversify its sources for imports as demand is growing because of the rising population and FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022,” said Dr Mohamed Althaf, director, LuLu Group International, on the sidelines of the opening of the Sri Lankan Festival at LuLu, D-Ring Road branch, under the theme ‘Taste of Sri Lanka’.

Sri Lankan ambassador Mohamed Mafaz Mohideen inaugurated the festival in the presence of Dr Althaf and many other distinguished guests from banks, retail and FMCG sectors, including officials from other LuLu outlets.

The festival is running in all LuLu Hypermarkets until February 11. The event promotes the unique culinary heritage of Sri Lanka, which is a blend of different colonial influences - the British, Dutch and Portuguese - as well as pan-Asia and Indian, especially southern and Indonesian influences.

According to Dr Althaf, LuLu is now operating its sourcing facility at the Colombo Special Economic Zone in Sri Lanka. “We are now sourcing fresh fruits and vegetables through this facility for the