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Sri Lanka’s biggest retailer and exporter of fresh, certified organic food, Saaraketha Holdings was recently awarded ‘gold’ under the ‘Other Agricultural Products’ sub-sector of the NCE Awards 2016. Organised by the National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka, the awards ceremony was held on 30 September at Colombo Hilton under the patronage of Deputy Minister of State Enterprises and Entrepreneurship Eran Wickramaratne. The award was received by Founder and Managing Director of the company Prasanna Hettiarachchi.
Saaraketha Holdings was founded in 2008 with the aim of supplying ethically produced, fresh and affordable food to all. The underlying aim of Saaraketha is also to uplift the lives of the farming community in the country by educating and engaging them in a lucrative trade. Believing in making ‘organic’ a natural way of life again, it is Saaraketha’s multi-faceted efforts that were recognised at the NCE Awards 2016. Selected by an eminent panel of judges, the award recognises the efforts made by a company to positively impact the nation’s export sector.
Saaraketha Holdings Founder/MD Prasanna Hettiarachchi receiving the award
