Who owns Cargills Food City?
Cargills Food City is owned by Cargills (Sri Lanka, CSE: CARG.N0000).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Cargills (Ceylon) PLC Integrated Annual Report 2025/26. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Cargills (Ceylon) PLC reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka, Colombo
- Origin
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka, Colombo
- Founded
- 1983
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Retailer own brands › Grocery own brands
- Parent ticker
- CSE: CARG.N0000
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Cargills Food City
Cargills Food City is Sri Lanka's most extensive modern retail network, which began with a single supermarket opened at Staple Street in Colombo on 26 October 1983 and reached 556 outlets after fifteen new stores in the year to March 2026. It is the only supermarket chain present in all twenty-five districts of the country, and it applies an island-wide single-price policy so that a product costs the same in a remote town as in the capital. Fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and seafood, bought largely through the group's own farmer collection centres, are what the company treats as its point of difference.
Ownership timeline of Cargills Food City
Where Cargills Food City sits in Cargills
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Cargills
Cargills controls 9 brands on Brandtree.
Other brands in grocery own brands, and who owns them
The 170 brands in grocery own brands on Brandtree belong to 55 owners. The largest is Cencosud, with 12.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bretas | Cencosud | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Lucerne | Albertsons | 🇺🇸 United States |
| City Gross | Axfood | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Chalo | Empire | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Checkers | Shoprite Group | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Amanhecer | Jerónimo Martins | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
| K-Citymarket | Kesko | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Farmer's Market | Loblaw | 🇨🇦 Canada |
About the owner: Cargills
Cargills is a publicly listed company headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, founded in 1844. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as CSE: CARG.N0000.
Cargills is Sri Lanka's largest food company, which began in 1844 as a general warehouse, import and wholesale business and until 1983 ran only four upmarket department stores. It now spans supermarkets, dairy, beverages, processed meats, confectionery and restaurants, and reported group revenue of Rs. 272.7 billion and profit after tax of Rs. 10.8 billion for the year ended 31 March 2026. Its distinguishing feature is the agricultural supply chain it built after 1999, buying fruit and vegetables directly from smallholders through collection centres rather than through middlemen, which makes it the single largest collector of produce in the country.
🇱🇰 Cargills Food City and other Sri Lankan brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 60 brands that began in Sri Lanka. 1 of them (2%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Cargills Food City is not one of them.
- Causeway Paints — Asian Paints 🇮🇳
- Keells — Ceylon Cold Stores 🇱🇰
- Ambewela — Lanka Milk Foods 🇱🇰
- Atlas — Hemas 🇱🇰
- Bison — DCSL 🇱🇰
- Cinnamon Air — Saffron Aviation 🇱🇰
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Cargills Food City?
The parent company of Cargills Food City is Cargills, a publicly listed company headquartered in Sri Lanka.
Is Cargills Food City Sri Lankan?
Yes. Cargills Food City originated in Sri Lanka in 1983 and its owner, Cargills, is also headquartered in Sri Lanka.
Is Cargills Food City still owned by Cargills?
Yes. As of 23 September 2026, Cargills Food City is still owned by Cargills. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Cargills (Ceylon) PLC Integrated Annual Report 2025/26 — Cargills (Ceylon) PLC, Annual report; retrieved 23 September 2026.
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