Our History
The A S R Group of Companies is not an Organization which sprung on roses. It had its own harder beginning and tales of hardships. A man from the South of Sri Lanka ventured to take on new challenges in the big city of Colombo.
From humble beginnings, originally started in 1983 late Mr.Anura Palihapitiya as a food supplier to the Sri Lankan government and other non-government organizations, sourced food items directly from domestic farmers, stored them in rented warehouses and cold rooms and drove the supplies himself to the Army Camps. The unique feature here was his helping the farmer from whom he made purchases directly without the intervention of a middle man by passing the benefit to the farmer.
From being that humble supplier of food items, today the enterprise he pioneered has grown to be a large Group with subsidiary Companies spanning construction to agriculture. The Group has evolved into a family concern of a conglomerate with a strong commitment towards its suppliers and partners, i.e., the Sri Lankan Government, multinational Corporations, and countless small and medium scale private enterprises.
