My home delivery list in Colombo

Current home delivery price list with Oct’2007 prices in brackets

Rice from my paddy fields in Minneriya
Rosa samba kekulu per kg Rs75/- (50/-)
Rosa kekulu per kg Rs75/- (50/-)
Sudu samba kekulu per kg Rs 75/- (50/-)

Regular supplies in stock

Fresh milk from my cows per bot Rs 70/- (50/-)
White coconut oil- my nuts per bot 250/- (200/-)
King Coconut oil – qtr bottle 100/- (100/-)
Rotawewa Forest Bees Honey per bot 750/- (650/-)
Rotawewa Forest Bees Honey qtr bot 200/- (175/-)
King Coconuts each sold per bunch 18/- (15/-)
Coconuts each 30/- (27/-)

Fresh Leaves plucked in the morning
Prices per bunch
Gotukola 30/-(25/-)
Mukunuwenna 30/-(25/-)
Kathurumurunga 30/-(15/-)
Thampala 30/-(20/-)
Rampe/Karapincha30/-(10/-)
Kankun 30/-(20/-)
Gus Nivithi 30/-(20/-)
Kalawampala 30/-(20/-)
Val penela 30/-(20/-)
Monarakudumbi 30/-(20/-)

From beneath the surface

Manioc per kg 50/-(40/-)
Hingurala per 500g40/-(40/-)
Kiri Ala per 500g 40/-(40/-)
Bathala per 500g 40/-(30/-)
Lanka Ala 500g 40/-(40/-)
Del / Polos ea 60/-(50/-)
Kehel Muwa ea 30/-(15/-)
Dambala 250g 25/-(15/-)

Vegetables(priced per 500g)

Tomato 75/-(60/-)
Aubergine 50/-(50/-)
Thalana Batu 50/-(40/-)
Karavila 50/-(40/-)
Watakolu 40/-(30/-)
Bandakka 40/-(50/-)
Makaral 40/-(50/-)
Alu Kehel 40/-(30/-)
Pathola 40/-(30/-)
Cucumber each 40/-(25/-)
Pumpkin qtr 40/-(30/-)

Green Chillies 40/-(20/-) per 100g
Capsicum 50/-(40/-) per 250g
Ginger 30/-(20/- per 100g
Garlic 30/- per 200g
Red onions 70/- per 500g
Big Onions 75/- per 1kg

Fruit

Papaya ( yellow local variety) 60/-(60/-) kg
Ambul Kehel 60/-(60/-) kg
Seeni Kehel 60/-(60/-) kg
Ambun 12/-(12/-) ea
Kolikuttu 10/-(10/-) ea
Lime 40/-(40/-) 500g

I usually have the above all the time and those I don’t grow or collect from neighbors, I buy from the Meegoda Economic zone for my shop and accordingly make it available to my home delivery customers as well. Other items delivered in season include, murunga, thibbatu, kekiri, free range eggs, kola lunu, forest oranges, mango, pineapple and corn on the cob.

They are all very competitively priced and certainly less than Food City in most cases, so with home delivery thrown in it is me, and not the customer who is the loser in this venture and no wonder there is no else in the country doing this service, as it takes too much risk for too little reward.