CAA warns public to report overpriced food at bus stop restaurants

The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has urged the public to report restaurants selling food and beverages above the stated prices at stops where long-distance buses halt for tea. Complaints can be submitted through the CAA’s “1977” SMS service

The notice comes after a complaint about overpriced items, including water bottles, at a restaurant in the Bendaluwa-Parakaduwa area. 

Following an inspection, officers from the Ratnapura District branch of the CAA produced the restaurant owner before the Ratnapura Magistrate’s Court, which imposed a fine of Rs. 100,000.