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French Toast Croissant
French Toast Croissant Prep time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 10 minutes Total time: 20 minutes Serves 2 people Ingredients 2 croissants 2 eggs 30 ml (2 Tbsp) milk 15 ml (1 Tbsp) butter Yoghurt, to serve Mixed

Looking for a convenience store?
Why is FreshStop the best pit stop? As a previous winner of the International Convenience Retailer of the Year, it isn’t surprising that you will find a FreshStop just about everywhere in South Africa, especially with what we have to

Christmas Ginger Biscuits
Ginger Biscuit Lights Prep time: 20 minutes Cooking time: None Total time: 20 minutes Makes 8-10 biscuits Ingredients 500 ml (2 cups) icing sugar, sifted 1 egg white 2.5 ml (1/2 tsp) water Green food colouring 200

Banana Santa Snack
Banana Santa Snack Prep time: 20 minutes Cooking time: None Total time: 20 minutes Makes 6 banana Santa snacks Ingredients 6 skewers 3 bananas, peeled and cut in half 6 strawberries, stem removed 3 large white marshmallows, cut
Watermelon Christmas Tree
Watermelon Christmas Tree Prep time: 15 minutes Cooking time: None Total time: 15 minutes Makes 10-12 trees Ingredients Quarter of a watermelon 80 g white chocolate, melted Method Cut the watermelon quarter in 1 cm slices, then
The 10 best “padkos” road trip snacks
Forget Ouma’s Scotch-eggs and soggy tuna sarmies. FreshStop has everything that you need to transform your traditional padkos recipes into something healthy, affordable, and more importantly… tasty! Whether you choose to park off on the side of the road for
FreshStop wraps up Survivor sponsorship
FreshStop’s sponsorship of Survivor South Africa that kicked off on 3 June was a great success! Survivor SA is an international hit and runaway success for M-Net and for the first time in the history of the show, it was
FreshStop Cookhouse driven by Women Power
In celebration of women, we speak to Sylvia Gaiser the retailer at FreshStop at Caltex Cookhouse in the Eastern Cape about her journey in the industry. Sylvia and her husband, Wolfgang, own and manage the site as another forecourt 30kms
Chris Abrahams nominated for Coffee Magazine Awards 2021
Chris Abrahams, FreshStop Coffee Brand Manager has been nominated for the Coffee Magazine Awards 2021, in the category of Barista Trainer of the Year. The nominations are awarded the very best Barista Trainers in the land. They teach and inspire,
Iced coffee with energy drink jelly cubes
Prep time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 2-3 minutes Setting time for Jelly: 2-3 hours or overnight (Serves 4) Ingredients: 500ml (2 cups) Monster energy Drink or 500ml (2 cups) Score Energy Drink 10 g gelatin powder 4x 250ml (4 cups) Original Ricoffy Iced Coffee Flake Chocolate, to garnish

Covid-19 Boosts Energy Drinks Market
The energy drinks market is projected to witness a compound annual growth rate of 9.12% in the next five years (2021-2026). And COVID-19 has surprisingly, been a catalyst for this growth. The pandemic did initially dent the industry with lockdowns

Celebrating 2 new Seattle Coffee Bars
Seattle Coffee Company, part of Food Lover’s Holdings welcomes 2 new stores. One in the refreshed Doncaster Motors outlet in Kenilworth, Cape Town, and a new outlet at Eikenhof in Johannesburg! After the renovation and upgrade to FreshStop Doncaster Road’s Seattle