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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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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   

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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

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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

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