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“I tasted cappuccino for the very first time and that’s when I fell in love with coffee,” he says, although the high caffeine content kept him up for four days. “I used to drink instant coffee, [...]

An article by dietitians, Shelly Meltzer & Associates With race day now approaching it is time to get your race day nutrition plan into gear; To determine your race nutrition strategies [...]

An article by Lina Ufimtseva Lina approached us asking to write a series of articles on waste reduction, a topic she feels really strongly about. Her focus is telling the story about “the [...]

A huge thank you to FLM for the generosity in supporting the firefighters in tackling the recent blaze in Gauteng.   The Earth Lovers team were recently approached to assist with a donation [...]

On 8 June, staff from FLM Bruma store visited the Salvation Army’s Strathyre Home for Girls. When they got there, they were given a warm welcome by the girls through prayer and song. We started [...]

NOTE: big Buy Sava has been cancelled. Thank you for buying a Big Buy Sava voucher Due to a lack of demand we will terminate the voucher service as soon as all vouchers are redeemed To thank you [...]

Today, on World Environment Day (05 June 2018), Food Lover’s Market is saying ‘no’ to plastic straws. The fresh produce retailer is launching the Withdraw The Straw campaign and will be rolling [...]

The partnership between the Westlake United Church Trust and the Tokai Food Lovers Market store came through an introduction from another of our CSI partners. Collaboration was the beginning and [...]

Food Lovers Market in Willowbridge has been a proud supporter of the Durbanville Children’s Home since 2016.  Every week, the store contributes fresh produce which goes towards filling 144 young [...]

Our Earth Lovers team have been working closely with Zero Waste Journey In SA to reduce plastic in our stores. Food Lover’s Market has unofficially been a great place to shop for those that [...]

All information correct at time of going to print.  On 30 January, 2018 two representatives from the City of Cape Town met with  Food Lover’s Market’s Head of Sustainability – Andrew [...]

All information correct at time of going to print.  On 30 January, 2018 two representatives from the City of Cape Town met with  Food Lover’s Market’s Head of Sustainability – Andrew [...]

Food Lover’s Market is working to not only reduce our footprint in our stores and offices but also to help spread the City’s message through all of our channels, to help get everyone on board to [...]

Armed with 2L coke bottles (to use in a water-saving planting method), old cardboard (to repurpose as mulch) and sunscreen, our planter team headed off to Thlakanang Primary School in Tembisa. [...]

Anita Morar started the farming business shortly after moving to the smallholding in 1994. Initially, they had no plans for intensive farming but it seems the seeds were sown… Anita grew [...]

On 13 September, Food Lover’s Market was delighted to be able to sponsor the African Climate Reality Project’s screening of the latest Al Gore documentary, “An Inconvenient Sequel” at Ster [...]

Raquel, Manager of Food Lover’s Market Tokai, pages through the Food & Entertainment Women s’ Day leaflet (that week’s printed leaflet to customers full of recipes and great deals) and [...]

To Celebrate Women’s Day, we spoke to South African female director, Shaneen Coppin. Shaneen serves as a non-executive director at Fruit and Veg Holdings, the holding company of Food [...]

Over 280000 meals will be delivered to hungry people, thanks to you, our customers! A huge thank you from Food Lover’s Market and Tru-Cape Apples to all our customers for the support during our [...]

A huge thank you to all our stores who played such a huge part in the success of the Food Lover’s Market Mandela Day campaign, where we contributed by distributing meals to a number of [...]

Food Lover’s Market is proud is bring a number of smallholder farms into our supply chain. This is vital to improving the livelihood of smallholder farmers, securing the future supply of crops [...]

At Food Lover’s Market, we love food. Everything about it, including the way it’s grown. And we love people. When you combine growing food with giving people a hand out of poverty, our love knows [...]

Food Lover’s Market, though Earth Lovers, has partnered with Reel Gardening, an incredible South African social enterprise helping to reconnect people with food. The Reel Gardening Planting [...]