The Skhaftin Bus is a mobile grocery store that aims to provide low-cost food and promote plastic-free shopping. The bus is currently on day one of the first leg of its trip through SA – from Johannesburg to Cape Town – aiming to spread awareness of the...
, the idea behind Shkaftin is that it doesn’t matter what container you bring, it doesn’t have to be a console jar, it can be a yogurt tub, ice cream carton – or a lunch box.
After three months of renovations – stripping back the carpets, seats and even floorboards and installing counters on either side with metal containers for the non-perishable items –Shoppers enter through the front door with their container, jar or ‘skhaftin’ from home, and dish the oats, beans, spices, legumes or cereal they want. It then gets weighed and rung up.
It’s low cost because you aren’t paying for packaging – and you get to choose the quantity you want to buy . It’s educational – its mobile nature means it’s possible to inspire others to start something like this.of Lorentzville, Troyeville and Bertrams in the inner city of Johannesburg in 2021, but it is now being donated to Kannemeyer Primary School in Grassy Park, Cape Town.
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