“Who?” you ask, a puzzled crease upon your usually flawless brow, and we don’t blame you. Biscotti, you may recall, are those little Italian rusks you get gratis with your pricier cappuccino, but it is not they to which we now refer. Biscotti Biscuits, you see, are a bakery business owned by Bheki Zondo, an ex-engineer who acquired the concern in 2014 from its Italian owners, and they are the beneficiary of a R5million enterprise development loan and a R1.45million supplier development grant from Massmart who it seems are hellbent on doing the right thing by the emerging supplier. Biscotti now employ 70 staff and have added an extra shift to keep up with demand from their existing punters, who include Massmart, natch, but also Pick n Pay and SAA.
Comment: Excellent stuff. And while you’re here, do you mind if we have another one of those little rusky things? Seeing as they’re free…