Shop for our lactose free and vegan friendly scoops here:
Jackson’s in Kyalami and Bryanston
Thrupps in Illovo
The Pantry in Rosebank
Kaylee’s in Bedfordview
KZN:
Homegrown Ballito
Walk-in
Riversands Incubation Hun unit 65
Then vs Now
“So much has happened in the past 5 years, for the business it’s 4 years really but personally growing with Yococo has been the biggest gift.” -Sine
How it started How it’s going
I started Yococo at 23 in order to serve my purpose of serving love and I had an idea of what that meant and how to go about it BUT as I’m growing I’m understanding more what that means. Thank you to you all for growing with me♥️
5 years ago-
Mom: maybe this is a hobby please get a job.
Yesterday,
Mom: I’m so proud of you I see what you are doing.
Basically it looks like a mess for a long time but it will come together bit by bit. You keep your vision clear to yourself most importantly.
We are so proud of
@NativeNosi
for opening their beautiful shop♥️ although we don’t use honey in our ice cream we appreciate them opening up their space to other small businesses. From Monday we will be doing a pop up! See you there. Address in next tweet.
Straight from the farm! We got some organic pomegranates from Organico Farm and made a jam for this flavor. We are sending these to our new stockist in Craighall today.
5 years ago today I registered Yococo and then sat with analysis paralysis for the next 4 months.
Since then we’ve interacted with more than 10k of you, been on the M&G Top 200, gone to Amsterdam with Investec, moved out of the apartment kitchen & supply stores. What a RIDE!
Here is a pricelist for our cakesicles(cake on a stick shaped like a popsicle and coated with chocolate) perfect for birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, dates or just a cake type of day!
Just because you can't have dairy or eggs doesn't mean you can't enjoy delicious treats!
Seeing our product on the shelf finally felt so overwhelmingly good!! It’s not easy to grow sometimes and be at the places you want to be but through patience, persistence and prayer things eventually materialize.
Now serving love at Jackson’s in Bryanston ❤️🌞
How it started vs how it’s going
This time last year we got nominated as the businesses to enter the
@Momentum_za
#BudgetSpeech
competition and it really elevated things especially during a pandemic. Growth doesn’t happen overnight.
#AdviceForSuccess
Its our second year birthday this month!!!! 24 month of ice cream making and business!
Entrepreneurship is tough but also really fun.
We are doing a dance challenge to celebrate.
Hey Yococo Lovers. As you know SMMEs are going thru it, so we need your support in kickstarting the 2nd 1/2 of 2023!
We need 20 orders (min R300 each order) of our delicious ice creams to get some stock & serve scoops of love. Please use this
@Yoco_ZA
link
We have such exciting news. So remember when some of you urged us to enter the Investec Food and Beverage trip to Amsterdam? We did and we are happy to say we made it!
We leave tonight!
The rest of the team will be at
@HMC_Fair
at Hyde Park 💃🏽💃🏽
Its been SO hard keeping quiet about this! We are collaborating with
@LesDaChef
on a few projects, we will announce each as they happen. Magic loading💕
@mihlalii_n
We are a dairy-free ice cream brand and our stockists are: Farm Table in Linden, Jackson’s in Kyalami and Bryanston, Thrupps in Illovo and the Fussy Vegan in Blairgowrie. We do private events and markets too.
We are so happy to announce the fact that you can now find Yococo at Jackson’s in Bryanston.
Thank you for asking for our product because it makes it that much easier to convince places. You make things so much better, thank you!! Let’s get it off the shelf😱☺️
Thank you to all of you for helping us to get our first food parcels for 10 child headed homes and homes with people with disabilities!! We used the money from last week and also contributed. We are still continuing, we really appreciate your contribution as well!!♥️♥️
Today is our founder’s birthday!
“Iv never lasted at a job for more than 3 months let alone 5 years!! Yococo has been such a wild fun ride, it’s been the most fulfilling work to date. 5 years goes by so fast when you are making ice cream!” We are launching something today!💃🏽💃🏽
The magic is all in the journey and the process it takes to become what you envision for yourself.
We have been at it for almost 4 years and we haven’t “arrived” and probably never will because it’s about growth and learning and that never stops.
Thank you for being here!!♥️
Late rent, late salaries and sometimes no money for either has become a reality for a lot of us small businesses since the pandemic. We just want to say to all the small businesses you are not alone!!
Trying to make ends meet while showing up as your best is no easy feat.
Started from an apartment and now we are here! 😭
Feels so surreal, this is just a behind the scenes. Too excited to jot share the progress with you all.
Today marks one year since TK joined the team! Finding the right team is not easy especially as a small business.
Thank you for staying, you add value❤️
Small businesses are suffering here! If we can’t keep our ice cream frozen our stockists also can’t have us deliver to them because they also don’t have power.
For a lot of small businesses things have changed so much due to the pandemic including us so we would like to say thank you for everytime you spend your money on a small business.♥️🙏🏾
TULIPS ARE HERE!!
We are partnering up with
@dipalesa_flowas
for Mother's Day.
Get 10 tulips with a 500ml tub of Yococo for R200 and have it delivered for Mother's Day. (Delivery excl.)
Orders on: info
@yococo
.co.za
Make Mother's Day extra sweet.
We do deliveries in and around JHB and Pretoria. Our 500ml tubs are R110 for more than one its R100. Delivery is R20 per 10km from Caldswald, Midrand. Our flavours change often we post them. We are also at
@Selinafarmfresh
and Farm Table in Linden. To order please look at bio. 🌈
We are so happy to have made it into the list
@mailandguardian
with the other amazing entrepreneurs in our category!
@Zamantungwa_K
says she is obsessed with Yococo😊🍦
So grateful to be heard and seen in this way. Here is to serving more love.
#MG200Young
We met
@sindivanzyl
with the cocos(
@thandeeeka
and Ayanda) last night and delivered some Yococo. Thank you so much for making us a part of your birthday❤
We are working with Ster-Kinekor to bring you something from Yococo to celebrate Black Panther. We will be serving love in a special flavour on the opening night. Find us at Ster-Kinekor Eastgate on the 16th February 2017.
Look what arrived today!! We are going to make ice cream from a cookbook written by someone we know and can relate to, it feels even more personal. Thank you
@LesDaChef
.
We like our beets in ice cream form! (Vegan friendly)
This is our Beetroot Chocolate to remind you of your STRENGTH.
Affirmation: I am strong and I’ve got this. I am fully present in this moment.
Did you know?
We use biodegradable materials from our cups to spoons,you might have seen at our markets the packaging we use. We try by all means to choose wisely.
Our new packaging is made from
polylactic Acid (PLA) which is also biodegradable and compostable.
Here is the link to the article on
@mailandguardian
for
#MG200Young
2019.
We are absolutely honored and thank you to the people who contributed to us making the list and here is to serving more scoops of love and growth.
Sinenhlanhla Ndlela
Before we launch our new tubs we want to achieve this goal first! During this pandemic a lot of families have been affected and we want to do our part for child headed homes and homes with people with disabilities. If you would love to get love scoops:
Cape Town!!! We are looking for new Cocos!
Do you love ice cream? Do you like people? Most importantly do you see yourself at Yococo? Drop us a cover letter and cv to info
@Yococo
.co.za
Dr Sindi helped us with our first ever survey and she created a space for us on her birthday and she was always ready to help! We are sending our love and prayers to the family what an impact she had on everyone. We are so grateful to have felt her love.
We are launching this Friday!
As you know we loosely base our flavors on the 7 chakras and the food you need to eat to support your different chakras. Our intention with Yococo is always love. On top of that we now have characters for the different chakras😍!! What do you think??
Three years ago today we were a team of two just a friend helping a friend start her business. We went to our first “interview” to be part of a market and we started trading a few days after. 3 years later we are a completely different team and we’ve grown so much personally.
The past year has had its challenges and a lot to celebrate too. Business will ask you to step up and step up AGAIN. Sometimes there won't be money to move forward and sometimes there won't be energy. We are just dreamers and serving love is our mandate. We keep going. ❤