17 Feb 2025

South Canterbury cafe offering free coffee for drivers

From Checkpoint, 4:22 pm on 17 February 2025

How about a free coffee as relief from the grind of a long roadie? But be warned the brew is instant and terms and conditions apply. It's the brain child of the Nosh Roadside Gourmet on State Highway 1 between Timaru and Dunedin. There's a lot of water cooler chatter about the price of coffee taking its own trip, north. But cafe owner Vicki Haran is offering a little something for nothing, she spoke to Lisa Owen.