Toppits Foods Ltd

20111897: Saul PillemerSaul Pillemer leaves Riga, Latvia, at the age of 15 with eight gold coins stitched into his pocket destined for Canada, seeking opportunity. When Saul arrives in England to begin his journey overseas, with his limited grasp of the English language he mistakes Cape Town for Canada and boards a ship to South Africa. After arriving in Cape Town, Saul soon travels to Johannesburg, which is experiencing a boom due to the recent discovery of gold. Resourceful and creative, he buys a dozen eggs and resells them individually to turn a profit; he does this several times a day, and eventually diversifies beyond eggs.1899: Saul's Big BreakSaul's big break comes when he secures a contract to sell potatoes to the Johannesburg General Hospital, and S. Pillemer (Pty.) Ltd.