Exhibit 23.1

               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


     We  have  issued  our  report  dated  March  23,  2001,   accompanying  the
consolidated financial statements included in the annual report of FFP Partners,
L.P. on Form 10-K for the years  ended  December  31,  2000 and 1999.  We hereby
consent to the  incorporation  by reference  of said report in the  registration
statement of FFP Partners, L.P. on Form S-8 (File No. 33-73170).


                                          Grant Thornton LLP

Dallas, Texas
April 2, 2001