Academy pupils' special salad goes on sale at M&S
10 June-
The winning team from Bo’ness Academy – L-R - Gemma Angus, Ross Nimmo, Fraser Wilson and Louise Murray in front of their new salad range
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Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning Fiona Hyslop with Ross Nimmo, 12, from Bo’ness Academy at M&S
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Fiona Hyslop with Ross Nimmo
Salad was definitely on the menu for S1 pupils from Bo'ness Academy this week, as they first in line this week to buy a brand new Marks & Spencer salad - designed by the pupils themselves!
The Fruity Fiesta Salad, which was created by a winning team of four students from the school - Gemma Angus, Louise Murray, Fraser Wilson and Ross Nimmo.
The pupils created the salad as part of a project with Bo'ness-based Caledonian Produce, one of M&S' suppliers, and Determined to Succeed, the Scottish Government's strategy to encourage enterprise in education. They were challenged to create a brand new, healthy side salad which would appeal to younger customers.
The winning team, three runner-up teams and Fiona Hyslop MSP got an exclusive preview of the product at M&S at The Gyle centre, before it went on sale to the public in stores across Scotland on Wednesday 10th June.
The pupils spent 12 weeks designing the Fruity Fiesta Salad - including everything from coming up with ingredients and a name for the product, to designing the packaging and calculating a suitable retail price.
Ross Nimmo, one of the pupils on the winning team, said: "It was really exciting to have our salad chosen as the winner and it's brilliant to think that people across Scotland can buy our Fruity Fiesta Salad.
"It was nerve-wracking pitching to the judging panel and team at Marks & Spencer, but we worked very hard to come up with the salad and are really proud of the final product."
The Fruity Fiesta Salad will be priced at £1.99, with 10% of all revenue from the product being donated to Bo'ness Academy. The salad is made up of a mix of wild rice and fluffed rice with peppers, carrot and mango with a sweet chilli dressing.
Have you tried the Fruity Fiesta Salad? What do you think? What other Bo'ness dishes should be on sale across Scotland? Let everyone know - comment on s1boness
The Fruity Fiesta Salad, which was created by a winning team of four students from the school - Gemma Angus, Louise Murray, Fraser Wilson and Ross Nimmo.
The pupils created the salad as part of a project with Bo'ness-based Caledonian Produce, one of M&S' suppliers, and Determined to Succeed, the Scottish Government's strategy to encourage enterprise in education. They were challenged to create a brand new, healthy side salad which would appeal to younger customers.
The winning team, three runner-up teams and Fiona Hyslop MSP got an exclusive preview of the product at M&S at The Gyle centre, before it went on sale to the public in stores across Scotland on Wednesday 10th June.
The pupils spent 12 weeks designing the Fruity Fiesta Salad - including everything from coming up with ingredients and a name for the product, to designing the packaging and calculating a suitable retail price.
Ross Nimmo, one of the pupils on the winning team, said: "It was really exciting to have our salad chosen as the winner and it's brilliant to think that people across Scotland can buy our Fruity Fiesta Salad.
"It was nerve-wracking pitching to the judging panel and team at Marks & Spencer, but we worked very hard to come up with the salad and are really proud of the final product."
The Fruity Fiesta Salad will be priced at £1.99, with 10% of all revenue from the product being donated to Bo'ness Academy. The salad is made up of a mix of wild rice and fluffed rice with peppers, carrot and mango with a sweet chilli dressing.
Have you tried the Fruity Fiesta Salad? What do you think? What other Bo'ness dishes should be on sale across Scotland? Let everyone know - comment on s1boness
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