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Setting Up
A Fruit Tuck Shop | Getting Started on a Junior
Farmers Market | A Children's Debate on Farmers
Markets | Curriculum Links
SETTING
UP A FRUIT TUCK SHOP
(Based on the Stroud pilot
scheme as initiated by the Stroud and Mid-Glos Education Business
Partnership)
In the Stroud scheme,
Fruit tuck Shops (FTS), initially ran on Wednesdays.
(It was agreed to start small, one day per week to see how it worked
out).
A delivery was arranged
with a local wholesaler, between 8.30am and 10.00am in time for
the school break.
Small Cox’s apples,
Satsumas and grapes which all retailed at 10p (10p for 10 grapes),
and bananas for 15p, were identified as the most popular fruits
to sell.
The orders were faxed
through on a Friday and usually the quantities were rounded up to
the nearest 10.
Invoices were sent weekly,
brought with the order, and the schools paid these.
The Stroud EBP paid for the first two weeks to give the schools
a ‘float’.
Schools in the pilot did
some market research and took orders to ascertain demand, but once
the scheme settled down, they were able to place a regular order
each week with little or no waste (staff being prepared to buy any
surplus).
The fruit was very fresh
and of a good quality as the ‘middleman’, the supermarket
had been cut out of the chain, hence the very good value. Teachers
and parents are now buying from the schools.
Grapes have to be washed,
which although a chore, they are so popular, that schools have continued
to sell them.
All schools informed parents
by either by pupil or teacher letter.
In some schools, the Y6
ran the whole business as a mini-enterprise so that pupils took
the orders, faxed them through, sol the produce, kept the books
etc.
Some schools kept a ‘Food
Diary’ before starting the project to give them a basis for
evaluation.
Resources for
download:
GETTING
STARTED on a JUNIORS FARMERS’ MARKET
- Check out where your local Farmers’ Market is
- Talk to your Market Organiser
- Talk to stall holders
- Find out who to contact (look on Farmers’ Market website)
- Look for a gap in the market
- Brainstorm ideas with class
- Contact EBP (Educational Business Partnership) in local area
- Are there any businesses can help you and would welcome contact
with children(good for publicity)
- Write to local businesses
- Could they help with funding (go armed with lots of ideas)
- Try and enlist the help of parents and governors
Downloads:
A
Children's Debate on Farmers Markets
2 large groups of Y6 children
visited the local Farmers’ Market and Waitrose, the closest
supermarket.
They interviewed the staff,
manager, and shoppers at Waitrose, as well as looking at the layout
of the store, pricing, value for money, convenience, parking, variety
of goods available and cleanliness.
When visiting the Farmers’
Market, they interviewed Claire Gerbrands, the organiser of the
Market, and Manager of the Made In Stroud Shop. They interviewed
stall holders, shoppers, farmers and the producers.
Their findings generated
much discussion and armed with their considerable knowledge and
insight, the children were well prepared for the Debate; organised
by Carol Endacott of the Stroud and Mid-Glos. Education Business
Partnership and held in the local Council Offices, chaired by Robert
Rees, chef and Food Standards Agency representative.
A lively debate ensued
and CLICK HERE
for their findings.
Curriculum
Links
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