Featured Case Studies

Coatbridge Burger Challenge

The pupils were challenged to design a healthy new burger suitable for sale in a local butcher shop and encouraged to explore the areas of; new product development, different cooking methods, nutrients in food, marketing and promotion and careers and job roles to support these activities in the industry.

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Image: Coatbridge Burger Challenge

Secret Sausages Marketing Challenge

Secondary school pupils were challenged to produce a marketing plan to make Secret Sausages a relevant and compelling healthy option for school children – both at school on the lunch menu and at home.

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Image: Secrete Sausage Business Challenge Final

Game on Warburtons Challenge

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Smoothie Challenge

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Image: The Smoothie Challenge: Market research

Tunnocks Biscuit Challenge

The Tunnocks Biscuit Challenge set pupils the task of developing a high energy snack suitable for an athlete participating in the Commonwealth Games.

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Image: Tunnocks Biscuit Challenge

The Story of a Fish

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Image: Tasting day at Crudie Primary School

North Lanarkshire Junior Dragon's Lair

An authority wide competition for all primary schools in North Lanarkshire was based on a similar format to the popular television programme “Dragons Den”.

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Milky Twist

Developing a partnership with Müller Wiseman Dairies, one of the largest dairy companies in the UK, was an ideal partnership that helped a class of pupils extend their knowledge and understanding of the food and drink industry “from farm to fork”.

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Image: Pupils visiting the dairy farm

Barnetts Biscuit Challenge

Local Artisan baker, Murray Barnett is passionate about his craft and keen to share his passion and enthusiasm for bakery with his local school. Through this passion he aims to promote the industry and encourage more young people to think about a future in the food industry.

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Image: Pupils during the product development process

Food Forensics

GSS set two classes of S2 the challenge of investigating a possible food contamination incident and reporting back to a “court”.

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Image: Springburn pupils visit the lab to find out what happens and the jobs available

Will it blend?

Pupils were tasked with working in teams to adopt key roles to develop a company with associated branding, make a range of smoothie products.

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Image: Will in Blend - pupils work

Tattie Tastic

Developing a partnership with Agrico Ltd., the Scottish based seed potato company was an ideal partnership that helped a class of pupils extend their knowledge and understanding of the food and drink industry “from farm to fork”.

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Image: Pupils harvesting their tatties and finding out how well they have grown in different conditions

Nairn's - The Story of an Oat

Nairn's had previously worked with their local primary schools to develop “The Story of an Oat' DVD in which pupils describe the growing cycle and production of oats from seed to oatcake.

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Video: Story of an Oat

Stag Bakeries Challenge

Stag Bakeries set 100 S2 pupils from five local schools on the Isle of Lewis an ambitious challenge to devise a new biscuit that would appeal to Stag Bakeries main customer base.

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Image: Back Junior Secondary School pupils

Coatbridge Baby Food

The partnership was an opportunity to provide practical and industry-led contextual learning for S5/6 pupils studying Higher Health and Food Technology.

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Image: Coatbridge Students creating a new baby food

Auchenblae - The 'Souper' Apprentice

Enterprise is a core part of the ethos at Auchenblae School. A Future in Food provided an opportunity to extend enterprise education into a wider industry context.

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Image: Apprentice winners

The Charcuterie Apprentice

Meat and sausage manufacturer Charcuterie teamed up with their local primary school to challenge around 50 primary seven pupils to set up their own companies and run a profitable business.

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Video: Team Talk

The Stoats Oat Bar Challenge

Pupils were challenged to a Dragons Den style challenge – creating a new product to fit in the Stoats range.

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Image: Stoats Oat Bar Challenge

Microbiology at work

S1 pupils were tasked by Devro to work in teams to investigate new product development, the science of food, food safety and hygiene and career opportunities and job skills.

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