Will you vote for the Ugly Food Shop?
Did you buy some 鈥楿gly Food鈥� at a 鈥榩opup shop in Bangor recently? Did you think it was a great business idea?
The highly popular venture, organised by 麻豆传媒高清版 students, has now reached the final 10 in a UK student competition.
Dan Taylor with one of the 鈥榮oup in a bag鈥� bags in the shop.
The 鈥楿gly Food Shop鈥� has been shortlisted for the 鈥榩opular vote鈥� round in the Santander Universities 60 Second Pitch competition.
The School of Psychology's Dan Taylor and Rhi Willmot, who together managed the Ugly Food Shop project are the only Welsh project to have made it to the top ten, so if you enjoyed Ugly Food, then give them your vote!
If you think the Ugly Food Shop was a great idea and a great start-up business, then show your support by going to or to cast your vote before May 27th. Voting will enable Santander Universities to select the winner who will receive business support and money to continue their project.
鈥楾he Ugly Foods Shop鈥� which was open during March, provided a new lease of life for fruit and vegetables rejected by supermarkets. The Shop also sold fruit smoothies and 鈥楽oup in a Bag鈥� ingredients. Backed up with a clever and appealing on- line social media strategy, the Pop-up Shop proved a tremendous success, and hopes to come back re- invigorated in the autumn!
Managed, by Dan and Rhi, the shop also provided valuable experiences for numerous students.
Lowri Owen from the Careers & Employability Service鈥檚 B- Enterprising project explains:
鈥溌槎勾礁咔灏� encourages its students to be entrepreneurial and consider the option of self-employment and starting their own business. While they may not all become involved in retail, taking part in this project provides them with a foretaste of running their own business and helps them to develop the employability skills required by employers.鈥�
鈥淚鈥檇 like to thank Bangor City Council for offering us the opportunity to use the pop-up shop,鈥� Lowri added.
Post-graduate student Dan commented:
"It has been inspiring to see all of the support that we received over the month of March, and the continued support now while the shop is closed. The opportunity to open the shop has opened our eyes as to how important it is to work together with the community in solving these current issues. The Santander Universities competition has helped us get our voice heard, and make a real change in what ugly really means."
Rhi Willmot said: "Developing The Ugly Foods Shop from dream to reality was a fantastic experience. It's been incredible to witness such an enthusiastic reaction from the Bangor community, and with more help we can continue to achieve great things in the name of ugly."
麻豆传媒高清版鈥檚 B-Enterprising programme behind the project is supported by funding from the Welsh Government鈥檚 North West Wales Hub which is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the Welsh Government to support delivery of the Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy (YES) for Wales.
Publication date: 19 May 2015