Pegasus Post: September 10, 2019

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Successful slant on popcorn
• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding
FOUR LINWOOD College
students have made their mark
in the popcorn business after
being recognised in a regional
enterprise competition.
PopCoin was named the winner
of the Canterbury Young
Enterprise Product launch recently,
which was sponsored by
Ara Institute of Canterbury.
The business, which creates
freshly flavoured popcorn was
founded by year 13 students –
Riccarton’s Eileen Prasad and
Arnie Ferreras, New Brighton’s
Tara Blackmore and Redcliff’s
Meghan Kerr.
The idea was formed
after the students took part
in the national Young Enterprise
scheme – a programme
aimed to inspire young people
to become involved in business.
As part of the scheme, their
challenge was to create a business
idea. The students were
debating between a salad bowl
or popcorn.
After undertaking research,
the students found there was a
demand for popcorn.
The students receive full profit
from the business and have
made $100 in the four months it
has been running stalls for.
They run stalls at ARA, New
Brighton Seaside Market, The
Riccarton Sunday Market and
will be selling at Turanga on
September 15.
The flavours the students
have created include savoury
herb and cheese, salted caramel,
chocolate popcorn and caramel
banana.
“We as a group have got a lot
of interest in making food so
we used our own knowledge
and came up with the flavours,”
Eileen said.
Eileen, the mastermind behind
the flavours, was last year’s
winner of the National Secondary
School Culinary Challenge.
She is hoping to go into the
hospitality industry either as a
chef or management position
or study business at Canterbury
University.
Each student plays an
important role in the
business with Arnie as the
finance manager, Tara as the
INNOVATIVE:
Linwood
College
students Tara
Blackmore,
Eileen Prasad
and Arnie
Ferreras’
business
PopCoin
has been
recognised
in a regional
enterprise
competition. ​
communication and marketing
manager and Meghan as the
production manager.
Social studies teacher Richard
Jolly said the product has been
so well-crafted they have sold
out every time they have gone
to market. The quirky name for
the business emerged after the
students were joking around
about the term “popcoin” which
featured in a children’s cartoon
called The Big Lez Show.
In Brief
FLOODING PROBLEM
Concerns have been raised
about flooding at the Fred Price
Courts car park on Palmers Rd
in New Brighton. The Coastal-
Burwood Community Board
has asked city council staff to
investigate how the water level
can be reduced in the housing
complex car park.
BIN MAY BE KEPT
The North Beach Residents’
Association has met with
Coastal-Burwood Community
Board members and city council
staff to discuss keeping a
rubbish bin at the North Beach
car park. The association has
previously raised concerns about
the board’s request for all the
rubbish bins there to be replaced
by seagull-proof Big Belly Bins.
NAME CHANGE
The Northshore Residents’
Association has changed its
name to the Waimairi Beach
Residents’ Association. The
Coastal-Burwood Community
Board was advised of this at a
meeting last week.
FLYING FOX
City council staff have been
asked to investigate replacing
or repairing the flying fox
at Thomson Park, New
Brighton, so it can be made the
appropriate height and width.
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