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Mikey Naylor, from Selby High School, had a great time this week when he and nine of his mates went to visit Xing, a smoothie company in Hull.

Having launched a competition to ask students to come up with a great name for a brand new smoothie, Mikey put forward the winning idea – ‘Yum yum, healthy tum’ giving him and his friends the chance to spend a day with the smoothie entrepreneurs.

Not only were the team able to ask questions about the company and how it all started they also got the chance to whiz up their very own tasty treats – our tummies are rumbling at the thought!

To add a further competitive element to the day, Xing asked the students to split into three groups and come up with new smoothie ideas, using their own ingredients. They were then asked to cost the products and put together a marketing plan as if it were their own business.

Xing has agreed to put each smoothie on sale for a day where they will find out for real which smoothie was the most popular and which one made the most money.

What a fantastic idea – watch this space for the results!

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