Summary

I started collecting my information by elaborating on my first idea, which was to have a fruit stand called Fruit Cups. I looked up pictures of "fruit kiosks" and found some ideas I thought would best suit my food stand. Additionally, I downloaded a map of High Point and designated two spots where I wanted my food stand to go. I had to base the placing of my food stand off of where students and staff come and go and what rooms it would be close to as well. The idea I am leaning towards is to have the food stand be in the front school. Even though students are down towards the West Gym after school, the front of the schools always has students, staff, and athletes walking by all hours of the day. Considering this, it would be a perfect spot to have a food stand. After I found some pictures of food stand ideas, I needed to figure out where exactly in the front of the school I wanted my food stand. I went down to the front of the school and took pictures of a few different areas I thought my food stand would best be suited. An idea I had was to possibly have my food stand outside, but there were a lot of flaws in that idea. It would not be good to have a food stand outside in the winter, and the bugs would be very attracted to the fruit. Considering this I decided to stick with the idea of having the fruit stand stay inside. I also had to worry about interfering with the School Store and the Cafeteria. Because the fruit stand would be open from the morning till 5:30 (last bus), business will always be flowing through because of the location of the food stand.
The last thing I had to do was start thinking about how I wanted my food stand to look and how I wanted to display the food. I got inspiration from a few pictures that helped me begin sketching ideas for what my food stand would like. I also got some inspiration on how to display my food. Some cool ideas I found were to have side tables, a circular display on the front table, etc. Overall, all of these things helped me begin sketching my fruit stand and coming up with one main idea.