Tesco ready meal
A teenager working with Tesco on work experience impressed the retail giant so much that it decided to commercialise his ready meal idea in October.
The 15-year old, Matthew Lilley, devised an idea for a beef and tomato wedge Home Back ready meal with bolognaise sauce on the first day of his two-week placement at Tesco’s Cheshunt head office in March.
Lilley worked alongside the retail giant to develop his idea, which appeared on Tesco’s shelves in October.
A spokeswoman from Tesco told FoodManufacture.co.uk: “Matthew brought lots of energy and ideas with him, and it was great that we could turn those ideas into a finished product.”