Terrie Johnson - Company Director
Personal Profile
The photograph is of myself and Claire Bear at the opening of Thornton Hough tuck shop (Yes okay! I’m on the left!!). A lot of my schools, including Thornton Hough, donate the profits of their tuck shop to Claire House, a local children’s hospice:
Prior to setting up fruit to suit, I was a teacher and have taught all age ranges including special needs. I am a qualified aerobics instructor and have always had an interested in healthy eating. I have been married for eleven years and have two young children.
History of fruit to suit?
As a mum, I became frustrated at not being able to buy healthy snacks for my children. I thought if I was struggling to find healthy snacks then thousands of other mums were too. Due to media coverage, school dinners were becoming healthier but schools were still selling junk foods through their tuck shops!
As a teacher, I was working long hours and my children went to a before and after school club. I really wanted to work from home so I could spend more quality time with my children before they arrived at the age when they wanted nothing to do with me!!
Now, I have the satisfaction of making a difference to the health of the children nationwide as well as giving them invaluable business and enterprise skills. It still gives me a buzz when I go onto school playgrounds and see the children tucking into fruit to suit’s healthy snacks.
My business is flexible enough to allow me to take my children to school and pick them up every day. They can go to as many clubs as they want and regularly have friends for tea. There is no panic in the mornings when one of them is poorly, no more arguing about whose turn it is to take the day off to care for them!!