Money makers: popcorn in a cement mixer

It was while watching an episode of Top Gear that Cassandra Stavrou got the idea to give popcorn a bit of a shake-up.

817-Propercorn-1200

Cassandra Stavrou and Ryan Kohn are revolutionising popcorn

Cassandra Stavrou had a brainwave while watching TopGear. There was an item on the show where they would paintcars with a special spray kit that gives a fine mist, she tellsMatthew Caines in The Sunday Telegraph. Stavrou bought akit online and used it to spray her popcorn to ensure an evencoating of flavour. She came up with the idea for the productafter noticing the growing popularity of organic, healthiersnacks, but which tasted like cardboard. Popcorn was a tastyalternative and "everyone knows what it is".

Subscribe to MoneyWeek

Subscribe to MoneyWeek today and get your first six magazine issues absolutely FREE

Get 6 issues free
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/mw70aro6gl1676370748.jpg

Sign up to Money Morning

Don't miss the latest investment and personal finances news, market analysis, plus money-saving tips with our free twice-daily newsletter

Don't miss the latest investment and personal finances news, market analysis, plus money-saving tips with our free twice-daily newsletter

Sign up
Chris Carter
Wealth Editor, MoneyWeek

Chris Carter spent three glorious years reading English literature on the beautiful Welsh coast at Aberystwyth University. Graduating in 2005, he left for the University of York to specialise in Renaissance literature for his MA, before returning to his native Twickenham, in southwest London. He joined a Richmond-based recruitment company, where he worked with several clients, including the Queen’s bank, Coutts, as well as the super luxury, Dorchester-owned Coworth Park country house hotel, near Ascot in Berkshire.

Then, in 2011, Chris joined MoneyWeek. Initially working as part of the website production team, Chris soon rose to the lofty heights of wealth editor, overseeing MoneyWeek’s Spending It lifestyle section. Chris travels the globe in pursuit of his work, soaking up the local culture and sampling the very finest in cuisine, hotels and resorts for the magazine’s discerning readership. He also enjoys writing his fortnightly page on collectables, delving into the fascinating world of auctions and art, classic cars, coins, watches, wine and whisky investing.

You can follow Chris on Instagram.