Wider Horizons asked Parker Wood and Riley Anderson (Business Administration, 2012), 
owners of a portable pork pit that travelled to 15 venues last summer, to share a word or two on the savoury and stimulating aspects of building your own small business. Wood and Anderson took advantage of the college’s 2+2 agreements and are adding to their two-year diplomas with four-year degrees at the University of Lethbridge. Anderson took a break from his studies to answer the questions below.
First off – why a “Pork Pit”? We wanted a business that could be profitable in just one summer.
Favourite item on your menu? Definitely the pulled pork sandwich.
What was the best part about operating your own business? Having absolutely no idea what the next day would bring.
What’s the most unusual sight you saw last summer? Real jousting, sword fighting, people on stilts and people ordering food in old English at the Brooks medieval fair.
Did you draw on any lessons learned at Lethbridge College to make your business a success? We used something from all of our classes. Our college experience gave us the drive and motivation to think outside of the box, and the confidence to get active and make an idea into a reality.
Last question – and most important – bacon or sausage? Bacon-wrapped sausages…put it on a skewer with pineapple, caramelize it with brown sugar…mmmmm.
