Innovation Competition
Business World in the Classroom Competition
INNOVATION Competition
Spring 2025 Contest
In order to grow and thrive, businesses need to constantly be thinking two steps ahead of today. What changes are happening in their industry? What do their customers want? How can they improve their business processes and procedures? How can they create a need?
The Wisconsin-based Kwik Trip Corporation is a terrific example of the importance of innovation. A leader in vertical integration, manufacturing and customer care, Kwik Trip has graciously partnered with the Wisconsin Business World Program to present our bi-annual Statewide Classroom Innovation Competition.
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INNOVATION Competition
Guidelines
Special thanks to our 2025 WMC Foundation Sponsors for their commitment to our events and programs throughout the year!
Who Can Enter
Students in grades 6-12. You may choose to enter individually, or in a group of no more than three students.
Task
Create a new product idea for the Kwik Trip Convenience Stores.
Entry Deadline
Submissions must be received by June 6, 2025 at 11:59pm.
Cash Prizes
The top three winning entries will each receive a $500 cash prize. If you enter as a team your prize will be split evenly among your entire group.
Project Details and Submission Requirements
- Watch the Kwik Trip Production video and submit your answers to the following questions on the Entry Form:
a) What are some Kwik Trip innovations you see in the video?
b) Who was the celebrity endorser of the new Fresh Blends Smoothie Machine?
c) Why is innovation important to the overall success of a business and to the satisfaction of its customers? - Upload a creative presentation featuring your new Kwik Trip product idea explaining why Kwik Trip should put it in their stores and why guests will purchase your idea. Pay close attention to and explain your target market, price point and marketing ideas in your presentation. Your project may be formatted in the manner that best showcases your ideas. Some examples include: video essays, video commercials, written essays (no longer than 1,000 words), a recorded sales pitch, a sales and marketing plan, or any combination of all or any of these ideas. Be creative in your presentations. And most of all, have fun INNOVATING!
- All entries must be submitted with provided release form signed by a legal parent or guardian of all participating students, including each student of a group.
Business World in the Classroom Competition
Fall 2024 Innovation Competition Winners
Bill Acceptor | Jack
Mount Horeb High School
Kwik Treats | Caleb
De Pere High School
Battery Vending Machine | Owen
Waunakee Middle School
Spring 2024 Innovation Competition Winners
KwikMix | Sachi
Grafton Senior High School
Kwik Trip Food Truck | Sophia
Logan High School
KwikCakes | Navaeh & Capri
Poynette School District
Fall 2023 Innovation Competition Winners
Boba Blast | Elliot
De Pere High School
Juice Machine | Brooklyn
Milton High School
The Kwik Trip Cookbook | Liam
Preble High School
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