YES Market Day Nelson 2025

YES Students: Please register to participate in the YES market day.  

Cost: $15 per stand.

You will need to supply your own trestle table, full length table cloth (fully disguise anything under the table) and if you have access to a gazebo it must be no bigger than 2.5 by 2.5 metres.  Food products should not be stored in boxes directly on the ground but be elevated off the ground.

If wet, we will postpone until the next weekend, Saturday 16 August.

On the day, there will be cash prizes for, Best Stand Presentation, Most Sustainable Business and Best Customer Interaction.

If you are a food producing YES company, please ensure you are following Food Safety guidelines, PMI outlines Safety Tips here, you need to use a certified commercial kitchen and while YES companies do not need to register to the National Safety Programme or have a registered approved food control plan, I encourage you to cast your eyes over the MPI food control plan template so you can manage your risks and form an informal plan outlined for your company where relevant. (this may be something your customers ask about, or Market organisers)

Your involvement at the YES Nelson Market Day is completely optional, please email Trina with your alternative plans for your company. 

How to sell at a market

It is not enough to just turn up to a market with your product! You must take time to plan your stall layout in advance.

Spend some time watching this Youtube video from iQualify https://youtu.be/X30DCBfaDVc YES TV - Going to Market (29 minutes, 30 seconds). In this episode of YES TV, we talk to Esther and Wendy who run the Wellington Underground Markets, to get some top tips on how to have a winning market stall and how to make the most of a market opportunity.

While you are watching the video, have a piece of paper or a device handy and make notes on the advice that they give. 

Register below.