Success Stories: Bigfoot Spuds

Bigfoot Spuds and Eco-Friendly Promotional Products

Welcome to our monthly Spotlight on…’ where we highlight companies that have successfully partnered with Hotline.co.uk to elevate their brand awareness through effective promotional product strategies. This week, we’re thrilled to showcase a true gem: Bigfoot Spuds. Renowned for their mouth-watering homemade food, Bigfoot Spuds operates from their beloved spud shop in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. Be sure to check out their engaging content on TikTok and YouTube. Let’s dive deeper into their success story!  

Q1: Please tell us a bit about the history of Bigfoot Spuds? When did you open, and what inspired you to start the business?

We conceived the idea for Bigfoot Spuds back in 2019. Back then, it was Bigfoot Sandwiches, and we were in the process of renting a shop in Market Drayton, Shropshire. Unfortunately, we ran into difficulties with the landlord at the time, so before we even got off the ground, the idea collapsed. Fast forward a bit to the end of 2019, and we found another suitable premises, again in Market Drayton. We were well into negotiations on taking a lease, and just as we were about to sign on the dotted line, along came lockdown number one. So, we re-evaluated our options and decided that perhaps this wasn’t the best time to open a business in the hospitality sector. Once again, we were back to the drawing board.   During 2020, we waited and watched for the tide of the pandemic to shift and allow normal-ish life to resume. We kept our eyes on opportunities, but then at the end of 2020, Gaz got a cancer diagnosis, and everything changed. All focus shifted to his treatment and recovery, which took the majority of 2021, and after he was back on his feet, we re-evaluated a lot of things. We sold our house in Shropshire and almost all our worldly possessions, and with one small trailer, moved across the Irish Sea to Enniskillen, where after some time settling in, we started looking for a location.   Sandwiches seemed to have been fairly well covered in Enniskillen. It’s a really great town and has a fantastic food scene, but we needed to come up with something new, and after some time, we landed on jacket potatoes. We had created this fantastic branding previously, and it actually worked pretty well with the new business, so we went with it, and Bigfoot Spuds was born!