July at Kitchen Table Projects

Wow...is it August already?! Last month our feet didn’t seem to touch the ground! We were lucky enough to attend a really useful New Product Development conference hosted by Roythornes, wrote about our favourite Independent London Delis, celebrated Independents' Day tested some tasty new products from our Amazing Artisans, and met loads of inspiring people, too. In fact, our Amazing Artisan page on the website  is starting to look pretty busy. It’s home to all the amazing producers that we’ve interviewed and is bursting with loads of great startup stories and foodie adventures.

Alongside our Amazing Artisans feature, we’ve also been speaking to some food industry professionals who have lent us (and you) their thoughts on the ever-changing food world. In our Industry Insiders feature, we talk to people with a wealth of experience in various areas, from branding and marketing to people who have set up their own successful business from scratch. Whatever area they specialise in, we believe that what they’ve got to say is incredibly important and it’s always useful to learn from other people’s experiences.

We've also spent the past month doing lots of research into the shopping habits of the foodie world. We’ve been talking to people about where they like to buy their food, what they like to eat and, most importantly, what they’d like to see on their high streets and what their dream food hub would look like. Last week we started to take a good look at your responses to our questionnaire and discovered some really interesting trends. Contrary to the popular opinion that the high street is dying, you guys interestingly told us that you love the high street and would love to see it filled with more independent retailers. This is great news for us - we love everything independent and would love to see more indies on the high street. But don’t take our word for it, have a look at our results and tell us what you think! Do you agree? Do think that high street retail retail is ready for a revival, or is all your shopping done online? We’d still love to hear all your thoughts - please take a few moments of your time to help a fellow foodie and fill out our online survey.

We’re already looking forward to August and all the exciting things we’ve got planned - watch this space! And as always, you can find us tweeting away @KitchTablePro, or on Facebook, too.