The Future of Eating? How Social Media affects our Enjoyment of Food Social Media has changed how we buy, cook & enjoy food Mission/Aim: How can we help you to enjoy food more? Mecca Ibrahim Head of Social Media Great British Chefs
Dec 20, 2014
The Future of Eating?How Social Media affectsour Enjoyment of Food
Social Media has changed how we buy, cook & enjoy food
Mission/Aim: How can we help you to enjoy food more?
Mecca Ibrahim
Head of Social Media
Great British Chefs
Global is the new Local
• The world is becoming smaller – our responsibility for protecting it is more apparent – green awareness, organic, sustainable, reduced carbon footprint food
• We can more easily see what other countries are doing – we often want it too! Discovery of new things, picking up new trends is easy
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The Wisdom of the Crowds
• Families are becoming more fragmented and spread around the world
• Our friends are now our families
• Trusted strangers are now our friends
• Importance of crowds on our buying & consumption of products (food) & entertainment
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Social Media as an Enabler
• The internet has allowed us to fulfill basic human needs in a way like no other– Need to be loved, recognised, seen as
special/unique, no one is average Joe or Joanna Bloggs
– Have our thirst for knowledge sated / get answers to questions really quickly – 24 hour – always connected culture – time poor society
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How is the food world adapting? How can help this?
Why we eat?
•Socialising – entertainment – dinner parties , supper clubs, meals out in restaurants, picnics•Have you ever attended a supper club, “underground restaurant”, paid for private dinner party?
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How do we shop?•Socialising – the rise of the multi-retailer – “retailtainment” •Shop & eat at the same time
•Would you go to a shop just because it served food there too?
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Where do we buy our food?
• Restaurants & eating places understanding they need to be social
• Which food retailers “get” social media?
Where do we buy our food?• Global is the new local –
US trends entering the UK (does it work the other way?!!)
• Food trucks• Have you ever bought
high quality food from a “food truck”?
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Where do we buy our food?• Supermarkets no longer have a
monopoly – small artisan producers can operate at the same level
• Through social media they can offer more inventive, tailored & personalised discounting
• Meeting the need to be individual
• What would you like to see in this area?
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Where do we buy our food?
• Rise of celebrity food labels, food with a story!
• Food is no longer the preserve of supermarkets & big brands
• Do you buy celebrity labelled food?
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Where do we buy our food?
• Food Festivals can also help smaller producers reach a wider targeted market looking for something personalised to them - local, organic, food with a story!
• Which food festivals if any, do you attend?
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Where do we buy our food?
• Directly from source (or as close to source as possible. Through personalised & caring messaging smaller producers reach a wider targeted market looking for something personalised to them - local, organic, caring, food with a story!
• Do you use organic home delivery services?
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How & where do we cook our food?
• What do we want in our kitchens?
• State of the art equipment
• Where do you go to get ideas for your kitchen?
How & where do we cook our food?
• What do we want in our kitchens?
• Dual purpose – no longer just for cooking, but dining too
• Comfort
• Where do you go to get ideas for your kitchen?
How do we discover ways to cook our food?
• New print on demand technologies mean that cookery books can be produced cheaply & to order
• Personal cook books through Blurb – family recipes can be passed down & also shared with new audiences
• Have you ever produced a cookery book in any form yourself?
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How do we discover ways to cook our food?
• Websites • Through TV tie ins & good
marketing / social media it’s possible to reach a targeted audience, a time poor, cash rich, always connected audience
• What are your favourite food websites?
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How do we discover ways to cook our food?
• Mobile Apps • Through good marketing / social
media it’s possible to reach a targeted audience, a time poor, cash rich, always connected audience
• What are you looking for in food apps or an online food community?
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Infographics
• How useful are infographics about the food world?
• Would you share them?
• What others would you like to see?
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Infographics
• How useful are infographics about the food world?
• Would you share them?
• What others would you like to see?
Mecca Ibrahim – Great British Chefs
Want more info? Contact me at:
[email protected]@gbchefs
@anniemole
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