2014 June Foodservice Fundamentals
 

Datassential

Datassential is a full-service

research agency for the food industry. Services include custom research
(operator and consumer), publications and the following services:

   
  • Datassential MenuTrends™ - the original,
  •     largest, and most accurate menu tracking and forecasting service of its kind
        (over 7,000 distinct menus and 1.3 million items tracked).
       
  • MenuTrends INSIDER™ - monthly tracking of
  •     new items and LTO’s at top national chains.
       
  • OPERA™ - the industry’s largest unbiased
  •     operator research panel, featuring more than 30,000 doubleopted-in foodservice
        decision makers.
       
  • Firefly™ -universal operator database
  •     containing 1.3 foodservice unit locations and demographics
       
  • Optimize™ - dynamic consumer-based TURF analysis
  •     tool to optimize lineups in a given menu category.
       
  • Buzz™ - the most comprehensive consumer
  •     data for the coffee and tea category (12,000 consumers interviewed annually).