Food Service Industry Guide: Consumers

Market research reports for products, markets and demographics. Best source for very specific food sub-markets for example: Supermarkets, Private Label Foods, Coffee Houses, Gluten-Free Foods, Fast Casual Restaurants, Quick Service Restaurants, Ethnic Restaurants, Breakfast Restaurants, Family Midscale Restaurants, Burger and Chicken Restaurants, Cheese, Bread & Baked Foods, Cooking Sauces, Yogurt and Desserts, Convenience Stores, Food & Drink Retailing, and Meat, Seafood & Poultry.

Web-based mapping application to create thematic maps and reports using demographic, business, and marketing data for the United States. Target locations of other food-service operations or specific groups of consumers based on demographic information (age, income, location, etc.)

Technomic Digital Resource Library is the premier database for researching chain restaurants. Find sales figures, menus, franchise information, rankings, news, industry publications, and more. Includes reports on consumer preferences and purchasing patterns.

Excellent resource for international industries, countries, markets, and products. Market research reports, statistics, and analyst reports cover consumer market sizes, country market data, forecasts, consumer lifestyles, companies and brands, and many product & location specific reports are related to food services and restaurants. Category Reports discuss the popularity of specific brands and companies in a given market in different countries, ex: packaged goods in the UK, Ice cream in Mexico. There are also trend reports related to cooking, dining out, and food culture in various countries. From the homepage, select menu search then select packaged or fresh foods and chose a geography.