Market Research for the Food, Beverage, and Restaurant Industry

Serving Up Insights That Grow Your Business

  • Deep Understanding of Consumer Tastes: Gain comprehensive insights into consumer preferences, trends, and behaviors that shape the food, beverage, and restaurant landscape.
  • Tailored Research for Culinary Brands: Customize research methodologies to align with the unique challenges and opportunities within the food and beverage sectors.
  • Menu & Product Development: Utilize real-time consumer feedback to refine your menu offerings and innovate with new product launches.
  • Optimize Branding & Marketing: Test and optimize marketing campaigns, packaging, and promotional strategies to ensure they resonate with your target audience.
  • Restaurant Experience Enhancement: Gather insights into dining experiences, from ambiance to service quality, to improved customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Food, Beverage & Restaurant Industry Demographics We Reach

  • Food Enthusiasts & Gourmets
  • Health-Conscious Consumers
  • Restaurant-Goers
  • Frequent Diners
  • Millennials & Gen Z
  • Beverage Connoisseurs
  • Craft Beer Enthusiasts
  • Wine Aficionados
  • Spirits & Cocktail Lovers
  • Nightlife & Bar Patrons
  • Plant-Based & Sustainable Diet Followers
  • Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) Patrons
  • Fast-Food & Quick-Service Enthusiasts
  • Family-Focused Consumers
  • Fine Dining Aficionados
  • Ethnic Cuisine Lovers
  • Seasonal & Trend-Driven Diners
  • And many more!

Market Research Services for Food, Beverage, & Restaurant Industry

  • Qualitative Research

  • Quantitative Research

  • Recruitment & Fieldwork

  • UX Research

  • Communities & Panels

  • Dial Tester

  • Secure Content Testing

Qualitative Research

Delve Deep into Consumer Palates

Uncover the motivations, preferences, and behaviors of your audience with in-depth qualitative research. Touchstone’s expert-driven approach provides actionable findings that empower informed decision-making and foster innovation in the food, beverage, and restaurant industry. Whether through focus groups, in-depth interviews, or ethnographic studies, we help you understand the “why” behind consumer choices.

Quantitative Research

Drive Strategic Decisions with Data-Backed Insights

Make confident decisions with robust quantitative research tailored to the food, beverage, and restaurant sectors. Touchstone’s customized approach, combined with rigorous quality control and precise sampling standards, ensures reliable data from your target audience. From surveys to advanced statistical modeling, our quantitative research solutions provide the insights needed to stay ahead in competitive markets.

Recruitment & Fieldwork

High-Quality Participants for Culinary Research

Ensure your research is built on the foundation of high-quality participants. Our recruitment and fieldwork services are designed to engage eager and relevant respondents who match your demographic and psychographic profiles. Trust our expert team to deliver the right audience for the success of your food, beverage, or restaurant-focused projects.

UX Research

Enhance Dining & Product Experiences

Improve customer satisfaction and product usability through our comprehensive UX research services. We ensure your products and restaurant experiences meet consumer needs and expectations, leading to increased engagement, satisfaction, and loyalty. From usability testing to experience mapping, our UX research helps you create intuitive, user-friendly products and dining experiences that resonate with your audience.

Communities & Panels

Continuous Insights from Food & Beverage Enthusiasts

Gain ongoing insights with custom-built online communities and panels designed specifically for food and beverage enthusiasts. Whether you need a lightweight community of food lovers or a large-scale general population panel, Touchstone can create a tailored solution to meet your ongoing research needs. Our communities and panels offer unparalleled flexibility, making it easy to gather insights that drive your strategy forward.

Dial Tester

Real-Time Feedback on Culinary Content

Capture moment-to-moment feedback from your audience on food and beverage-related media content with our proprietary Dial Tester tool. Elevate your content testing by gathering continuous reactions as consumers engage with your content. Whether testing food commercials or restaurant ads, Dial Tester provides the insights needed to refine your content for maximum engagement and impact.

Secure Content Testing

Unmatched Protection for Confidential Culinary Content

Safeguard your sensitive food, beverage, and restaurant-related content with our Secure Content Testing (SCT) technology. SCT employs advanced user-level watermarking to ensure all content, including media, product concepts, and prototypes, is protected and traceable. Whether testing new recipes, packaging designs, or confidential marketing materials, SCT provides the peace of mind needed to focus on gathering insights without worrying about content leaks or unauthorized access.

Kids / Gen Alpha
Teens
Young Adults /
Gen Z
Adults & Parents
Educators
Creators & Influencers
Generative AI
VR / AR
Multicultural
And More!

Trusted by Top Global Brands

Kroger
Google
Nick
M TV
Strottman
Wendys
ESPN
YouTube
Sony
Paramount
Cotton
Columbia University
Nice Pak
Sirius XM
Pluto TV
Compassion
Go Health
Carnival
Calm
Sling
Meta
Zearn
Mattel
Good to Grow
Disney
The wonderful company
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Great Minds
Harvard University
Sesame Workshop
The Goliath Group
indeed

What Our Clients Are Saying About Us

  • We have done quite a few Quant and Qual research projects with Touchstone.  They are always extremely responsive, flexible, and provide great recommendations on how to get the most out of our research.

    Director, Product Marketing & eComm

    Food & Beverage Company