Foodservice

Market Data & Insights

• Unparalleled market intelligence across 52countries, tracking 230 product segments
• Uniquely covering both profit and cost sectors, monitoring 62 different outlet types
• Insights into more than 44,000,000 menu items across 55 countries

Themes

• A single, integrated thematic research platform that provides an easy-to-use framework for tracking all themes across all companies in all sectors.
• A theme map which monitors the disruptive impact of the top 30 to 40 themes in the sector.
• A tool to help senior executives protect their blindside, predict their industry’s future and benchmark their competitors against disruptive threats.

Competitor Intelligence

• Detailed intelligence into more than 2,500 foodservice operators and catering companies, including SWOTs, financial news, and deal/M&A activity
• Tender and contracts information tracking over 1,000 sources across more than 60 countries daily

Customer Insight

B2B

• Real-time sentiment analysis of the Top-100 global “Influencers” in the Foodservice Industry

B2C

• Primary consumer research, with detailed analysis of more than 500,000 consumer survey responses every year
• Proprietary Consumer TrendSights framework tracking consumers’ consumption behavior trends and showing how best to innovate to exploit them

Innovation

• 45 million menu items inspiring profitable menu development
• In-depth product success/failure case studies every year, reducing the risk of adopting failing foodservice segments
• Brand positioning alignment with the opinions of the top 100 influencers shaping the industry
• More than 20 future innovation case studies annually, identifying emerging money-spinning trends before the competition

Macroeconomic Indicators

Countries

• Macroeconomic data for more than 200 countries, covering over 900 economic, demographic, and employment indicators
• Detailed analysis on 60 countries, covering political, economic, sociological, technological, legal, and environmental factors (PESTLE analysis)

Cities

• Macroeconomic data for more than 3,000 cities, covering over 300 economic, demographic, and employment indicators
• Detailed profiles on 184 cities, covering political, economic, sociological, technological, legal, and environmental factors (PESTLE analysis)

Global Risk Report

• Global Risk Report covering key global and regional risks; also highlights major country-level risks, based on our our proprietary risk index for 136 countries

Real-time Intelligence

News

• Over 12,000 news alerts every year for an up-to-date view of the latest competitor landscape

Deals

• Database of thousands of M&A and financial transactions for a comprehensive view of investments opportunities
• Real-time monitoring of M&A activity, with over 3,500 new deals identified and profiled
• ‘Smart Money’ quarterly reports and monthly round-ups highlighting latest trends and key deals across M&A and private equity

Analyst Engagement

• Unlimited “Ask an Analyst” functionality with 24-48 hour response time to accelerate decision making