Datassential was founded in 1999 by a few idealistic friends focused on the pursuit of a single mission; to help the food & beverage industry make simply smarter decisions. By embracing big data and software, our small company has grown and empowered hundreds of leading food & beverage manufacturers, retailers and operators to more effectively develop, market and sell their products.
Inspiring
Innovation
Develop and deliver transformational products through our suite of innovation software-driven by the industry’s largest menu and consumer affinity database, spanning over 100,000 menus globally.
Streamlining
Sales
Equip your sales and marketing teams with the data and tools they need to sell more effectively. With information on 1.5M+ unique foodservice locations, our operator database takes the pain out of growing.
Revolutionizing Research
Sometimes, software alone isn’t enough to get the job done. Datassential provides category-specific research and insights services on a multitude of key topics and trends.
It all starts with the menu
Food trends happen first on restaurant menus, and MenuTrends is the gold standard used by hundreds of food manufacturers, restaurant chains, and retailers. Uncover emerging flavors, monitor ongoing trends, and innovate with confidence. Track and analyze today’s hot food trends and forecast what’s to come.
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Our Mission
Simply Smarter Decisions
We help food & beverage companies of all sizes and segments more effectively develop, launch and sell their new concepts by leveraging data. We believe innovation is the product of insight, and that both should be accessible to participants across the food & beverage industry, which is why we’re committed to facilitating inspiration through our products and services.
Remarkably easy and insanely flexible
10 million
menu examples
Our People
Building A Community of Awesomeness
Data is meaningless without human interpretation, creativity, and action. From the very beginning, Datassential has been defined not by our data, but our incredible team and the relationships they’ve developed with our community of customers. We remain committed to building and strengthening this community by connecting awesome people with awesome data tools.
The Menu Adoption Cycle (MAC)
Our Impact
A Massive Menu Change For Food & Beverage
Consumer preferences and purchasing behaviors are changing at unprecedented speeds, and as a result, the menu of strategies traditionally employed by food & beverage companies to effectively reach and engage customers must transform in parallel. Our talented team is focused on helping the food & beverage industry better leverage data and insights to forge their own path forward into the future.
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