Kresge Research Guides: Food & Foodservice Industries: Industry Resources

Best Resources for the Food Industry

Euromonitor Passport
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- Industry, demographic, consumer and economic data for numerous countries worldwide. Includes demographic and economic forecast data, data on thousands of consumer brands, full-text market analysis reports, and Euromonitor International market data for hundreds of products in nearly 50 countries.
- GMID covers the food and food service sectors very well. For foodservice - search for restaurants.
Video tutorials:
- Euromonitor International YouTube Channel
IBISWorld Industry Reports
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- Analysis of growth trends, influencing factors, competitive environment, and key issues facing industries, including information on key personnel and financials for leading publicly traded companies.
- Resource provides current reports on nearly 700 US industries including many parts of the retail sector.
- Great source of a large variety of food and foodservice sectors in the US, Worldwide and China. This resource includes many reports on different types of restaurants in the United States as well.
Mintel
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- Research reports covering the US and European marketplace. Each market research report combines data and analysis of the competitive landscape, market-share analysis consumer profiles, and demographic issues.
- Technical notes: Users must create individual accounts in Mintel and login in order to download or export data from the database.
- Mintel has two relevant categories - Food and Drink, & Foodservice.
- Export Guide for Mintel
MarketResearch.com Academic
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- Full-text international market research reports, with coverage back to 1994. Includes topics like business services, consumer goods, food and beverages, life sciences, demographics, heavy industry and technology/media.
- From the launch page at MarketResearch.com Academic, you can browse the "Food and Beverage Market Research Reports." There are excellent resources, primarily from Packaged Facts
Video tutorial
EMIS Emerging Markets
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EMIS includes company profiles, news, market reports, country reports, and data on global emerging markets. EMIS is also a clearing house for several industry research and market firms such as Allied Market Research, Arizton Advisory and Intelligence, BIS Research, BMI Research, BuddeComm Telecom Reports, Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Industry Reports, GlobalData, MarketLine, Mordor Intelligence, and Oxford Economics.
Technical notes: Users must create individual accounts in EMIS and login in order to download or export data from the database.
Technavio
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Technavio has industry reports covering a wide variety of technologies in the communication services, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, financials, health care, industrials, information technology, materials, and utilities industries.

Technical Notes: Downloading reports requires a valid @umich.edu email. Users are limited to 10 downloads per month with unlimited online report viewing.

Additional Resources for the Food Industry

FitchConnect
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- Provides economic, political, and industry sector analysis for 175 countries. Information is divided into BMI Reports, Data and Forecasts, and Alerts and Analysis.
- Use policy: When using material from this database in reports and presentations, vendor contract requirements dictate that you must include the phrase, "Used with permission of Business Monitor Online."
- Reports cover most economies and include Agribusiness as well as Food & Drink.
FitchConnect training videos:
Macro Overview-Country Risk, Industry Risk, Global Research, Interactive Charts.

Country Risk and Industry Research search for multiple countries and industries

Interactive Charts

Indices, Databases, Data Tools, Webinars and Support
Statista
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- Statista includes ready-made statistical charts, graphs and tables on marketing, demographics, communication, technology, politics, health, leisure and public opinion polls.
- Includes many resources on the food sector.

Food & Foodservice Industries: Industry Resources

Best Resources for the Food Industry

Additional Resources for the Food Industry

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