Black Box Supplier Intelligence™
Stay On-Trend, Stocked, & In Lock-Step with your Customers
Black Box Supplier Intelligence™ connects your business with the purchasing and behavioral patterns of the restaurant industry and its consumers. Get the foodservice data and insights you need to stay ahead and manage your business from experts you can trust.
Foodservice Data that’s Easily Sliced and Diced
Restaurant Units
Billion in Restaurant Sales
Brands Across 6+ Segments
Credit Card Transactions
Stay Connected to Changes in Customer Behavior
View changes in restaurant sales and traffic by channel by month and by quarter.
Refine Your Product Mix
Use monthly and quarterly regional data to keep products forward-thinking and fresh for your customers.
Improve Supply Chain Decisions
Observe data and extract patterns that help you plan ahead and optimize supply chain operations.
Grow Business, Together
Monitor the market share of the restaurants you serve now and the ones that are up next. Understand AUV by segment to see performance trends.
Features
Foodservice Data at Your Fingertips
Monthly Supplier Intelligence
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Executive outlook and forecast from our experts on what’s coming
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Industry comp sales and traffic reported by region and top/bottom 25 designated market areas (DMA)
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Segmented data and trends across all segments: quick service, fast casual, family dining, casual, upscale casual and fine dining
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Top consumer mentioned across third-party delivery services
Quarterly Supplier Intelligence
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National and regional benchmarks
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Total revenue growth by restaurant segment
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Segment performance; segments that are gaining and segments that are losing market share
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The rate of new restaurant builds
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Average Unit Volume (AUV) by segment
Our Customers
Over 300+ of the world’s best restaurants use Black Box Intelligence
Restaurant Industry: State of the Workforce Webinar
This webinar session will bring you up to date on the current state of the restaurant workforce including information on staffing, turnover, compensation, benefits, diversity, inclusion, training and more.
This webinar is open to all restaurant operators. Please use your company email address to register. Personal email addresses such as Gmail, Hotmail, iCloud etc… will not be approved. You can attend this webinar session ONLY if you are a restaurant operator or current client of Black Box Intelligence™ (subscribed to Workforce, Financial and/or Guest Intelligence). For questions, contact marketing@blackboxintelligence.com.
Q4 State of the Industry Webinar
The one-stop shop for all things restaurant sales, traffic, staffing, turnover, consumer sentiment and guest satisfaction trends. This quarterly client-only benefit will take a look at segment, industry and cuisine trends, the labor market and the economy; all in under an hour. These sessions are uniquely designed to be a resource for you to reveal insights with unparalleled data connecting the dots between your most critical initiatives.
Testimonials
A trusted partner for restaurant leaders for over 25 years
Ali Charri
"Competition is fierce and we are continually looking at ways to build competitive advantages for Darden. The data and insights from Black Box Intelligence are a terrific addition to our insights capabilities."
Andrea Cornette
"Black Box Financial Intelligence is an intuitive user platform for comparative data in our industry. I love the user-friendly dashboard interface."
Dina Barmassee
"Black Box Workforce Intelligence consistently provides timely and valuable benchmarking data that we use to make key decisions."
Donlyn Kwedar
"Black Box Guest Intelligence shows our operations teams our guests’ real-time feedback. We’re able to say, ‘this is what our customers are saying.’ We can pinpoint what is affecting traffic and sales, follow-up, and react quickly to the key areas that affect our business."
Joel Hummel
"We really enjoy your team and their insight. Your product has made us better operators and franchisors. Really helps to tell a story. Keep the intel coming."
Latest Blogs
Consumer Confidence Bolsters Restaurant Sales & Traffic Growth in August
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Widespread Slowdown of YoY Sales and Traffic Growth Continues for all Restaurant Segments
Brands need to double-down on experience, assess value to earn guests' shrinking share of wallet All growth numbers are year over year unless specified. Best and worst performing region, segment and...
Summer Slowdown Continues as Record-High Inflation Keeps Consumers Questioning Spend
New data from Black Box Intelligence confirms fewer price hikes positively impacts intent to return; leads to increase in guest traffic and sales All growth numbers are year over year unless...
