Food & Drink Resources

Founded in 2009 by Chefs Richard Keys and Scott Randolph, the Food & Drink Resources (FDR) team has decades of experience in food and beverage innovation. The goal is to connect resources – people, concepts, and companies – in the pursuit of bringing food and beverage innovation to life. Our services support food and beverage manufacturers and multi-location restaurants through ideation, development, testing, commercialization, and sales. All services are outlined at foodanddrinkresources.com. At the FDR Research & Innovation Center in Denver, Colorado, our development chefs handle every aspect of a food/beverage and restaurant development project. Through FDR's unique 3C Development Process, we incorporate food immersion tours, recipe development, and consumer focus group testing all in one 72-hour session at our Denver, Colorado, location. The FDR Research & Innovation center is well equipped to meet client needs – 2 focus group rooms, 2 mini-group/in-depth interview rooms, CLT booths, boardroom, private offices, reception/waiting area, 2 loading docks, 2 test kitchens, full bar, ping pong table and arcade games, high-top dining tables, and audio/video recording with capabilities for viewing from the multiple 60” TVs in the facility or from any tablet, phone or PC. Whatever your consumer research needs, you will find it’s possible at FDR thanks to our state-of-the-art facility and in-house market research moderators, respondent recruiters, and data analysts. In addition to the food and beverage industry, FDR hosts and facilitates qualitative and quantitative research projects for an array of brands and services including, but not limited to, consumer packaged goods companies, automotive, B2B, personal care, and much more.