Datassential is Now Open to Canada

Yes, you read it right! Datassential is now opening its doors to all Canadian Foodservice professionals!

Before the year ends, we would like to recruit respondents from Canada to join our growing operator community to find out people's opinion on a number of different issues and topics relating to the foodservice industry.

So, if you're from Canada and work in any commercial location like restaurant, supermarket, bakery, convenience store or in any business that serves or sells food, like hotel, school, college, hospital, healthcare facility or recreation, please sign-up by entering your email here:

You can also email us your contact information at customerservice [at] datassential.com. Don't forget to include your preferred time to be called.

After that, one of our representatives will call you to ask a few questions and verify the information you placed on our online form.

Once your membership is activated, you will be eligible to participate in surveys and earn gift certificates from Amazon.ca ranging from $10 to $50 which you could use to buy CD's, DVD's and more. Not to mention, the NEW Amazon Kindle!

Isn't that great? Now, that's not all. You can also refer your colleagues and friends who works in the industry!

What are you waiting for? Join us and help us spread the great news!

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photo credit: "Cupcakes Vancouver" by cheukiecfu

What's Cookin'? Only Treats, No Tricks!

Finally! The holiday weekend is here. What are you serving this Halloween?

For our valued panelists, we have piled up treats for you! As hundreds of gift certificates are ready to be given out!

Today, we have paid out all $10 Gift Certificates to the participants of the Table Top Branded Ketchup survey. We have also sent out the first batch of Gift Certificates to those who completed the survey about Foodservice Distributors.

And due to the number of surveys that just recently closed, it may take a while for the latest rewards to be sent. But for those waiting for their rewards, no need to worry, all of them are already in queue. The gift certificates are properly lined per study, "first closed first sent".

So, to keep you updated on what's being sent and processed, here's the list of closed surveys and their status, in chronological order:

Paid today:
† Table Top Branded Ketchup
† Foodservice Distributors Customer Study (more on Monday)

In Queue:
† Several Products
† Tub Containers
† Soup Tubs
† Single Serve Ketchup
† Hash Browns

For Processing:
† Seafood
† Sausage
† Sausage Follow-Up

If you have completed any survey that is not mentioned above, it means that all the Gift Certificates/Cards for that study were already sent. For lost and unredeemed claim codes, please email us [customerservice@datassential.com] with the link of the survey you completed and we will resend your Gift Certificates right away.

Don't forget to follow us on both twitter.com [OperaPanel] and facebook to get the latest announcements and updates!

Now time to get ready to give away candies to the ghoulish and ghosties and long leggety beasties! Happy Holloween to everyone!

Update on Live Surveys

Have you noticed how this week passed by so fast? Well, we here at the Panel definitely felt like the week skipped a day or two.

Just last Wednesday, the Tubs Container study was drafted, programmed, fielded and closed in less than 24 hours!

And today, two studies that opened last night are about to close. We just need a few more respondents to wrap it up. So, if you are one of our Panelists, hurry and open your emails! Your invites are waiting for you!

But if you are as eager as us, we've got a treat for you! You can click on the links below right NOW! These links would only be open over the weekend and will be removed as soon as the study closes.


Still Open (HURRY! BEFORE IT CLOSES!):
Single Serve Ketchup
Soup Tubs (limited to certain Segments)

Don't miss this chance to submit your answers and see if you qualify to receive your gift certificate! Remember, upon completion, you will receive $10 Gift Certificate from Amazon.com each!

TIP: To know if you qualify, mouse over the survey links!

To keep you updated, below are the studies that recently closed.
Closed This Week:
Tub Containers
Hash Brown Qualifier
Several Products

Closed Last Week:
Branded Tabletop Ketchup
Foodservice Distributors
Soup Usage in Quantities
Specific Products Usage in Quantities

We hope you enjoy answering! Have a Happy Weekend everyone! *Cheers*

Live Now: New Study for Bottled Ketchup!

Attention All Panelists! We have a new survey that went live just now. Please check your emails for the invitation.

This is open to all Restaurant Operators who purchase any brand of tabletop ketchup bottles. If you qualify and complete the study, you will be rewarded a $10 gift certificate from Amazon.comas soon as the study closes.


This is open for invitation only. Not a member? Please Click here to register

Just Closed Today: Survey for Soup Users

A BIG Thank you to everyone who participated and completed the study on Specific Products and Usage in Quantities! Especially the soup users who took the time to finish it until the last day.

The reward of $10 Gift Certificates from Amazon.com are now being processed. This can be used to shop at Amazon.com not to mention the latest mp3s!

You can view the Top selling songs and latest mp3s by clicking on the image on the right.

If you were one of those who completed this study, please watch out for the pay-outs announcement!

We will keep you posted through email, twitter and this blog.

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photo credit:
mooshee85

Closed Surveys

     August was such a busy month! Several studies were launched and closed. We had surveys about Coffee, Avocado, and several others about various food items. Now halfway through this month, we already closed a study about ketchup bottles and a couple more on several food products.

     There is one more study that will close out within 24 hours. And we are in need of Foodservice Operators who purchase and/or serve soup. You can check the status of our live surveys on the sidebar of this blog.

What you can see on our sidebar:

► Progress of Live Surveys
     These surveys are on-going and open to all our panelists. The progress bar is updated daily, every 1:00pm EST (eastern time).

► Recently Closed Studies
     If the Amazon.com Gift Certificate is already in the process of being sent out or is currently being sent out, the survey topic will be displayed here.

* "No Pending Gift Cards"
     When this is displayed, it means that all Gift Cards / Certificates from the past month were already sent to all participants. If you did not receive yours, please click here to CONTACT US! (Don't forget to include the survey link to the study you have completed so we can check on their status right away)

► Be in the Loop
     Get updated on the latest news and announcements via twitter! Follow us at twitter.com/OperaPanel so you won't be left out!

Gain more followers! Send us your twitter username so we can follow you too! Who knows, other panelists may follow you as well!


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Blogging Update and Coffee Survey

We are starting to redesign this blog, adding some widgets here and there and testing some templates. Our main website is still being polished and we will update everyone before it launches.

For now, to all our panelists, don't forget to answer and complete the Coffee Survey. And once completed, we will send you a $10 Gift Certificate from Amazon.com. Please check your email for the survey invite and the link. If you did not receive any email or if you lost the link, send us a holler over at CustomerService@Datassential.com

This study is open to anyone who works in the Foodservice Industry especially in restaurants, Coffee Shops, Convenience stores, Hotels, Healthcare Facilities and College Cafeterias. If you want to sign-up and be one of our panelists, please enter your email here: JOIN OPERA NOW!

You will then receive an email with activation instructions.

Now, all these coffee talk makes me crave for an iced cuppuccino... :-)

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photo credit: "Coffee, Cup and Beans" by JcOlivera.com