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Inside One of Denver’s Newest Focus Group Facilities

Food & Drink Resources (FDR) opened its Denver focus group facility in 2014 to serve large restaurant organizations and food producers in recipe and development as well as market research. The FDR Research & Innovation Center is fully equipped with all the items you’d expect a restaurant or bar to have.

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Taco John’s 3rd Annual Idea Council at FDR

In May, Taco John’s invited menu development experts to join its “Idea Council” for a two-day brainstorming session. Franchisees who serve on the Taco John’s menu committee, members of the brand’s corporate leadership team, and more than 20 industry partners joined in on the event, which was held at the Food & Drink Resources Innovation…

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Why Food Manufacturers Choose A Third-Party For Restaurant Sales

Let’s address some of the reasons why food and drink manufacturers choose to work with third-party organizations, like Food & Drink Resources (FDR), to represent their products to restaurant brands. Our goal with this article is to show you how Food & Drink Resources can enhance your work…and grow your bottom line.

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Take a Tour of the FDR Innovation Center

If you are in Denver, you are always welcome to visit the Denver FDR Innovation Center and see our market research and test kitchen facilities. In the meantime, take a tour of our space online. Here we’ve got a quick video and photos for you.

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A Colorful Food & Drink Ideation Session

We can say with confidence that the food and drink ideation sessions at the FDR Innovation Center are unlike most others. How do we know? Because we’ve participated in hundreds of them over the last two decades. Part of our motivation for opening up our location in Colorado was so we could provide a different…

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First FDR Open House A BIG Success

Thank you to everyone who attended our recent open house at the FDR Innovation Center. It was great to re-connect with so many colleagues and friends as well as make a few new ones. We’re pleased to share many pictures from the event with you on our Facebook page. Click here or on any of…

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