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FoodEast Readers' Survey

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Answer questions as they relate to you. For most answers, check the boxes most applicable to you or fill in the blanks.

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Please provide the following (*required)

 

First Name*

 

Last Name*

 

Title*

 

Company*

 

Address*

 

City*

 

County*

 

Postal Code*

 

Phone*

 

Fax*

 

Email*



1.

Your Job Role

(Select all that apply.)

General Management / Administrative

Sales / Marketing

Purchasing

Plant Operation / Production

Human Resources

Distribution / Warehouse

Research & Development

Merchandising

Fleet Operations

IT

Technologist

Grower / Farmer

Government

Consultant

Other


2.

Your Job Title

Chairman, Managing Director, CEO

Assistant Managing Director, General Manager

Director, Manager

Executive

Supervisor

Other


3.

Your Gender

Male

Female


4.

Your Age

17 or less

18-25

26-35

36-45

46-55

56-65

66-75

76 or more


5.

Your Income

Less than £20,000

£20,000 to £30,000

£30,001 to £40,000

£40,000 to £50,000

More than £50,000

Prefer not to say


6.

Do you buy, recommend or approve company purchases in these areas?

(Select all that apply.)

Raw materials

Plant machinery

New technology

Transport and logistics

Leasing and financial services

Professional services

Training / Recruitment

Office consumables

Factory consumables

Advertising

IT


7.

Which category best describes your company?

Producer / Packer

Processor

Ancillary service provider

Equipment provider

Other


8.

How many permanent employees does your company have?

Don't know

Less than 10

10 to 250

251 to 1000

1001 to 5000

More than 5000


9.

Does your company use an agency to recruit labour?

(Select all that apply.)

No

Yes, for permanent staff positions

Yes, for temporary or seasonal work


10.

How many sites does your company operate in the region?

0

1

2

3

4

5+


11.

Which ONE of the following best describes how you normally read your issue of FoodEast Flyer?

Cover to cover

Skim for items of interest

Occasionally read it

Don't read it


12.

What do you do with your copy of the FoodEast Flyer after you have finished reading it?

(Select all that apply.)

Save for reference

Clip or copy articles of interest

Give/Loan to colleagues

Place in a public place

Discard / recycle


13.

How many people in your organisation, other than you, also read your issue of the Flyer?

0

1-5

6-10

More than 10


14.

Which of the following actions did you take in the last 12 months as a result of reading the Flyer?

(Select all that apply.)

Used an article for ideas

Contacted an advertiser

Purchased an advertised product or service

Visited an advertiser's web site

Booked a place on a course or attended an event

None of these


15.

Please indicate your degree of interest in reading about each of the following topics in the Flyer


16.

New Product Development

Strong Interest

Moderate Interest

Little Interest

No Interest


17.

New Technology

Strong Interest

Moderate Interest

Little Interest

No Interest


18.

Transport issues

Strong Interest

Moderate Interest

Little Interest

No Interest


19.

Skills & Training opportunities

Strong Interest

Moderate Interest

Little Interest

No Interest


20.

Training and recruitment

Strong interest

Moderate interest

Little interest

No interest


21.

Courses and events

Strong Interest

Moderate Interest

Little Interest

No Interest


22.

Company success stories

Strong Interest

Moderate Interest

Little Interest

No Interest


23.

Legislation and regulation news

Strong Interest

Moderate Interest

Little Interest

No Interest


24.

Supply chain issues

Strong Interest

Moderate Interest

Little Interest

No Interest


25.

Company profiles

Strong Interest

Moderate Interest

Little Interest

No Interest


26.

Consumer trends

Strong Interest

Moderate Interest

Little Interest

No Interest


27.

Public Sector activities

Strong Interest

Moderate Interest

Little Interest

No Interest


28.

Saving money

Strong interest

Moderate interest

Little interest

No interest


29.

Any other topic of "strong interest"?


30.

Please rate the Flyer for each of the following qualities.


31.

Design

Excellent

Good

Fair

Poor


32.

Readability

Excellent

Good

Fair

Poor


33.

Value of information

Excellent

Good

Fair

Poor


34.

Which other periodicals do you read for food industry news?

(Select all that apply.)

The Grocer

Food Manufacture

Euro Food & Drink

Fresh Produce Journal

Food Processing

Food Quality

Eastern Daily Press

Eastern Director

Business Weekly

Other


35.

Rank these publications in order of which provides the best regional food industry news (1 Best, 9 Worst)

(Rank responses from 1 to 9.)

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

36.

I generally find the FoodEast Flyer and website to be useful and relevant to my work

Strongly agree

Agree

Not sure

Disagree

Strongly disagree


37.

How many times in the past month have you visited the FoodEast website?

None

1 to 5

6 to 10

11 to 15

More than 15


38.

Which sections of the website have you read/used?

(Select all that apply.)

News

Address Book

Events Calendar

New Technology Offers and Requests

Jobs & Skills

Find an Expert

Find A Grant

Weather forecast

Electronic copy of the FoodEast Flyer



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