SA Restaurant Brands Report - 2015
The report quantifies the performance of 45 SA restaurant brands on 17 key attributes, providing measures for the previous 12 months. The report is based on a survey conducted using an online-panel (ISO 20252 certified) of 350+ middle to upper income restaurant customers (earning more than R5,000 household income per month). The survey has a margin of error of +-5.2% at a 95% confidence level. The results were weighted to approximately represent the national demographics of this group in terms of age, gender, ethnic group and household income.
Key measures include:
Demographics
Industry revenue and growth FSR & QSR
Average personal and household spend
Spend by demographic
Brand awareness
Brand advertising seen – last 4 weeks
Facebook – brands ever mentioned
Brand penetration
Brand penetration by demographic
Brand purchase frequency
Estimated share of volume (visits) per brand
Restaurant attribute importance
Restaurant attribute importance by demographic segment
Need segments identified
Proportion in each segment and average spending per segment
Segment demographic differences
Brand performance in memory (17 attributes)
Brand signature perceptions per attribute
Brand substitutability (who are the nearest competitors)
Brand Equity: The ABM Index ranking
Healthy eating – foods most want to avoid
Problems identified by consumers
Percentage of time with others versus alone, and who typically accompanies
Usage occasions, most common menu items purchased and usual sources of information consulted regarding restaurants
Most frequent activities to pass time in restaurants
Who would benefit from this report?
- Consultants
- Brand owners
- Potential franchisees
- Advertising agencies
- Why buy this report?
Value for money – obtain insights at a fraction of the cost of commisioning your own study.
Solid data to make the right brand positioning and promotion decisions – whether you are launching a new branch or you already have one.
Decide which of the two major needs segments to target.
Measure performance relative to competitors. Discover the weaknesses consumers perceive, not those you imagine.
Measure positioning on key attributes, to provide benchmarks for advertising campaigns.
You’ve got limited budget. Discover the hot buttons (attributes) to press to promote your brand: Should you push trendiness or should you push friendly service etc.?
Discover which attributes brands are poorly differentiated on – identify opportunities to differentiate your brand.
Who are the real threats? Identify who consumers see as the closest substitutes for each brand.
Includes behavioural and spend statistics
Its a new world. Understand the demographics of customers, and how they differ by needs segment.
Table of contents (abbreviated)
Executive summary 7
Methodology 8
Sample demographics 9
Market overview 12
Industry revenue and growth FSR & QSR 12
Average personal and household spend 13
Spend by demographic 14
Brand performance 18
Awareness (recognition) 18
Brand advertising seen – last 4 weeks 21
Facebook – brands ever mentioned 24
Brand penetration 27
Brand penetration by demographic 31
Brand purchase frequency 48
Estimated share of visits per brand (top 20) 52
Brand Equity: The ABM Index 53
Restaurant attribute importance 55
Restaurant attribute importance by demographic segment 56
Need segments identified 66
Proportion in each segment and average spending per segment 67
Segment demographic differences 68
Brand performance in memory – relative 70
Brand signature perceptions 87
Substitutability 132
Healty eating – foods most want to avoid 141
Common annoyances not addressed by restaurants 146
Annoyances by demographic 148
Consumer behaviour 152
Alone versus accompanied 152
Usage occasions, menu and information sources 161
Most frequent activities to pass the time in restaurants 176
Reference list 182
Definitions 182
The 45 brands listed directly below receive full coverage, while certain smaller brands receive more limited coverage (list following):
Adega
Anat
Burger King
Cape Town Fish Market
Cappello
Cappuccino’s
Captain DoRego’s
Chicken Licken
DoRego
Dros
Dulce Café
Europa
Fego Caffe
Fishaways
Galito’s
Hooters
House of Coffee
John Dory’s
Juicy Lucy
Keg
KFC
Kauai
King Pie
London Pie
Maxis
McDonald’s
Mike’s Kitchen
Mimmos
Mugg & Bean
Nando’s
News Cafe
Nino’s
Ocean Basket
Panarottis
Pizza Perfect
Primi Piatti
Roman’s Pizza
Sandwich Baron
Scooters (Domino’s)
Steers
St Elmo’s (Domino’s)
Spur
Vida e Caffe
Wimpy
Woolworths restaurant
Smaller brands receiving limited coverage:
Boost Juice Bars
Brazilian
Bugatti
Captain DoRegos
Cattle Baron
Col’Cacchio
Fego caffes
JB Rivers
Maxi’s
Mikes Kitchen
Sausage Saloon
St Elmo (Domino’s)
Wiesenhof
Demographics
Reporting is split by demographics in certain places (see list of tables/figures) according to age, gender, ethnic group and household income. In certain places additional demographic types may be included at Acentric Marketing Research’s discretion. Note – demographics are broken down according to the following broad groupings:
Age: 16-34 and 35+
Gender: Male and female
Ethnic group: Black, white and other
Household income: R5,000-R10,999, R11,000-R19,999 and R20,000+.
Last updated
The last update available = 2015. To request a quotation on a new version, please lodge a request.
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