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Toast vendor & supplier survey

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Any information you submit as part of the survey will be used for purposes of this survey and for Toast's general business purposes in accordance with Toast's Privacy Statement which can be found here: https://pos.toasttab.com/privacy.
1.Which of the following best describes your current job title?(Required.)
2.What is your level of involvement in technology / software buying decisions for your restaurant(s) (e.g. POS systems, reservation platforms, payroll systems, etc.)?(Required.)
3.How many locations does your restaurant group currently have open?(Required.)
4.Which of the following options best represents the majority of the restaurants within your group?(Required.)
5.On average, what are the annual sales of your restaurant? If you manage multiple locations, what is the average sales per location?(Required.)
6.How recently did your restaurant open? If you manage multiple locations, please consider the restaurant that opened most recently.(Required.)
7.When opening your restaurant, to what extent did you work with the following vendor categories on designing the overall strategy / approach to your concept or doing operational preparations?(Required.)
not at all
somewhat
heavily
Non-alcohol beverage suppliers
Accountants
Restaurant specific contractors or consultants 
Real estate / landlords
Equipment & service suppliers (kitchen equipment, linens, uniforms, first aid, paper, etc.)
Food suppliers
Liquor / alcohol distributors
Banks and other lenders
8.Please specify the top 3 specific vendor names who you relied on the most for advice when you initially opened your restaurant(Required.)
9.Which vendor categories do you have the strongest day-to-day working relationships with?(Required.)
No relationship 
Some working relationship 
Strong working relationship
Real estate / landlords
Equipment & service suppliers (kitchen equipment, linens, uniforms, first aid, paper, etc.)
Food suppliers
Accountants
Banks or other lenders
Non-alcohol beverage suppliers
Liquor / alcohol distributors
Restaurant specific contractors or consultants
10.Which specific vendors / suppliers do you have the strongest day-to-day working relationships with? Please list top 3 by name(Required.)
11.In a few words or adjectives, please describe what makes your relationships with these vendors so strong?
12.Which vendor categories are you most likely to consult with when making decisions related to your restaurant's operations, and specifically technology and POS choices?(Required.)
Not likely 
Somewhat likely 
Likely
Restaurant specific contractors or consultants
Real estate / landlords
Liquor / alcohol distributors
Banks and other lenders / lending
Food suppliers
Equipment & service suppliers (kitchen equipment, linens, uniforms, first aid, paper, etc.)
Accountants
Non-alcohol beverage suppliers
13.Which specific vendors / suppliers have you consulted with in the past while making restaurant technology (and specifically POS) investments? Please list the top 3 by name.(Required.)
14.In a few words or adjectives, please describe why you trusted these vendors to help you navigate operational and technology (including POS) decisions?
15.If Toast were able to get your restaurant access to special discounts / offers from industry partners / suppliers, which categories would you be most excited to get special offers from?(Required.)
Not excited about special offers
Somewhat excited about special offers
Excited about special offers
Accountants
Food suppliers
Discounts at other restaurants
Non-alcohol beverage suppliers
Equipment & service suppliers (kitchen equipment, linens, uniforms, first aid, paper, etc.)
Restaurant specific contractors or consultants
Liquor / alcohol distributors
16.What types of special offers would you be most interested in receiving from your vendors? (Select all that apply)(Required.)
Not interested
Somewhat interested
Very interested 
Volume-based discounts
Preferred / early access to deals
Fixed discount off vendor goods / services (e.g., 10% off all purchases)
17.Would access to special discounts / services through partners influence your decision to buy a POS system through Toast, or from a competitor who offered such discounts?(Required.)
18.During the process of buying a POS system from Toast, to what extent would you value being made aware by your Toast sales representative about special offers available to your restaurant from other vendors or suppliers?(Required.)
19.If exclusive discounts to restaurant vendors / suppliers were offered by a POS provider, what one-time economic value (in dollars) would be compelling enough to cause you to choose the POS provider offering these discounts?(Required.)
20.Please provide your email address (required to be entered into the gift card sweepstakes)
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