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Menu Concept Appeal & Pricing Test

A concept-testing instrument for restaurants evaluating new menu items. Measures appeal, perceived uniqueness, willingness to pay, and purchase intent across up to three concepts, with qualitative probing for optimization insights.

Sample questions

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21 questions · ~10 min
Q01
Message

Welcome, and thank you for participating! This survey explores your reactions to a few new menu item concepts. It should take approximately 10 minutes to complete. Your participation is entirely voluntary, and you may stop at any time. There are no right or wrong answers—we are interested in your honest opinions. All responses are confidential and will be reported only in aggregate to help improve future menu offerings. Please click Next to begin.

Q02
Multiple Choice

In the past 30 days, approximately how many times did you purchase prepared food from a restaurant, café, or similar venue?

  • 0 times
  • 1 time
  • 2–3 times
  • 4–6 times
  • 7 or more times
Q03
Message

<p>Please take a moment to review the following three menu item concepts. You will be asked about each one on the next pages.</p><p><strong>Concept A — Smoky Chipotle Chicken Wrap</strong></p><p>Grilled chicken with smoky chipotle aioli, black beans, roasted corn, and fresh cilantro in a warm flour tortilla.</p><p><strong>Concept B — Herbed Veggie Grain Bowl</strong></p><p>A base of warm farro and quinoa topped with roasted seasonal vegetables, lemon-herb tahini dressing, and toasted pepitas.</p><p><strong>Concept C — Citrus Miso Salmon Salad</strong></p><p>Miso-glazed salmon over mixed greens with mandarin segments, edamame, crispy wontons, and a citrus-ginger vinaigrette.</p>

Q04
Opinion Scale

<p>If available next week, how appealing would you find the <strong>Smoky Chipotle Chicken Wrap</strong>?</p>

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all appealingMax:Extremely appealing
Q05
Opinion Scale

<p>Compared with typical menu options where you usually eat, how unique would you consider the <strong>Smoky Chipotle Chicken Wrap</strong>?</p>

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all uniqueMax:Extremely unique
Q06
Multiple Choice

Which of the following menu items would you be most likely to try first?

  • Smoky Chipotle Chicken Wrap
  • Herbed Veggie Grain Bowl
  • Citrus Miso Salmon Salad
  • None of these
Q07
Ranking

Please rank the following factors by how important each is to you when choosing menu items like these. Drag to reorder from most to least important.

  1. Taste / flavor
  2. Price / value
  3. Portion size
  4. Quality of ingredients
  5. Healthfulness / nutrition
  6. Uniqueness / novelty
Drag to rank
Q08
Dropdown

What is your age?

  • 18–24
  • 25–34
  • 35–44
  • 45–54
  • 55–64
  • 65 or older
  • Prefer not to say
Q09
Message

Thank you for your time! Your feedback is valuable and will help shape future menu offerings. You may now close this window.

Q10
Multiple Choice

How do you most often get prepared meals such as bowls, wraps, or salads?

  • Dine-in
  • Takeout / pickup
  • Delivery
  • Drive-thru
  • Grocery prepared foods
  • Other
Q11
Opinion Scale

<p>If available next week, how appealing would you find the <strong>Herbed Veggie Grain Bowl</strong>?</p>

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all appealingMax:Extremely appealing
Q12
Opinion Scale

<p>Compared with typical menu options where you usually eat, how unique would you consider the <strong>Herbed Veggie Grain Bowl</strong>?</p>

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all uniqueMax:Extremely unique
Q13
Dropdown

For your top pick, what is the most you would be willing to pay? Please select the price range that best applies.

  • Less than $5
  • $5–$7
  • $8–$10
  • $11–$13
  • $14–$16
  • $17–$19
  • $20 or more
Q14
Long Text

What, if anything, would make any of these menu items more appealing to you?

Q15
Multiple Choice

How do you describe your gender?

  • Woman
  • Man
  • Non-binary
  • Prefer not to say
Q16
Opinion Scale

<p>If available next week, how appealing would you find the <strong>Citrus Miso Salmon Salad</strong>?</p>

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all appealingMax:Extremely appealing
Q17
Opinion Scale

<p>Compared with typical menu options where you usually eat, how unique would you consider the <strong>Citrus Miso Salmon Salad</strong>?</p>

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all uniqueMax:Extremely unique
Q18
Opinion Scale

At that price, how likely would you be to purchase your top pick within the next 2 weeks?

Scale: 17
Min:Very unlikelyMax:Very likely
Q19
AI Interview

Thank you for your thoughts so far. An AI moderator will now ask you 1–2 brief follow-up questions to explore your reactions in a bit more depth.

Q20
Dropdown

Which region best describes where you live?

  • Northeast US
  • Southeast US
  • Midwest US
  • Southwest US
  • West US
  • Canada
  • United Kingdom
  • Europe (other)
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Latin America
  • Other
  • Prefer not to say
Q21
Multiple Choice

Do you currently follow any of these dietary patterns? Select all that apply.

  • None of these
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • Pescatarian
  • Gluten-free
  • Dairy-free
  • Halal
  • Kosher
  • Other

What’s included

  • AI follow-ups

    Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.

  • Attention checks

    Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.

  • AI-drafted copy

    Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.

  • Auto report

    Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.

How it compares

We reviewed the closest templates from other survey tools. Here’s what they do well — and where this template goes further.

Why this template

  • Tests up to three menu concepts side-by-side with dedicated appeal and uniqueness ratings for each, not just a single generic concept.
  • Pairs a willingness-to-pay dropdown with a purchase-intent-at-that-price question, so pricing sensitivity is measured directly against a stated price point rather than in the abstract.
  • Includes an AI follow-up interview that asks 1-2 adaptive probing questions after the core survey, digging into open-ended optimization feedback that a static form would miss.
  • Closes with a ranking exercise on decision factors plus an open-text question on what would make items more appealing, giving both quantitative priority data and qualitative texture for menu R&D.

Jotform

Concept Testing Survey Form Template

A generic, fielding-ready concept testing form built on Jotform's drag-and-drop form builder. It's built for broad concept testing rather than menu/restaurant-specific pricing scenarios, so restaurant teams would need to heavily customize question wording and pricing logic themselves.

What it does well

  • Ready-to-use template within a widely adopted form builder
  • Easy customization of question types and branding
  • Straightforward for teams already using Jotform for other forms

Where it falls short

  • No adaptive AI follow-up probing — all questions are static and pre-written
  • No voice AI interview option
  • No automated per-response quality scoring or transparent AI prompt methodology

SurveySparrow

Sample Concept Testing Survey Template

A conversational-style survey template aimed at general concept testing, with SurveySparrow's chat-like question flow. It is a sample template rather than a menu-pricing-specific instrument, so willingness-to-pay and multi-concept comparison structures would need to be built from scratch.

What it does well

  • Conversational, one-question-at-a-time UI that can feel more engaging than a static form
  • Fielding-ready starting point for general concept feedback
  • Part of a broader survey platform with reporting dashboards

Where it falls short

  • No adaptive AI-driven follow-up questioning based on individual responses
  • No voice AI interview capability
  • No automated quality scoring per response or published prompt transparency

Typeform

Product Concept Testing Survey Template

Typeform's polished, conversational-style concept testing template is well suited to general product feedback and looks professionally designed. It's a general product concept template, not tailored to menu items or food pricing, and offers no dynamic interviewing beyond its fixed question flow.

What it does well

  • Highly polished, visually engaging survey experience
  • Fielding-ready with logic-jump capability for branching
  • Strong brand recognition and ease of use for respondents

Where it falls short

  • No adaptive AI follow-up interviewing — logic jumps are rule-based, not conversationally generated
  • No voice AI interview mode
  • No automated per-response quality scoring or transparent prompt disclosure

QuestionPro

Concept Evaluation and Pricing Study Survey Templates

This is the closest thematic match, explicitly combining concept evaluation with pricing study questions on an enterprise survey platform. It's a solid static template for pricing and concept metrics, but it is not menu/restaurant-specific and relies on fixed questions rather than any adaptive interviewing layer.

What it does well

  • Directly combines concept evaluation and pricing measurement in one template
  • Backed by a mature enterprise survey platform with extensive reporting tools
  • Fielding-ready template usable across many product categories

Where it falls short

  • No adaptive AI-moderated follow-up interviews to probe individual pricing reasoning
  • No voice AI interview option
  • No automated per-response quality scoring or published prompt-level methodology

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