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Restaurant Allergen Safety & Communication Experience Survey

Measures diners' experiences with allergen communication, cross-contact prevention, and staff responsiveness to identify gaps in restaurant food safety practices and strengthen guest trust.

Sample questions

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23 questions · ~4 min
Q01
Long Text

Welcome! This survey explores your experiences with restaurant dining and food allergy communication. It takes approximately 5–7 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 anonymous and will be reported in aggregate to help improve allergen safety practices in restaurants. Thank you for participating.

Q02
Multiple Choice

How often do you dine at restaurants (eat-in) in a typical month?

Q03
Multiple Choice

Which best describes your situation regarding food allergies or sensitivities?

Q04
Multiple Choice

Before choosing a place to eat, which sources do you check for allergy information? (Select all that apply.)

Q05
Long Text

When dining out, how often do you inform restaurant staff about food allergy or sensitivity needs?

Q06
Long Text

Rank the following improvements from most to least important for allergy-safe dining.

Q07
AI Interview

We'd like to understand more about your dining safety experiences. A few brief follow-up questions will appear based on your earlier responses.

Q08
Multiple Choice

What is your age group?

Q09
Long Text

Thank you for your time—your feedback will help improve allergen safety practices in restaurant dining.

Q10
Multiple Choice

Which type of restaurant or food service do you use most often?

Q11
Multiple Choice

Which allergens are relevant to you or your dining party when eating out? (Select all that apply.)

Q12
Multiple Choice

Which methods are most helpful for restaurants to communicate allergen information? (Select all that apply.)

Q13
Long Text

How confident are you that the restaurants you visit manage allergen cross-contact safely?

Q14
Multiple Choice

If a restaurant could fully assure allergy-safe handling, how much extra would you be willing to pay as a percentage of your meal price?

Q15
Long Text

Based on your responses in this survey, please share any additional thoughts or suggestions for how restaurants can better support safe, confident dining for guests with food allergies.

Q16
Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes your gender?

Q17
Multiple Choice

What reaction severity do you typically plan for when choosing a restaurant?

Q18
Long Text

How clear is the allergen information on physical menus at restaurants you visit?

Q19
Multiple Choice

In the last 12 months, did you experience an allergy-related mistake at a restaurant?

Q20
Long Text

Where do you currently live?

Q21
Long Text

How clear is the allergen information on restaurant websites or delivery apps?

Q22
Long Text

Thinking about your most recent dine-in visit, how satisfied were you with how staff handled allergy-related requests or questions?

Q23
Long Text

How clear is the allergen information communicated verbally by restaurant staff?

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.

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