We were asked by a Veterinary University in the UK to recruit 36 respondents with differing diets (vegans, vegetarians, flexitarians and meat eaters) to understand their attitudes to meat consumption and the influences of public policy on their diets. The focus groups were conducted in person on the client’s premises. The groups discussed recent changes to public policy around poultry and farming conditions. The client wanted to understand if people were aware of these changes, if they had contributed to their current dietary preferences, and if they might have an influence on their future dietary choices.
FieldworkHub successfully recruited 36 respondents for the six in-person focus groups. As these focus groups were taking place at the client’s premises, we needed to help ensure that everyone arrived at the premises on time and ensure that they completed security checks to enter the site. Each focus group comprised a mix of people with different diets and proved very insightful for the client to understand how the policy changes have influenced public opinion.
Overall, we had such a great time with them. All of them showed up early and were very open and interested. They stayed with us for the full 4 hours, covering competitor sites, in-store walk throughs and gave a lot of feedback on product. They were able to articulate the ‘why’ behind most of their feedback which is so helpful when we can’t get this in the office!
FieldworkHub did a great job with this recruitment. We always do research with very specific groups of medical specialists, so it’s not easy to find suitable respondents. FieldworkHub provided high quality services, which made it possible for us to gather important insights from four completely different markets.
