Food & Beverage (200-500) January 2026
Emerging
Benchmark status
We consider this an emerging benchmark: it has enough data available for us to use bootstrapping to create a representative sample. As the sample grows in size, some scores may slightly change. Our research has shown that our bootstrapped scores are consistent with our standard benchmarks. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Food & Beverages, Food Production, Restaurants, Wine & Spirits
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Northern America
46%
Oceania
32%
Europe
18%
Asia
4%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
55%
Female
45%
Non-Binary
0.09%
Are employees committed to their organizations?
Engaged people are emotionally committed to their organization. These people stay at their organizations longer and are more productive and effective. Successful organizations have more engaged employees.
72% of Food and Beverage (200-500) employees are engaged
This is in the top 43% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 26 and is in the top 5% compared with other industries.
How does Food and Beverage (200-500) compare?
People in Food & Beverage (200-500) were much more positive than average regarding Company Performance, Growth, and Inclusion.
On the lower side, people in Food & Beverage (200-500) had much lower favorable scores than average in Collaboration & Communication.
People working in Food & Beverage (200-500) are more engaged than Public Relations & Communications, Higher Education, Government Administration, and Government. People working in Food & Beverage (200-500) are less engaged than Legal Services, Venture Capital & Private Equity, and Engaging Growth.
The highest scoring question for Food & Beverage (200-500) had 89% of people agreeing that they know what they need to do to be successful in their role (+2% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Inclusion.
People in Food & Beverage (200-500) were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results' with 12% of people disagreeing (-1% below average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 19% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-1% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 8% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-2% compared to overall).
Understanding Tenure distributions
Tenure describes how long an employee has worked for their company: we know through our research that newly hired employees tend to be more positive than their tenured counterparts. Positivity declines sharply before bottoming out between two to six years, then rises slightly for those that remain.
The tenure composition of a benchmark can influence overall scores.
Tenure distributions
Less than 3 months
3%
3 months to 6 months
7%
6 months to less than 1 year
12%
1 to less than 2 years
17%
2 to less than 4 years
23%
4 to less than 6 years
11%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
12%