LeadQuasar's Food & Beverage category has 3,245 person-level contacts, and every one includes an email address, a phone number, a website and a named person. The most common titles are President (483) and Owner (471), and five of the top ten are marketing roles. That makes it a list of brand and company decision-makers, not restaurant staff.
What kind of list this is
This is a mid-sized, focused list. It covers 45 states, but the records are uneven, and it is worth knowing the shape before you plan a campaign.
The titles are the clearest signal:
| Title | Contacts |
|---|---|
| President | 483 |
| Owner | 471 |
| Marketing Manager | 141 |
| Chief Executive Officer | 99 |
| Marketing Director | 60 |
| Chief Operating Officer | 55 |
| Marketing Executive | 55 |
| Director of Marketing | 53 |
| Vice President Marketing | 40 |
| Operations Manager | 31 |
Add the marketing lines together and you have a real marketing audience inside a food and beverage list: managers, directors, executives and vice presidents who own the brand, the packaging and the launch calendar. Those are people at producers, packaged-food brands, beverage companies and distributors. They are not line cooks or restaurant managers.
Two buyers, two pitches
The owner or president. At a smaller food or drink company, this person signs for co-packing, ingredients, equipment, insurance, freight and financing. They care about margin and getting product onto shelves. Lead with cost or capacity.
The marketing team. Marketing Manager (141) is the third most common title in the category. These buyers own packaging design, trade marketing, retail promotions, social, influencer programs and sampling. They care about sell-through and launch dates. Lead with a result in their channel, and ask what they are launching next.
The two groups read differently. An owner wants a short phone call and a clear number. A marketing director will read a well-written email and forward it to a colleague if it fits. With email and phone on every record, you can match the channel to the person.
Mapping the food & beverage data
| State | Contacts |
|---|---|
| California | 767 |
| Texas | 216 |
| Georgia | 186 |
| New Jersey | 172 |
| Maryland | 161 |
| Florida | 124 |
Illinois (82), Connecticut (74), Arizona (72) and Washington (70) follow, and 17 states have their own page.
The Glendale cluster, and why it matters
One city stands out. Glendale, California holds 471 contacts, which is most of California's 767. The next cities are far smaller: Gaithersburg, Maryland and Carrollton, Texas have 144 each, Atlanta 109 and Freehold, New Jersey 106.
A cluster that tight usually means a few large employers with many staff in the data, rather than hundreds of separate companies. That is useful if you sell to big food brands, because it gives you several contacts inside the same organization: a marketing manager, a director and a VP you can approach in parallel. It is less useful if you want many small, separate companies.
So plan for it. If your offer is aimed at small producers, look past the big city clusters to places like Napa (36), Salinas (31) and Boulder (31), where the records are more likely to be spread across independent brands. If you sell to enterprise, the clusters are where to start, and you should coordinate your outreach so three people at one company do not get the same email on the same morning.
Timing
Food and beverage runs on launch and retail cycles. Brands plan new products and packaging well ahead of the retail reset when buyers choose shelf space, and marketing teams lock seasonal campaigns months early. The useful question on a first call is what they are launching next and when. Your follow-up belongs before that date, not after it.
A working plan
- Browse food and beverage leads by state and city. Search and filtering are free.
- Decide which buyer you want: owner and president, or marketing.
- Check company spread. In a cluster city, see how many contacts share one company, and pick one or two per company.
- Open with the product. Every record has a website. Mention a specific line or launch, not "your brand".
- Keep it short and follow CAN-SPAM and any state rules that apply.
Almost every record is in the VERIFIED tier (3,240, with 5 STANDARD), and each shows a quality score before you unlock it. A free account unlocks 50 contacts a day with no card, which covers a small focused list in a few days. To pull the whole category into your CRM, go unlimited for $3.99/month with CSV export. Our cold email guide covers how to write the first message.
Frequently asked questions
How many food and beverage contacts does LeadQuasar have?
The Food & Beverage category has 3,245 contacts across 45 states. Every one includes an email address, a phone number, a website and a person's name.
Are these restaurants?
No. The most common titles are President (483), Owner (471) and Marketing Manager (141), which points to food and beverage companies and brands rather than restaurant staff.
Can I reach food brand marketing teams?
Yes. Five of the ten most common titles are marketing roles: Marketing Manager (141), Marketing Director (60), Marketing Executive (55), Director of Marketing (53) and Vice President Marketing (40).
Why does Glendale have so many records?
Glendale, California holds 471 of California's 767 contacts. A cluster that tight usually reflects a few large employers with many people in the data, so expect several contacts per company there.
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