We Translate Consumer Behavior and Food & Beverage Culture Into Growth Opportunities For Our Clients
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Who We Work With
We focus exclusively on the food and beverage marketplace. By leveraging our suite of annual syndicated studies, our Compass eating and drinking occasions database, our custom qualitative and quantitative primary research and our strategic consulting services, we excel at helping companies identify opportunities, overcome challenges and attain successful outcomes. From startups to established consumer packaged goods manufacturers, food retailers, food service operators, restaurants, flavor and ingredient manufacturers, and packaging manufacturers, we’ve successfully helped a wide variety of clients achieve their goals.
Hartman Retainer Services
Hartman Retainer Services is a customized subscription service which provides access to all of Hartman Group’s nonproprietary reports and publications plus access to our analytics team for consultations. Via this 12-month partnership, we connect you to a deep well of data, insights, and strategy
The Hartman Retainer Services package includes the following:
- Consulting hours (hours vary based on client need) with full access to all non-proprietary Hartman Group intellectual capital over a 12-month contract term
- Input into and receipt of four syndicated studies published during contract term
- Four in-person presentations or webinars of syndicated studies
- Dedicated account manager
- Secure, web-based portal to provide client access to all Hartman Group studies, white papers and special reports
2023 THG Events Calendar
FMI Mid-Winter Conference
Event Host: FMI
Topic: Where Food and Technology Meet
In Person Event: Florida
Hartman Group Presenter: Laurie Demeritt, CEO
Food & Technology 2023 Report Highlights
Event Host: Hartman Group
Virtual
Hartman Group Presenter: Laurie Demeritt, CEO
Reimagining Botanicals: Mastering the Market
Event Host: Naturally Informed
Topic: The Consumer Perspective on Key Botanicals as Functional and Culinary Ingredients
Virtual
Hartman Group Presenter: Melissa Abbott, Vice President, Hartman Retainer Services & Culinary Insights
A New Landscape of Eating: 2022 Eating Occasions Report Highlights
Event Host: Hartman Group
Virtual
Hartman Group Presenter: Renee Wheeler, Director of Hartman’s Eating Occasions Compass Database
The Growing Consumer Opportunity for Precision Fermentation
A Webinar Presented by Hartman Group, Perfect Day and Cargill
Virtual
Hartman Group Presenter: Laurie Demeritt, CEO
4th Annual Research Spotlight Meeting
Topic: Consumer Trends in The Plant Protein Category
In Person Event: Minneapolis, USA
Hartman Group Presenter: Shelley Balanko, Ph.D., Senior Vice President
Plant-Based Foods & Proteins Summit Americas 2023
Event Host: Bridge2Food
Topic: Plant-based Eating and Regenerative Agriculture: Consumer Interest in a Tastier, Healthier, and More Sustainable Future
In Person Event: Chicago, USA
Hartman Group Presenter: Melissa Abbott, VP of Syndicated Studies
Health & Wellness 2023: The Great Wellness Reset Report Highlights
Event Host: Hartman Group
Virtual
Hartman Group Presenter: Melissa Abbott, VP of Syndicated Studies
Event Host: Sosland
Topic: Consumer Perception of Precision Fermentation
Virtual
Hartman Group Presenter: Melissa Abbott, VP of Syndicated Studies
The Opportunities For Products Made With Protein From Fermentation
A Webinar Presented by Hartman Group and Perfect Day
Virtual
Hartman Group Presenter: Laurie Demeritt, CEO
2023 Clean Label Conference
Topic: Food and Technology 2023: Consumer Trends and Tensions
In Person Event: Illinois
Hartman Group Presenter: Shelley Balanko, Ph.D., Senior Vice President