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Behind the scenes of “Food Sourcing in America 2025"
This webinar goes beyond surface-level findings from the report, providing a look inside our discussions with real consumers that helped inform key takeaways…
Food Sourcing in America 2025: Fragmentation and Focus
Food and beverage sourcing has grown increasingly fragmented, and retailers are battling for their slice of a seemingly shrinking pie. “Food Sourcing…
Modern macronutrients: A strategic guide to ingredient opportunities
The way consumers think about nutrition labels is changing fast. In our latest white paper, we explore how shifting health priorities, diverse cultural…
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Top-Tier Considerations When Choosing Which Food and Beverage Products to Buy
The Hartman Group’s Brand Ambition: Food and Beverage Brands & Beyond report finds that consumers consider taste, price and quality as the first-tier…
Learn moreHow Sweet It Is: Our Complex Relationship with Sugar and Sweeteners
Despite allowances for indulgence in a stressful year, our Health & Wellness: Reimagining Well-being Amid COVID-19 report finds that excess sugar concerns…
Learn moreA Return to the Joy of Cooking?
The Hartman Group’s previous foodways studies have shown that, despite reporting about the decline of cooking and the resurgence of dining out, Americans…
Learn moreSustainability Today: The Opportunity Gap
While consumer understanding of sustainability is growing, consumers still struggle to name a sustainable product or identify a sustainable company. The…
Learn moreThe Importance of Climate Change When Shopping for Foods and Beverages
A key finding from The Hartman Group’s latest syndicated report, Sustainability 2021: Environment and Society in Focus shows that slightly more than…
Learn moreHartman/FMI Research Finds Halloween Trick-or-Treating Is Back
Hartman Group/FMI’s latest U.S. Grocery Shopping Trends Tracker research finds grocery shoppers are making their Halloween plans and 70% of consumers…
Learn moreWhose Brand Is It?
While some shoppers can be quite savvy about private brands and lean on them consciously in their shopping choices, many simply do not think along the…
Learn moreChanging Role of Meals and Cooking in America: Consumer as Chef
Early in the pandemic, it got pretty hot in the average household’s kitchen as consumers quarantined at home and fully engaged with a range of cooking…
Learn moreChanging Role of Meals in America
Recent decades have seen a gradual erosion of American mealtime rituals. The Hartman Group’s Transformation of the American Meal report in 2017 found…
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