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Ideas in Food 2027
Get ahead of what’s next: Ideas in Food 2027 explores 20 emerging trends and the forces driving them, giving you the foresight to navigate change, address…
Video highlights from Meals 2026: From Structure to Flexibility
Meals remain central to daily life, but they are no longer fixed events built around traditional formats. Meals 2026: From Structure to Flexibility explores…
Gen X as Influencer: The Untapped Potential of a Forgotten Generation
Gen X as Influencer: The Untapped Potential of a Forgotten Generation explores what makes Gen X unique, how their formative experiences have shaped their…
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Organic Today: Meaningful, Yes, But Consumers Want Something More
The Hartman Group’s Organic & Beyond 2020 report finds that as consumers become more knowledgeable about organic, it doesn’t symbolize everything…
Learn moreWhat’s Functional Today? Cognitive Health
Today, we are witnessing the emergence of a universe of cognitive benefits that span life stages with corresponding interest among consumers. Traditionally, they…
Learn moreExercise as a Remedy for Health Conditions
Consumers are more aware than ever of the overlapping nature of physical and mental health and wellness. This is especially noticeable in how consumers…
Learn moreThe Rise of Online Grocery During COVID-19
If 2020 is the year of the pandemic, it is also the year of online grocery shopping: Already on the rise in recent years, participation in online grocery…
Learn moreCOVID-19’s Continued Impact on Eating: Seven Takeaways from New Report
The Hartman Group’s COVID-19’s Continued Impact on Eating report picks up where an earlier analysis left off and highlights how eating and drinking…
Learn moreCOVID-19: Top Adjustments Made to How We Shop for Food
84% of U.S. adult shoppers say they’ve adjusted how they shop for food due to COVID-19: our Food Sourcing in America July/August 2020 report finds that…
Learn moreCelebrating Thanksgiving During COVID-19: Highlights From Most Recent FMI U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends COVID-19 Tracker Report
Thanksgiving will be a little different this year: As found in FMI’s ninth U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends COVID-19 Tracker (research conducted by The Hartman…
Learn moreGen Z Adults: Normal Aspirations, Extraordinary Context
Young adults have long loved to eat out in restaurants – and Gen Z today are returning to this normal. Compared to spring 2020 (the early days of the…
Learn moreThe Big Shift to Cooking
Forced to shelter in place by COVID-19, Americans are spending significantly more time at home – and in their kitchens – than usual.When asked in April…
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