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Teen Eating & Drinking Occasions Landscape: Feeding the Next Generation of Opportunity

Understanding teens’ eating and drinking habits today is essential for brands looking to build trust and loyalty with the shoppers and diners of tomorrow. 

Rethinking Brand Strategy in a Shifting Landscape

In our latest white paper, we explore how most successful food and beverage brands don’t just follow trends — they lead by aligning with cultural shifts, deeply…

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…

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September 18, 2024 | Report

Organic Category Reports

Based on our full syndicated report, Beyond Organic 2024: Expanding Distinctions in Food & Beverage, an Organic Category Report will help you fine-tune…

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August 15, 2024 | Report

Eating & Drinking Occasions Landscape: Meal vs. Snack Occasions

Utilizing Hartman Group’s proprietary Compass Eating & Drinking Occasions Database, these data-focused dashboards analyze nearly 15,000 U.S. adult…

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July 15, 2024 | Report

Eating & Drinking Occasions Landscape: At-Home vs. Away-From-Home Occasions

Utilizing Hartman Group’s proprietary Compass Eating & Drinking Occasions Database, these data-focused dashboards analyze nearly 15,000 U.S. adult…

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July 01, 2024 | Report

Beyond Organic 2024: Expanding Distinctions in Food & Beverage

“Beyond Organic: Expanding Distinctions in Food & Beverage” equips readers with actionable insights to navigate where organic adds value, where…

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June 12, 2024 | Report

Eating & Drinking Occasions Landscape: Alone vs. Social Occasions

Utilizing Hartman Group’s proprietary Compass Eating & Drinking Occasions Database, these data-focused dashboards analyze nearly 15,000 U.S. adult…

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April 01, 2024 | Report

Future of Snacking 2024: Balancing Intent with Indulgence

“Future of Snacking 2024” provides deeper understanding of where and why consumers make tradeoffs in their snack choices, which considerations are…

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February 21, 2024 | Report

Eating & Drinking Occasions Landscape 2023: Settling Into a New Era

“Eating & Drinking Occasions Landscape 2023: Settling Into a New Era” looks back at the past five years to identify key shifts — and subsequent…

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January 29, 2024 | Report

Ideas in Food 2024

Ideas in Food details over a dozen concepts we see developing into trends over the next 3-5 years and explains the cultural context and implications behind…

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December 20, 2023 | Report

Taste of Tomorrow: Navigating Food through the Eyes of Gen Z and Alpha

“Taste of Tomorrow: Navigating Food Through the Eyes of Gen Z and Gen Alpha 2023” deciphers the influences that mold these consumers’ worldviews…

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