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GLP-1s: Seizing Opportunity in a New CPG Landscape
The GLP-1 revolution is no longer confined to healthcare—it is rapidly reshaping how consumers think about nutrition, indulgence and the role food plays…
The Practical Future of Food Tech
In recent years, the digital food landscape has focused largely on novelty and inspiration: helping consumers discover new products, recipes and trends.…
Live Q&A: Inside the Digital Food Culture Gap
This webinar explored how consumers want technology to fit into their everyday food experiences, with experts breaking down key behaviors, expectations, and…
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The Big Bet on Bugs. Providing Palatable Alternative Proteins for Consumers
Our interview with Jason Jones, the head of Exo Protein, cricket protein bars.Food manufacturers are betting that new protein sources are likely to become…
Learn moreHow America Eats 2020: United in How We Eat, Diverse in What We Eat
Among diverse ethnicities and immigration history, consumers tend to behave similarly around cost, convenience, and snacking but have larger differences…
Learn moreWhat’s Beyond Organic? Regenerative Agriculture and Soil Health May Provide a Glimpse
In 1997, The Hartman Group was in its second year of examining consumer perceptions of food in relation to "earth sustainability" in its Food and the Environment…
Learn moreGoing for Growth Through Innovation
Consumers disrupting culture, opening doors to growth possibilitiesIn the last few years, we have witnessed a food and beverage industry that is undergoing…
Learn moreThe Plant-Based Halo: Four Key Motivations and a Word of Caution
In a previous article, How Did We Get to the Term “Plant-Based?”, we discussed how today’s language around “plant-based” draws on cultural history…
Learn moreWhat Low-Income Consumers Want: On Food, Eating and Health & Wellness
Who doesn’t want to eat healthy, delicious food that tastes home-cooked? For consumers with means, it’s an attainable ideal, but low-income consumers…
Learn moreConsumer Desires for Simpler Ingredients and Clean Labels Will Lead to Greater Scrutiny of Plant-Based Food Products in 2020
As Consumers Get More Involved With Plant-Based Food and Beverage Products, They Will Increasingly Want to Know More About How They’re Made and What’s…
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