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Behind-the-scenes of “Health & Wellness 2025”
Vitality and longevity have emerged as twin objectives in today’s wellness culture. As average lifespans increase and wellness ideals evolve, the focus…
Health & Wellness 2025: The Interplay of Vitality and Longevity
As wellness takes on an increasingly diverse meaning, consumers seek more than just immediate benefits: they aspire for better quality of life for a longer…
Value in an Environment of Uncertainty
While the staggering inflation of 2021-2022 has slowed, food prices remain high. The impacts of global trade tariffs are looming. And feelings of uncertainty…
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Price Shocks for Food Culture: Is It Enough to Spur Brand Switching?
For consumers and businesses alike, headlines on rising food and beverage prices continue to underscore supply chain issues for food and beverage producers…
Learn moreAt the Dining Table 2021: American Meals and Cooking
“At the Dining Table 2021: American Meals and Cooking” takes stock of where two years of a national pandemic have left U.S. consumers amidst influences…
Learn moreMyths & Realities Behind the Plant-based Trend
Consumer interest in plant-focused products and diets is high—whether it’s for one meal, one month, or frames a long-term approach to eating. Not just…
Learn moreA Worldview on Sustainability: Findings From Hartman’s Health & Wellness Across the Globe Report
Consumers across the globe tend to be most optimistic about the future of their families and most pessimistic about the future of the planet. This relatively…
Learn moreHealthy Living Today and Weight Management: Consumers have a widespread desire to change body weight
As part of pandemic changes and due largely to a more sedentary shift to life at home, weight management continues to be a significant concern in the U.S.…
Learn moreWe Really Should Talk. Your Consumers Are Telling Us Things You’ll Want to Know About Opportunities for Your Brands.
Consumers, however, are not innovators. They look to food and beverage companies to lead in innovation. They look to you to come up with the new products…
Learn moreThree Big Findings from Our Health & Wellness: Reimagining Well-being Amid COVID-19 Report
It took a pandemic to upend life as we know it, prompting Americans to rethink their notions around health & wellness aspirations and behaviors. Our…
Learn moreChanges in How We Snack: Snacking, More So Than Meals, is Highly Vulnerable to Lifestyle Changes
Societal changes, and certainly global pandemics, affect each household differently, pushing their needs in different, sometimes divergent, directions.…
Learn moreThe Joy of Snacking: An Avenue for Discovery of New Flavor Experiences—Particularly Among Younger Consumers
If you’re looking to boost snack sales, then among a broad range of snack selection criteria, great taste represents a key baseline requirement.…
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