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GLP-1s: Seizing Opportunity in a New CPG Landscape
The food industry's silver bullet for highly profitable, craveable foods is being met with a competing silver bullet for resisting them. As GLP1 adoption…
The impact of GLP-1s in an era of disruption
We’re excited to share that our latest white paper offers critical insight into this highly sought-after topic, exploring how GLP-1 adoption is reshaping…
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 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…
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Hartman Group/FMI’s latest U.S. Grocery Shopping Trends Tracker research finds grocery shoppers are making their Halloween plans and 70% of consumers…
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Along with the many pandemic-driven changes in lifestyle countless households and individuals have faced during the pandemic, one of the most significant…
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…
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Sustainability is one of today’s biggest business challenges and opportunities. The problems facing the planet and its global citizens have not…
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…
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Learn moreWhat’s Next in Cooking and Meals?
Even though it’s likely a little hazy, we can all probably remember the big shifts that occurred in meal planning and cooking at the start of the pandemic:…
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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