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Meals 2026: Occasions, Needs and Constraints
Traditional meal structures are giving way to a complex balancing act between time, cost and competing needs. Meals 2026 will provide a systematic view…
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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A 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 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 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 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.…
Learn moreFall 2021: Hope and Anxiety as Americans Return to School and the Office
The FMI-Hartman Group U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends Tracker: Back to School/Back to Office report reveals that as of early August 2021, parents expect a…
Learn moreBeyond Price: Private Brands Up the Ante to Drive Differentiation and Retailer Trust
In this past pandemic-challenged year and a half, we have witnessed the extraordinary empowerment of consumers in demanding brands—both name and…
Learn moreThe Future of Brands: The Role That Private and Name Brands Can Play Is Up in the Air Now
Consumers are relying less on brands to guide their choices, and brands are searching for ways to build loyalty among increasingly discerning and fragmented…
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