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Eating & Drinking Occasions Landscape 2025: Modern Needs & Sourcing Strategies
What if the biggest driver of how people eat today isn’t what they choose — but when and how they choose it? “Eating & Drinking…
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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Consumers’ Fluctuating Relationship With Price
32% of consumers report looking for items on sale / using coupons more often as a result of the COVID-19 situation.Source: The Hartman Group’s Value…
Learn moreBeyond the Pandemic: Future Food Shopping Expectations
With all the changes to food shopping, the key question is of course what the future will look like: which changes will stick when concerns over the pandemic…
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A Cultural Tale of Scallion Cutters, Blow Torches and Tortilla Presses: Exhausted Parents and Kids Discover Cooking, the Kitchen and New Culinary ToolsAre…
Learn moreSustainability Is a Key Consumer Driver of Organic
Growing concerns around sustainability signal a desire to return to the community and ecologically oriented roots of the organic movement. With sustainability…
Learn moreRevisiting the Diversity of American Foodways
The history of race in America is fraught with injustice. In this environment, it is critical to approach diversity with an abundance of both caution and…
Learn moreSUSTAINABILITY AS A BUSINESS IMPERATIVE
In an era of unease and uncertainty, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is more important now than ever before. Although some aspects of sustainability…
Learn moreSnacking on Leftovers: A Hidden Opportunity for Restaurants to Recover Some Revenue During the Pandemic?
It seems like a distant memory when restaurants were in an intense competition for share of households’ food dollars with other restaurants, grocery…
Learn morePlant-based Products: No Longer a Niche Lifestyle Choice
With animal protein supply chains under siege during the pandemic, consumers are turning to plant-based alternatives, much as they were prior to current…
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