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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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Past plastic: what constitutes sustainable packaging?
We know consumers want less plastic and non-recyclable packaging, but how do they feel about alternative options? Do they prefer glass? TetraPak? Compostable…
Learn morePouring a cup of competition
Consumers expect more from their beverages than ever before: in 2018, 62% said that beverages play a very important role in their overall health and wellness.…
Learn moreThe ever-expanding definition of value
New research from FMI, The Food Industry Association, and The Hartman Group reveals that grocery shoppers no longer view “good value” as purely…
Learn morePreview: Hartman Group 2024 Syndicated Study Lineup
What’s next for the food and beverage industry in 2024? Our next year of research will keep you on the cutting edge of food culture, from the world…
Learn moreDrink as I aspire, not as I do!
Parenting is fraught with challenges, and encouraging a healthy diet for one’s kids is certainly among them. The adage, “Do as I say, not as…
Learn moreMass maintains grocery growth
Just released research conducted by FMI, The Food Industry Association, and The Hartman Group confirms the Grocery channel continues to lose consumers…
Learn moreIntroducing the Great Wellness Reset 2023
2023 is the year of the Great Wellness Reset. In Health and Wellness 2023 we learned consumer culture is not COVID-free, but consumers have a new perspective…
Learn moreA Sustainable Food System Might Be The Prize in a Tug-of-War Between Science and Nature
Food culture of the 1990s through the 2010s focused on a future that would resurrect idealized, if not imagined, notions of our agrarian past (e.g., pastoral…
Learn moreConsumer Attitudes Toward Science, Technology and the Challenges Facing the Food System
Our new report Food & Technology 2023 finds that over the past several years, a cascade of environmental, social, ethical, and health challenges has…
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