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Teen Eating & Drinking Occasions Landscape: Feeding the Next Generation of Opportunity
Understanding teens’ eating and drinking habits today is essential for brands looking to build trust and loyalty with the shoppers and diners of tomorrow.
Rethinking Brand Strategy in a Shifting Landscape
In our latest white paper, we explore how most successful food and beverage brands don’t just follow trends — they lead by aligning with cultural shifts, deeply…
Behind the scenes of “Food Sourcing in America 2025"
This webinar goes beyond surface-level findings from the report, providing a look inside our discussions with real consumers that helped inform key takeaways…
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One question, many answers: how a Knowledge Discovery can springboard your innovation
Trends emerge and evolve at lightning speed in today’s culture — and your product offerings must be nimble enough to follow suit. But how often…
Learn moreNew study underway: Sustainability & Transparency 2023
The definition of “sustainability” has expanded exponentially in recent years. A term that once simply signified humans’ use of natural…
Learn moreGut Check: A new soda occasion?
A recent CNBC article reports Olipop’s sales are soaring and that beverage giants, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, are interested in the brand. The probiotic…
Learn morePets and Wellness: Ruff, ruff, meow!
Health and wellness is no longer just about, or for, humans. As wellness has become a holistic construct incorporating physical health, social health, and…
Learn moreIntroducing the Great Wellness Reset
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 morePerformance Energy: Blending Beverage Benefits
Brands today not only need to deliver a tasty product to consumers, they also need to do so in an authentic and transparent manner. But is it enough…
Learn moreAlone in the Morning
“Alone in the Morning.” Is that the title of a new podcast, or a paint color? Neither. It’s the latest trend in American food culture. Actually, it’s…
Learn moreNEW STUDY—MODERN BEVERAGE CULTURE 2023
From quenching thirst to nourishment to celebration, beverages play an important role in consumers' lives. The Hartman Group’s Modern Beverage…
Learn moreFermenting the Future
Hallmark study on precision fermentation reveals burgeoning appetite for new food techWe are on the cusp of a revolution in food production. The past several…
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