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Modern macronutrients: A strategic guide to ingredient opportunities
The way consumers think about nutrition labels is changing fast. In our latest white paper, we explore how shifting health priorities, diverse cultural…
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…
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A Year in Food Culture: Five Notable Hartman Articles of 2022
Season’s greeting and happy holidays! With an exciting 2023 on the horizon, where are consumers headed next? Five top Hartman articles…
Learn moreNew Study: Health & Wellness 2023
The Hartman Group’s series of Health & Wellness syndicated studies is the longest running consumer-centric study of the U.S. wellness marketplace.…
Learn moreNow Fielding – New Hartman Food & Technology 2022 study explores the consumer view on a range of food-tech innovations
From kitchen gadgets, devices and apps to hydroponic farming, cellular dairy and regenerative agriculture, how we “do” food — grow…
Learn moreNew Hartman Report Insights: Food Sourcing in America 2022
Our new report Food Sourcing in America 2022 examines how consumers traverse today’s hybrid world of in-store and online grocery shopping as well…
Learn moreComing This Week: New Hartman Report Food Sourcing in America 2022
Is Mass putting another nail in Grocery’s coffin? Our newest report Food Sourcing in America 2022 finds that shoppers are demonstrating a lack of…
Learn moreConsumer vs. Restaurant – New Hartman Report Details the Challenges of Eating Out
Americans love to eat out, and yet our new report, Modern Approaches to Eating, details how restaurant offerings present challenges to individual…
Learn moreConsumer Trends in Defining Plant-Focused Eating – Findings from our New Modern Approaches to Eating Report
Vegan, Vegetarian or Flexitarian? Modern Approaches to Eating explores the wide range of consumer interpretations of “plant-based eating” and…
Learn moreUpdate: Inflation and Grocery Shopping Today – Currently Examined in New Hartman Study, "Food Sourcing in America 2022"
We are examining the topic of inflationary impacts and other emerging consumer considerations (e.g., ongoing pandemic food procurement, supply chain disruptions, global…
Learn moreTrends in Grocery Shopping Today – FMI and Hartman Group Resources
From hybrid grocery to the changing food shopping landscape, we profile recent insightful resources from FMI—The Food Industry Association (with…
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