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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.…
Claims & Cues 2026: Navigating Category Attributes
In a crowded signal environment, claims, ingredients and packaging cues still guide choice—but they also face rising scrutiny. Claims & Cues: Navigating…
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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Functional and Enhanced Beverage Trends
More than half of adult consumers (56%) use functional beverage solutions to treat or prevent a specific condition. The Hartman Group’s Functional…
Learn moreFood and Beverages Are Key Remedies Used to Address Current and Potential Future Health Conditions
The Hartman Group’s Health & Wellness syndicated research series has been tracking consumer attitudes, behaviors, aspirations, and challenges…
Learn moreHow Have Private Brands Fared During the Pandemic?
The Hartman Group’s Food Sourcing in America report finds that private brands were already gaining traction, but the COVID-19 pandemic has created new…
Learn moreSnacking Can Be Fraught With Tension
With an array of motivations and needs, consumers inevitably are faced with tensions in their snacking as they weigh nutritional goals, specific health…
Learn moreCOVID-19’s Impact on Eating Occasions by Daypart
While consumer participation in meal and snack occasions follows an established pattern, the basic rhythm of eating and drinking occasions across the day…
Learn moreConsumers and Convenience: Reevaluating Existing Concerns and New Trade-offs Due to COVID-19
Convenience is a key consideration for consumers when it comes to food and beverage choices, but what does convenience look like when a global pandemic…
Learn moreConsumers’ 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…
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…
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