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Eating & Drinking Occasions Landscape: Spontaneous vs. Planned Occasions

Spontaneous occasions account for 53% of all adult occasions, amounting to 192 billion mouths annually. While these occasions tend to be motivated by hunger, planned…

The New Beauty

44% of all consumers are actively taking steps to support beauty, and 20% of Gen Z consumers say it is one of the top 3 health benefits they are focused…

Key insights from “Health Benefits 2024”

For over 20 years, Hartman Group’s Health & Wellness syndicated series has tracked the evolution of American health and wellness culture: translating…

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December 29, 2020 | Article

Wearing Masks, Shopping Local, Minimizing Risk: The In-Person Grocery Shopping Journey

The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced unprecedented disruptions to how consumers procure food, including disturbances to the supply chain, changes to how…

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December 15, 2020 | Article

Replaying Hartman’s Signature Express Webinars of 2020

At The Hartman Group, we like to end the year on an insightful note. This year, once again, we produced several short-form webinars that you can replay…

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December 08, 2020 | Article

From the Holidays to Convenience, Value and the Future of Food: A Compendium of Strategic Insights Into Changing Food Culture

From fundamental (and changing) notions of convenience to how consumers view value today, pandemic disruption has changed consumers and food culture itself:…

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December 01, 2020 | Article

COVID-19: The Disruptive Force That Defined 2020. What We Will Explore in 2021.

It would be a gross understatement to say that many, many, many Americans can’t wait to put 2020 in the rearview mirror. Inarguably, COVID-19 has…

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November 24, 2020 | Article

Deliver the Goods: Our Interview With Luke Saunders, Founder and CEO, Farmer’s Fridge

With consumer grocery shopping, cooking and eating behavior upended by the pandemic, what better time to catch up with Luke Saunders, Founder and CEO of…

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November 17, 2020 | Article

Quotable: Insights From the Voices of Experience

Over the years, we’ve had the privilege of interviewing visionary founders, CEOs, culinary experts, entrepreneurs and cultural influencers from across…

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November 10, 2020 | Article

Understanding COVID-19’s Continued Impact on Eating Behaviors and Occasions

The Hartman Group’s COVID-19’s Continued Impact on Eating report picks up where an earlier report left off and highlights how eating and drinking…

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November 03, 2020 | Article

COVID-19’s Impacts on Food Shopping: How We “Source” Today

In years past, Hartman Group reports on consumer grocery shopping behavior (for example, Food Shopping in America 2017) nearly always had the word "shopping"…

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October 27, 2020 | Article

Where Is Snacking Culture Headed During a Pandemic?

How Americans eat is a fascinating topic and highly reflective of a changing food culture, one key part of which has been our changing views and behaviors…

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