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Future of Supplements: Thoughts on a Changing Landscape
Since the advent of the first commercially available vitamin tablets in the 1930s, the supplements and nutraceuticals space has undergone some of CPG’s…
Key insights from “Beyond Organic 2024”
"Beyond Organic 2024: Expanding Distinctions in Food & Beverage" examines consumer desires for new quality standards beyond the USDA Organic certification:…
Beyond Organic 2024: Expanding Distinctions in Food & Beverage
“Beyond Organic: Expanding Distinctions in Food & Beverage” equips readers with actionable insights to navigate where organic adds value, where…
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Hartman Insights: Our Take on Some of Today’s Important Topics Shaping Consumer and Business Behaviors
Our Hartman Retainer Services team keeps an ever watchful eye on the happenings occurring in the world of food and beverage to help our clients make sense…
Learn moreCOVID-19 and New Modern Convenience
What does convenience look like when a global pandemic throws normal schedules and routines into disarray? The desire for convenience is a key trend…
Learn moreIt’s a Brave New World — Where Is Our Food-Obsessed Culture Headed?
Understanding the Why Behind Food Culture: Our Interview With Eve Turow-Paul, Author of the Newly Released Book “Hungry: Avocado Toast, Instagram…
Learn moreThe Big Shift in Consumer Behavior: Meeting the Challenges of Cooking in the Time of COVID-19
Since mid-March, as millions of Americans have hunkered down at home due to the coronavirus pandemic, Hartman research indicates that consumers have adapted…
Learn moreHealthy, Ethical, Sustainable and Rooted in Folklore: Plant-Based Foods and Beverages Thrive During Pandemic
Living up to their energized disruption of established dairy and protein categories that built great momentum in 2019, plant-based foods, beverages and…
Learn moreIn a Time of High Anxiety, Consumers Turn to Functional Solutions — but What Does “Functional” Mean?
Prior to the novel coronavirus pandemic, Americans were already feeling anxious and stressed. The Hartman Group’s Health + Wellness 2019: From Mindfulness…
Learn moreWho Do You Trust? In the Time of a Historic Health Crisis, Doctors and Healthcare Providers Are Most Trusted Sources of Information, Finds New Hartman Group Report
The same report finds that three in ten consumers say they are consuming more functional foods and beverages due to COVID-19. Since mid-March, millions…
Learn moreBig Food Is Back – But for How Long Without Innovation?
Whether empty shelves at food retail, COVID-19-driven shutdowns in facilities, worker (and animal) welfare or shuttered restaurants, we are likely —…
Learn moreHartman/FMI Signature Consumer Research Evaluates Impact of COVID-19 on Grocery Shopper Habits
The Food Industry Association (FMI) released its annual U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends report, which extensively tracks consumer grocery shopping habits.…
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