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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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April 27, 2023 | Webinar

"Health and Wellness 2023: The Great Wellness Reset" Report Highlights

Did you know that only 29% of consumers would rather use medicine to manage a health issue than change diet or lifestyle, yet 41% report taking prescription…

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April 24, 2023 | Article

Pets 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…

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April 18, 2023 | Infographic

Mass maintains grocery growth

Just released research conducted by FMI, The Food Industry Association, and The Hartman Group confirms the Grocery channel continues to lose consumers…

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April 03, 2023 | Article

Introducing 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…

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April 03, 2023 | Infographic

Introducing the Great Wellness Reset 2023

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…

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March 27, 2023 | Article

Performance 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…

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March 21, 2023 | Webinar

The Growing Consumer Opportunity for Precision Fermentation

The webinar shares highlights from primary qualitative and quantitative research conducted by Hartman Group and sponsored by Perfect Day and Cargill, which…

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March 17, 2023 | Article

Alone 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…

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March 13, 2023 | Article

NEW 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…

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