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Behind the scenes of "Sustainability 2025: Do Consumers Care?"

Despite inflation, the need for convenience and waning resonance of the term ‘sustainability,’ consumers still care about the issues. In this webinar, take…

Ideas in Food 2026

Ideas in Food 2026 unpacks 22 emerging trends that have the potential to develop into established trends over the next 3-5 years. These nascent ideas have…

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…

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March 02, 2023 | Webinar

"A New Landscape of Eating: 2022 Eating Occasions" Report Highlights

The landscape of eating has fundamentally changed. And while we cannot predict the future, every indication thus far is that we, as a society, are not…

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March 01, 2023 | Report

Health & Wellness 2023: Pets & Health

A supplement to “Health & Wellness 2023: The Great Wellness Reset”, “Pets and Health” explores both the impact pets have on their owners’…

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February 18, 2023 | Article

Free Download: A Look Inside A New Landscape of Eating

Our free download highlights findings from our latest report A New Landscape of Eating: 2022 Eating Occasions Report which explores U.S. adult eating behaviors…

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February 17, 2023 | White Paper

A New Landscape of Eating: 2022 Eating Occasions Report Highlights

Leveraging The Hartman Group’s proprietary Eating Occasions Compass Database, this special report highlights findings from A New Landscape of Eating:…

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February 13, 2023 | Article

Is technology making us lazy and dumb?

Some consumers think it could be “You know, everything is so convenient and readily available with the touch of a button or voice-activated.…

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February 03, 2023 | Article

Separating the walk from the talk and identifying opportunities along the way!

Have you ever wondered what separates the real health and wellness enthusiasts from those who are simply good at talking the talk? We don’t. Not…

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February 02, 2023 | Webinar

"Food & Technology 2023" Report Highlights

In this 20-minute webinar, our CEO Laurie Demeritt will share key data and insights from our report, "Food & Technology 2023.""Food & Technology…

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January 31, 2023 | Infographic

A Sustainable Food System Might Be The Prize in a Tug-of-War Between Science and Nature

Food culture of the 1990s through the 2010s focused on a future that would resurrect idealized, if not imagined, notions of our agrarian past (e.g., pastoral…

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January 23, 2023 | Article

As Consumers tighten their belts…will Health and Wellness products get the squeeze?

Consumers, even those in lower-income households, have long told Hartman Group researchers that health and wellness priorities are important, if not sacred.…

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