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Health & Wellness 2025: The Interplay of Vitality and Longevity
As wellness takes on an increasingly diverse meaning, consumers seek more than just immediate benefits: they aspire for better quality of life for a longer…
Inside 2024 eating & drinking occasions
This insightful webinar will share highlights from Hartman Group’s recently released report, “Eating & Drinking Occasions Landscape 2024: Underlying…
Value in an Environment of Uncertainty
While the staggering inflation of 2021-2022 has slowed, food prices remain high. The impacts of global trade tariffs are looming. And feelings of uncertainty…
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"Modern Approaches to Eating 2022" Report Highlights
In this informative webinar, members from Hartman Group and M Booth will share key insights, implications and recommended communications for CPG food and…
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Vegan, vegetarian or flexitarian? Our latest Hartman Group report Modern Approaches to Eating explores the wide range of consumer interpretations of “plant-based…
Learn moreConsumer vs. Restaurant – New Hartman Report Details the Challenges of Eating Out
Americans love to eat out, and yet our new report, Modern Approaches to Eating, details how restaurant offerings present challenges to individual…
Learn moreThe Cultural Context for Diets and Eating Approaches – Insights from our New Modern Approaches to Eating Report
Food is central to our lives, and how consumers choose to eat reflects their identity and values, shaped by culture. Our latest report, Modern Approaches…
Learn moreConsumer Trends in Defining Plant-Focused Eating – Findings from our New Modern Approaches to Eating Report
Vegan, Vegetarian or Flexitarian? Modern Approaches to Eating explores the wide range of consumer interpretations of “plant-based eating” and…
Learn moreUpdate: Inflation and Grocery Shopping Today – Currently Examined in New Hartman Study, "Food Sourcing in America 2022"
We are examining the topic of inflationary impacts and other emerging consumer considerations (e.g., ongoing pandemic food procurement, supply chain disruptions, global…
Learn moreInfographic Slide Show – Highlights from New Hartman Modern Approaches to Eating Report
Our slide show via Modern Approaches to Eating highlights the centrality of food to our lives: How consumers choose to eat reflects their identity and…
Learn moreTrends in Grocery Shopping Today – FMI and Hartman Group Resources
From hybrid grocery to the changing food shopping landscape, we profile recent insightful resources from FMI—The Food Industry Association (with…
Learn moreNew Modern Approaches to Eating Report Sneak Peek: Rules of Eating and Our Complex Relationship with "Diet"
Trends in consumer motivations for diet and eating examined in upcoming Hartman Modern Approaches to Eating report.For over 20 years The Hartman Group…
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