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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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What’s Next in Cooking and Meals?
Even though it’s likely a little hazy, we can all probably remember the big shifts that occurred in meal planning and cooking at the start of the…
Learn moreChanging Role of Meals in America
Recent decades have seen a gradual erosion of American mealtime rituals. The Hartman Group’s Transformation of the American Meal report in 2017 found…
Learn morePrice Shocks for Food Culture: Is It Enough to Spur Brand Switching?
For consumers and businesses alike, headlines on rising food and beverage prices continue to underscore supply chain issues for food and beverage producers…
Learn moreAt the Dining Table 2021: American Meals and Cooking
“At the Dining Table 2021: American Meals and Cooking” takes stock of where two years of a national pandemic have left U.S. consumers amidst influences…
Learn moreMyths & Realities Behind the Plant-based Trend
Consumer interest in plant-focused products and diets is high—whether it’s for one meal, one month, or frames a long-term approach to eating. Not just…
Learn moreA Worldview on Sustainability: Findings From Hartman’s Health & Wellness Across the Globe Report
Consumers across the globe tend to be most optimistic about the future of their families and most pessimistic about the future of the planet. This relatively…
Learn moreHealthy Living Today and Weight Management: Consumers have a widespread desire to change body weight
As part of pandemic changes and due largely to a more sedentary shift to life at home, weight management continues to be a significant concern in the U.S.…
Learn moreWe Really Should Talk. Your Consumers Are Telling Us Things You’ll Want to Know About Opportunities for Your Brands.
Consumers, however, are not innovators. They look to food and beverage companies to lead in innovation. They look to you to come up with the new products…
Learn moreThree Big Findings from Our Health & Wellness: Reimagining Well-being Amid COVID-19 Report
It took a pandemic to upend life as we know it, prompting Americans to rethink their notions around health & wellness aspirations and behaviors. Our…
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