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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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Despite allowances for indulgence in a stressful year, our Health & Wellness: Reimagining Well-being Amid COVID-19 report finds that excess sugar concerns…
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As profiled in our latest report, Sustainability 2021: Environment and Society in Focus, we asked consumers to weigh in on a wide range of sustainability…
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The Hartman Group’s previous foodways studies have shown that, despite reporting about the decline of cooking and the resurgence of dining out, Americans…
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While many of you may have come to know us through our newsletter articles and infographics, there is perhaps so very much more to know about us that you’ve…
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While consumer understanding of sustainability is growing, consumers still struggle to name a sustainable product or identify a sustainable company. The…
Learn moreModern, Fun, Innovative and Adventurous: Private Label Brands Score on Name Brand Turf
Brands, in their effort to appeal to consumers, have always offered a reflection of the cultural landscape, and the American cultural landscape has changed…
Learn moreThe Importance of Climate Change When Shopping for Foods and Beverages
A key finding from The Hartman Group’s latest syndicated report, Sustainability 2021: Environment and Society in Focus shows that slightly more than…
Learn moreHartman/FMI Research Finds Halloween Trick-or-Treating Is Back
Hartman Group/FMI’s latest U.S. Grocery Shopping Trends Tracker research finds grocery shoppers are making their Halloween plans and 70% of consumers…
Learn morePlant-Based as a Reflection of Modern Wellness Culture
Along with the many pandemic-driven changes in lifestyle countless households and individuals have faced during the pandemic, one of the most significant…
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