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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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October 14, 2021 | Infographic

Whose Brand Is It?

While some shoppers can be quite savvy about private brands and lean on them consciously in their shopping choices, many simply do not think along the…

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October 12, 2021 | Article

Sustainability Today: Consumers’ Call for Action Only Gets Louder — and More Urgent

Sustainability is one of today’s biggest business challenges and opportunities. The problems facing the planet and its global citizens have not…

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October 07, 2021 | Infographic

Changing Role of Meals and Cooking in America: Consumer as Chef

Early in the pandemic, it got pretty hot in the average household’s kitchen as consumers quarantined at home and fully engaged with a range of cooking…

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October 06, 2021 | Webinar

Path to Purchase: The Role of Brand in Guiding Shoppers’ Choices. Report Highlights.

Presented by Laurie Demeritt, CEO, The Hartman Group

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October 05, 2021 | Article

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 pandemic:…

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September 30, 2021 | Infographic

Changing 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…

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September 28, 2021 | Article

Price 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…

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January 04, 2022 | Report

At 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…

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September 23, 2021 | Infographic

Myths & 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…

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