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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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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…
Learn moreChanging 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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Learn moreWhat’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:…
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…
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