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The Practical Future of Food Tech
In recent years, the digital food landscape has focused largely on novelty and inspiration: helping consumers discover new products, recipes and trends.…
Claims & Cues 2026: Navigating Category Attributes
In a crowded signal environment, claims, ingredients and packaging cues still guide choice—but they also face rising scrutiny. Claims & Cues: Navigating…
Live Q&A: Inside the Digital Food Culture Gap
This webinar explored how consumers want technology to fit into their everyday food experiences, with experts breaking down key behaviors, expectations, and…
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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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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…
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.…
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