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Eating & Drinking Occasions Landscape: Spontaneous vs. Planned Occasions
Spontaneous occasions account for 53% of all adult occasions, amounting to 192 billion mouths annually. While these occasions tend to be motivated by hunger, planned…
The New Beauty
44% of all consumers are actively taking steps to support beauty, and 20% of Gen Z consumers say it is one of the top 3 health benefits they are focused…
Key insights from “Health Benefits 2024”
For over 20 years, Hartman Group’s Health & Wellness syndicated series has tracked the evolution of American health and wellness culture: translating…
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COVID-19’s Continued Impact on Eating: Seven Takeaways from New Report
The Hartman Group’s COVID-19’s Continued Impact on Eating report picks up where an earlier analysis left off and highlights how eating and drinking…
Learn moreUnderstanding COVID-19’s Continued Impact on Eating Behaviors and Occasions
The Hartman Group’s COVID-19’s Continued Impact on Eating report picks up where an earlier report left off and highlights how eating and drinking…
Learn moreCOVID-19: Top Adjustments Made to How We Shop for Food
84% of U.S. adult shoppers say they’ve adjusted how they shop for food due to COVID-19: our Food Sourcing in America July/August 2020 report finds that…
Learn moreCOVID-19’s Continued Impact on Eating – Fall 2020
As we first reported in COVID-19’s Impact on Eating in spring 2020, the basic rhythms of meals and snacks were virtually unaffected across dayparts (i.e., Americans…
Learn moreCOVID-19’s Impacts on Food Shopping: How We “Source” Today
In years past, Hartman Group reports on consumer grocery shopping behavior (for example, Food Shopping in America 2017) nearly always had the word "shopping"…
Learn moreCelebrating Thanksgiving During COVID-19: Highlights From Most Recent FMI U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends COVID-19 Tracker Report
Thanksgiving will be a little different this year: As found in FMI’s ninth U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends COVID-19 Tracker (research conducted by The Hartman…
Learn moreWhere Is Snacking Culture Headed During a Pandemic?
How Americans eat is a fascinating topic and highly reflective of a changing food culture, one key part of which has been our changing views and behaviors…
Learn moreGen Z Adults: Normal Aspirations, Extraordinary Context
Young adults have long loved to eat out in restaurants – and Gen Z today are returning to this normal. Compared to spring 2020 (the early days of the…
Learn moreHappy Holidays? Consumer Optimism and Realism Collide in the Era of COVID-19
What are consumers thinking when it comes to celebrating the holidays during the pandemic? Consumers often approach the holidays with mixed emotions, and…
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