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Future of Supplements: Thoughts on a Changing Landscape
Since the advent of the first commercially available vitamin tablets in the 1930s, the supplements and nutraceuticals space has undergone some of CPG’s…
Key insights from “Beyond Organic 2024”
"Beyond Organic 2024: Expanding Distinctions in Food & Beverage" examines consumer desires for new quality standards beyond the USDA Organic certification:…
Beyond Organic 2024: Expanding Distinctions in Food & Beverage
“Beyond Organic: Expanding Distinctions in Food & Beverage” equips readers with actionable insights to navigate where organic adds value, where…
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Introducing the Great Wellness Reset 2023
2023 is the year of the Great Wellness Reset. In Health and Wellness 2023 we learned consumer culture is not COVID-free, but consumers have a new perspective…
Learn moreA Sustainable Food System Might Be The Prize in a Tug-of-War Between Science and Nature
Food culture of the 1990s through the 2010s focused on a future that would resurrect idealized, if not imagined, notions of our agrarian past (e.g., pastoral…
Learn moreConsumer Attitudes Toward Science, Technology and the Challenges Facing the Food System
Our new report Food & Technology 2023 finds that over the past several years, a cascade of environmental, social, ethical, and health challenges has…
Learn moreNew Study Underway: Health & Wellness 2023
Health & Wellness 2023 is underway: The study provides current, in-depth insights into underlying motivations and behaviors for how and why consumers…
Learn moreWhat’s Important When Choosing to Dine at a Restaurant — Spotlight on Hartman’s Compass Eating Occasions Database
With the pandemic in their rear-view mirror, consumers are dining out – but what influences their choice of restaurants? Consumer eating and drinking…
Learn moreConsumer Meals, Eating Behavior & Occasions Reports & Research
The slideshow highlights the following reports and areas of research: At the Dining Table 2021: American Meals and Cooking report: This report takes…
Learn moreOnline Grocery Shopping – Insights from our Food Sourcing in America 2022 Report
Consumers continue to shop online for groceries, citing convenience, flexibility, continued safety and economic benefits As the COVID-19 pandemic wanes, our…
Learn moreFMI: Plans for the Holidays Report
A new FMI report (with research by The Hartman Group) finds that consumers are adapting to an evolving economy and modifying their holiday grocery budgets. FMI—The…
Learn moreEating Alone Trends: Spotlight on Hartman’s Compass Eating Occasions Database
Consumer eating and drinking behaviors are rapidly changing and constantly evolving. It’s more important than ever to keep track of consumers’…
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