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The Logic of Food Shopping

This webinar reveals what we’ve learned this year from quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews, highlighting the shopper perspective on the most…

Modern macronutrients: A strategic guide to ingredient opportunities

The way consumers think about nutrition labels is changing fast.  In our latest white paper, we explore how shifting health priorities, diverse cultural…

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…

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November 19, 2020 | Infographic

The Rise of Online Grocery During COVID-19

If 2020 is the year of the pandemic, it is also the year of online grocery shopping: Already on the rise in recent years, participation in online grocery…

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November 17, 2020 | Article

Quotable: Insights From the Voices of Experience

Over the years, we’ve had the privilege of interviewing visionary founders, CEOs, culinary experts, entrepreneurs and cultural influencers from across…

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November 12, 2020 | Infographic

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…

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November 10, 2020 | Article

Understanding 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…

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November 05, 2020 | Infographic

COVID-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…

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November 03, 2020 | White Paper

COVID-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…

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November 03, 2020 | Article

COVID-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"…

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October 29, 2020 | Infographic

Celebrating 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…

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October 27, 2020 | Article

Where 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…

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