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Understanding Today’s Aging Consumers
It wasn’t so long ago that the spotlight was on older consumers (55 years of age and older). Now they’ve become a generation of consumers seemingly... More »
Food Trucks: Harbingers of Flavors on the Horizon
It’s not like they’re new. Food trucks have been around for more than a century, initially as chuck wagons for ranchers driving cattle. They were popularized decades ago by Californians smitten with the taco truck culture imported by Mexican... More »
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Culture, Social Media/Technology, Trends, Food Service/Restaurant
The Natural Debate: Your Consumer Is Your Regulator
By Harvey Hartman, Founder & Chairman, and James Richardson, Senior Vice President of Hartman Strategy
If companies stopped using the phrases “100% natural,” “natural” and “all natural,” most natural-inclined consumers would have plenty of other cues for evaluating a product’s level of processing. More »
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Value at Whole Foods Market?
By Harvey Hartman, Founder & Chairman, and James Richardson, Senior Vice President of Hartman Strategy
Whole Foods Market is hardly a niche player in grocery retail anymore. It is a major force that everyone in the value chain needs to keep an eye on. As it and other upmarket grocers expand into more midmarket zip codes (e.g., suburbs and smaller... More »
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Food and Beverage, Culture, Retail/Shopper Marketing, Point Of View
GMOs: Food companies need to speak now, or risk losing their place in the conversation
For all the pro-labeling activism and anti-labeling push-back surrounding genetically modified foods, no single GMO story line has emerged for consumers, who remain confused and hungry for information. If food companies do not start speaking more... More »
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C-Stores and the “Fresh” Opportunity
The report is a snapshot of what U.S. convenience stores are doing, and not doing, to attract modern-day consumers interested in buying fresh food on the go. With snacks comprising half of all eating occasions and convenience stores well-located... More »
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Food and Beverage, Culture, Retail/Shopper Marketing, Trends
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