True to our ethnographic heritage, our videos deliver content on how consumers engage with products, brands, retailers, restaurants, and more.
Packaged food and beverage consumption has slowed in recent years and long-entrenched major national CPG brands face steep competition from younger emerging brand entrepreneurs. Food and beverage marketplace observer James Richardson explains how...
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More »In this episode of The Hartman Group's "Do you know?" the active role of the consumer is discussed in terms of food trends. Consumer involvement in food will be the driving factor in the market for the next 5-10 years.
More »In this episode of The Hartman Group's "Do You Know?" coconut flour is described both in terms of its health attributes and potential uses.
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As leaders in the study of American food culture, The Hartman Group has been tracking how Americans shop for food since the 1990s. From one-stop shopping to multichannel shopping to online markets and click-and-collect, we continue to track consumers’ evolving perceptions, needs, habits and relationships with food retailers. New to the 2017 report is a special section on the expansion of the discount grocery channel, the emerging fresh-format channel and smaller-footprint retail formats.