The Insatiable Appetite

The FDA recently approved the sale of the first lab-grown chicken product, and yet a new GFI report highlights the challenges of scaling alternative protein products. Every day seems to bring new headlines in the food tech space.    While there are a lot of big promises being made about how technologies like AI, cellular agriculture and more can address some of the biggest challenges facing our fo...

34% of consumers said fighting food waste is one of the most important factors when choosing foods and beverages to buy, according to our Sustainability 2021 study, but thousands of pounds of food still goes to waste every day. So what do you do with nearly 17,000 pounds of “abnormal” oranges that no one wanted to buy?   In the latest episode of The Insatiable Appetite podcast , we recap our recen...

Carbon negative. Carbon positive. Climate positive. Net-zero. Carbon neutral. What does it all mean? And more importantly, what do consumers think about these claims?   Consumers are quickly becoming more attuned to the broader meaning of sustainability, making it increasingly important for companies to speak credibly and eloquently about their sustainability practices This week’s episode of The I...

Key findings from our Modern Beverage Culture 2023 study indicate that there are only a handful of need states behind all beverage occasions — and they often overlap. In our latest podcast, lead syndicated research analysts Danielle Kleiner-Kanter and Judi Harris give us a taste of one of those needs: hydration.   Water is a logical and popular choice when fulfilling this need state, but it can so...

In this podcast, Melissa Abbott, VP of Syndicated Studies, interviews the CEO of Wheyward Spirit, Emily Darchuk. Join Melissa and Emily as they discuss an innovative approach to spirits production that utilizes surplus whey in our food system. Consumer demands for more sustainable options and purposeful beverage consumption experiences are behind this specialty spirit. Topics like upcycling and co...

In this podcast, lead syndicated research analysts, Alissa Chevalier and Judi Harris, provide a sneak peak into consumers’ Great Wellness Reset 2023. The podcast explores a range of wellness topics from perennial to emergent trends. While consumers still conceive of wellness as a holistic and multidimensional construct, listen to learn about important nuanced shifts in health and wellness expressi...

In this podcast, we present how Hartman Group stays on top of food culture and what is happening in the marketplace via Trend Treks to explore the frontiers of food culture, health and wellness and sustainability. Hartman Group Trend Treks have a long history of exploring all things related to food more in destinations in the Pacific Northwest (and virtually). Trend treks have ranged from company...

In this podcast, our analysts are back to share additional highlights from our latest Compass report on U.S. adult eating behaviors in 2022 with a focus on top consumer needs—such as convenience, real ingredients, better flavor—driving eating/drinking today and how needs shift throughout a consumer's day based on their daily routine.  A New Landscape of Eating: 2022 Eating Occasions Report hi...

In this podcast, our analysts provide highlights from our annual Hartman Retainer Services’ Ideas in Food 2023 report, which explores modern takes on wellness, innovative experiences, and purposeful procurement and what it all means for the food industry today. For over ten years, Hartman Retainer Services has been forecasting trends they see in a changing food culture in their annual Ideas in Foo...

In this podcast, our analysts share highlights from our latest Compass report on U.S. adult eating behaviors in 2022 and what it all means for the food and beverage industry. A New Landscape of Eating: 2022 Eating Occasions Report highlights U.S. adult eating behaviors in 2022, how aspects have shifted from previous years, and how eating occasions differ among generational cohorts and across the d...

In this podcast our analysts provide highlights from our recently released Food & Technology 2023 report.   The report updates the inaugural report in the series, which was released in 2019 and explores the rapidly accelerating FoodTech space and consumers' attitudes towards scientific and technological innovation in and around their food.  Listen now to learn how consumers evaluate innov...

In this podcast, our analysts breakdown the New York Times predictions on how we will eat this year and how such trends fit into a changing food culture. Listen in to learn our thoughts on a diversity of topics that intersect with how we’ll eat in 2023 including:  Flavor of the year? Let’s talk about all things brine. Regenerative agriculture: What does it mean to consumers … and industry? Crispy...

In this podcast, we give a preview to our upcoming study, Health & Wellness 2023 .  Now in its third decade, The Hartman Group’s Health and Wellness research series tracks evolving consumer attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors in the wellness space. Listen in to learn more about how, while our most recent health and wellness study took place during COVID-19 in 2021 (which centrally informed that...

In this podcast, we discuss what’s important to consumers as they return to sit-down dining at restaurants.  Drawing on our proprietary Compass Eating Occasions Database with data from 2021, we discuss the who, what, when and why behind restaurant occasions which we define in this podcast as any eating or drinking occasion that physically took place at a restaurant or food service establishment (n...

In this podcast, we present a Hartman Group review of dozens of trend treks our company has made to explore the frontiers of food culture, health and wellness and sustainability. Hartman Group trend treks have a long history of exploring these topics and more in destinations in the Pacific Northwest (and virtually) and have ranged from company treks to tea shops, cannabis dispensaries, chocolate f...

In this podcast, Hartman Group CEO Laurie Demeritt and Steve Markenson, FMI's Research Director, discuss highlights from FMI's recently released Holiday Shopping report (research conducted by The Hartman Group).  The report is Part VI of FMI’s U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends 2022 series, an expansive survey of food shoppers’ journeys. Holiday Shopping explores the sentiment and behaviors of...

In this podcast, we interview Jami Lewchik, Head of TAZO and Portfolio Sustainability at ekaterra Americas, about TAZO tea’s multi-year initiative to transition its portfolio to a regenerative organic approach.  Listen in as The Hartman Group’s Melissa Abbott, Vice President Retainer Services, discusses with Jami the history of regenerative approaches to agriculture and the details of what it take...

In this podcast, we explore and analyze the influential expectations of Gen X (ages 41 - 56) in terms of their eating habits, needs and values in relation to foods and beverages today.  Listen in to learn how Gen X, who while often overlooked (since they’re sandwiched between Millennials and Boomers), are still a dynamic and influential generation embracing a wide variety of food and beverage need...

In this podcast, Hartman Group executives discuss findings from our new Food Sourcing in America 2022 report. The new report is our sixth syndicated project dedicated to food and beverage procurement in the past decade and builds on a long line of linked research that examines both in-person and digital food procurement in terms of both grocery shopping and use of foodservice.  Among topics, we di...

In this podcast, we analyze the influential expectations of Millennials (ages 25 - 40) in terms of their eating habits, needs, and values in relation to foods and beverages today.  Listen in to learn how Millennials are a truly food forward generation embracing a wide variety of needs relating to health and functionality, social connections, and scratch cooking. We discuss how Millennials are more...

Baby Boomers represent the second largest generation in the U.S. and maintain significant spending power.  In this podcast, our analysts share insights from our Eating Occasions Compass database (which records the who, what, why, when, and where of eating behavior in three waves of annual research) on generation-specific needs and behaviors for Baby Boomers today.   Listen in and learn more about...

In this podcast, our analysts discuss highlights from our new Modern Approaches to Eating report, which explores the spectrum of diets and eating approaches that consumers pursue today, along with the attitudes, needs and goals that motivate them and the considerations and challenges they encounter along the way.  Listen in as they discuss five chapters from the report, with key statistics and ins...

How are grocery shoppers navigating an ever-changing world? Find out as The Hartman Group’s Vice President of Strategic Insights David Feit and FMI’s Steve Markenson, Director, Research & Insights, discuss key findings from the first three reports in FMI’s U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends 2022 report series (research conducted by The Hartman Group).   FMI’s U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends 2022 is compo...

Come along for a podcast that describes a Hartman Group trend trek with provisions inspired by our newly released report Modern Approaches to Eating . Hartman Group trend treks have a long history of exploring food culture and sustainability-related destinations in the Pacific Northwest and have ranged from company treks to cannabis dispensaries, recycling centers and food trucks to Starbuck'...

In this podcast, we analyze how as Gen Z matures into young adults (ages 18 - 24), they embrace a wide range of beliefs, behaviors and values that intersect with eating occasions and food culture ranging from an enthusiasm for cooking (yet loving to eat out) to interests in global tastes that go beyond traditional American cuisine.  As measured in our Eating Occasions Compass database (which recor...