Phil Lempert is the Founder and Editor at SupermarketGuru. He specializes in food and beverage trends, consumer packaged goods, and retail dynamics, with a keen focus on agriculture, e-commerce, and regional interests. Phil's insights have been featured in Supermarket News, The Robin Report, Food World/Food Trade News, and Forbes.
Preston is the artificial intelligence that powers the Intelligent Relations PR platform. Meet Preston
United States (National)
Not enough data
This information evolves through artificial intelligence and human feedback. Improve this profile .
New data from Toast reveals just how expensive eating out has become — and why supermarkets are positioned to win the shoppers restaurants are losing.
Retail just lived through its most turbulent CEO cycle in a generation. The choices boards made, insider continuity vs. outside reset, reveals a strategic playbook
I've spent more than three decades watching the grocery industry wrestle with shrink, markdown strategy, and the relentless pressure to move product before it expires.
Food rescue is the most underfunded climate and hunger solution on the planet. Grocers are finally waking up — but it's going to take a lot more than trend
The city never sleeps, and neither does the con. I'm no Philip Marlowe but I've been working the grocery beat for more than 30 years.
I grew up in the dairy-deli business. My father ran a food brokerage that specialized in it, and before I ever knew what a Nielsen report was, I was learning the rhythms of the case.
How billions in beverage marketing dollars are about to reshape what American consumers drink, eat, and spend.
There are conferences you attend, and conferences that actually make you think differently. The third annual Nourishing Change Conference in Des Moines, Iowa, from June 2 through 4 was the latter, and the industry needs to pay attention.
After 111 days of war, the U.S. and Iran signed a 14-point Memorandum of Understanding, a ceasefire reopening the critical Strait of Hormuz. The deal includes removing the U.S. naval blockade, Iran clearing shipping lanes, and waiving sanctions on Iranian oil exports, unfreezing billions in assets. While a significant geopolitical step, consumers shouldn't expect immediate grocery price relief. Supply chain recovery is slow, de-mining the Strait takes time, and fertilizer shortages will impact future food prices. Retailers face challenges from SNAP cuts and consumer fatigue, needing to demonstrate value as price drops will be delayed for months.
Another grocery chain, another acquisition. Now that Kroger has bought Giant Eagle, is it a smart consolidation, or a company desperately spending money it doesn't have?
