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Fresh Food

Power of Meat Study Explores Its Role in Today’s Food World

The Lempert Report: Retailers should align their thinking with shoppers who consider their meat purchase as a meal occasion and not just a visit to the aisle.

Retail Foodservice

Looking Past the Healthy Hype

Consumers have many more options than in prior decades, but the reality is that if fast-food restaurants truly want to sell healthier foods, it's time to alter menus and portion sizes.

Technology

Answer the Door: Your Robot Is Here

By Phil Lempert on Apr. 19, 2019

Morgan Stanley reports that online food delivery sales in 2021 will reach $21.6 billion

Retail Foodservice

The Move From Local to Hyperlocal

By Phil Lempert on Apr. 18, 2019

The Lempert Report: Hyperlocal restaurants are sourcing almost all their food locally, even growing vegetables on-site.

Technology

Caviar Has Half of a Good Idea

By Phil Lempert on Apr. 16, 2019

The Lempert Report: Caviar lists women-owned restaurants but doesn't elaborate on details about these innovative entrepreneurs, and this may constitute a missed opportunity for both the technology and the foodservice operators.

Fresh Food

Food Prices Are on the Rise

By Phil Lempert on Apr. 15, 2019

The Lempert Report: Trendy diets aren't just providing a temporary boost for innovative companies. Food prices are changing, and farmers face new challenges in meeting changing consumer demands.

Center Store

The Frozen Food Aisle Goes Digital

By Phil Lempert on Apr. 12, 2019

The Lempert Report: New grocery tech includes screens equipped with sensors ready to react to customers and anticipate their product selections. Whether shoppers will use—or be turned off by—such tech is the big question.

Retail Foodservice

One More Outcome From the Wage Increase to $15 an Hour

By Phil Lempert on Apr. 11, 2019

Nickel-and-diming guests might not be the best way to go. Understanding what consumers will and won't accept is the key to success.

Technology

Guilt-Free? Shame on You!

By Phil Lempert on Apr. 09, 2019

The Lempert Report: The focus on health and wellness is here to stay, but indulgences shouldn't require forgiveness.

Retailers

Trouble for Retailers May Be on the Horizon

By Phil Lempert on Apr. 08, 2019

A new study by Deloitte finds that U.S. retailers are in the weakest position since 1999 to withstand another recession.