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The Lempert Report

Fresh Food

Scientists Call for Policymakers to Help Solve World Hunger With Fish

The Lempert Report: Fish is largely missing from key global food policy discussions and decision-making.

Retailers

Winsight Live: Smart Carts, Smart Delivery Boxes and Smart Retailing

The latest Winsight Live with Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert discusses how Kroger is rivaling Amazon with its testing of souped-up shopping carts in Cincinnati; how Walmart’s pilot of smart, refrigerated boxes outside customers’ homes could lead to 24/7 delivery; what’s behind Albertsons’ robust third-quarter financial results; and more.

Nonfood

What’s the Future for Hemp?

By Phil Lempert on Jan. 19, 2021

The Lempert Report: This year marks the first time hemp will be grown in Indiana as a commercial crop.

Fresh Food

What We Can Learn From Millennials

By Phil Lempert on Jan. 15, 2021

The Lempert Report: This generation's focus on clean foods can serve as a roadmap for grocers to understand what they should be highlighting to all their shoppers.

Adult Beverages

January for Some Means Keeping It Dry

By Phil Lempert on Jan. 14, 2021

The Lempert Report: Poll finds consumers are drinking more during the pandemic—and sometimes during the workday.

Fresh Food

New Book Reignites the Conversation About 'Dude Foods'

By Phil Lempert on Jan. 12, 2021

The Lempert Report: "Diners, Dudes and Diets" by Emily Contois explores what the dude means instead of focusing on the particulars of dudeness—sorry Jeff Bridges.

Retailers

Winsight Live: Preferred Retailers, Amazon Pantry and the Capitol Breaching

By WGB Staff on Jan. 12, 2021

The latest Winsight Live with Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert examines Dunnhumby’s annual Retailer Preference Index, which Amazon topped; Amazon’s plug for Amazon Fresh as it ditches its Pantry business; Wawa’s drive-thru-only location that operates much like a restaurant; a policy adviser turned grocery operator’s reflections on the breaching of the Capitol on Jan. 6; and more.

Industry Partners

A Look at International Food Information Council's 2021 Food Trends

By Phil Lempert on Jan. 08, 2021

The Lempert Report: IFIC predicts more technologies and innovations centered around meeting customer food safety needs and expectations.

Retailers

Giant Food's Shelf Tags Spotlight Diversity

By Phil Lempert on Jan. 07, 2021

The Lempert Report: Updated labels at the store level and online highlight businesses that are women, Black, Asian-Indian, Hispanic, LGBT, Asian-Pacific or veteran-owned.

Retailers

Winsight Live: Masks, Diversity and Food Trends

By WGB Staff on Jan. 05, 2021

The latest Winsight Live with Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert explores the heightened contentions with wearing masks in-stores; the progress Trader Joe’s has made with regard to diversity, equity and inclusion; why mushrooms are having a moment, and other retail and restaurant food trends for the new year; and more.

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