Phil Lempert

Television & Radio News Reporter, Newspaper Columnist, Author, Consumerologist, Food Marketing Expert

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Phil Lempert Biography

For more than 25 years, Phil Lempert, an expert analyst on consumer behavior, marketing trends, new products and the changing retail landscape, has identified and explained impending trends to consumers and some of the most prestigious companies and trade associations worldwide. Known as The Supermarket Guru®, Lempert is a distinguished author and speaker who alerts customers and business leaders to impending corporate and consumer trends and empowers them to make educated purchasing and marketing decisions.

As one of America’s leading consumer trend-watchers and analysts, Lempert is recognized on television, radio and in print. For twenty plus years he has served as food trends editor and correspondent for NBC News’ Today show, reporting on consumer trends and showcasing new products, as well as regular appearances on ABC’s The View, FOX Business, Dr. Oz, The Oprah Winfrey Show, 20/20, CNN, CNBC, FOX, as well as on local television morning and news programs throughout the country. For almost two decades, he hosted the syndicated show Shopping Smart on the WOR Radio Network and now hosts the webcasts/podcasts The Lempert Report LIVE, Lost in the Supermarket and the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance Farm, Food, Facts available on all podcast platforms.

Lempert was one of the pioneers of the new information media, founding SupermarketGuru.com in 1994. The website is now one of the leading food and health resources on the Internet, visited by more than 9 million people each year. SupermarketGuru.com offers original video and editorial content on food and retail trends, food and beverage product ratings, analysis of trends in food marketing and retail, and features health advice, nutrition news and many other resources to empower both the food industry and consumers.

Lempert is the founder and editor of The Lempert Report and SupermarketGuru.com and the founder of the Retail Dietitians Business Alliance which was acquired by the Association for Retail and Consumer Professionals in 2022. He has been profiled and interviewed by scores of publications including USA Today, The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Newsweek and Ad Age, and is interviewed by hundreds of publications each year. He is also a columnist for Forbes.com, Category Management Association, The Robin Report & ARC Health & Wellness Community and host of Retail Radar.

Lempert has served on the Executive Committee of Michelle Obama's Chefs Move to School program. He also serves on numerous other boards including U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance Honor the Harvest, Sial Innovation Jury, Seminis, Ingenuity and Betterer Foods Advisory Boards.

Lempert is the author of “Being the Shopper” and “Healthy, Wealthy & Wise.” His previous books include “Phil Lempert’s Supermarket Shopping & Value Guide,” “Top Ten Trends for Baby Boomers” and “Crisis Management: A Workbook for Survival.” He is currently working on his next book which will be published by John Wiley & Son: “Disrupting the Food Business: Silicon Valley Culture and the Food Business.”

Lempert graduated from Drexel University with degrees in Marketing and Retail Management and did his post-graduate studies at Pratt Institute. As a teenager he worked at McDonald’s and Howard Johnson’s before joining his family’s food brokerage firm after graduating from Drexel. Lempert then founded Lempert Advertising, a full-service, award-winning advertising agency that specialized in food and retail branding, marketing and public relations where he served as CEO and Creative Director.

A resident of California, Lempert’s roots are in the Belleville, New Jersey dairy farm started by his grandfather. The family food tradition carried on through his father’s work as a food manufacturer, distributor and broker and then to Phil Lempert, The Supermarket Guru®.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/23/2024.

Phil Lempert Speaking Topics

  • Trend Forecast

    Each year, for the past 30 years, Phil has issued his trend forecast which has been covered in thousands of publications and is thought of as THE most insightful forecast by the New York Times who said "His forecasts are more about context — the whys behind a trend — than simply declaring that everyone will soon be eating charred vegetables and broccoli tots".

    Phil's in-depth insights into the current trends focus on:

    • Mindfulness
    • Tactile
    • Farming
    • Neuronutrition
    • Biohacking
    • Technofoodology
    • Advertising
    • Personal Security
    • Food & Politics
    • The Future of Supermarkets
    • The role of Amazon in retail and D2C food

    This is a must-have session for your event that empowers your attendees and gives them actionable tools to make the future trends a reality for their businesses. Each presentation is customized to your needs and all modules can be included, or choose a few and have Phil go more in-depth on just a few

  • Trend Watch: The Future of Your Business

    • Technology at the Crossroads: Are you prepared to compete with savvy, informed customers?
    • America's Financial Report Card: What opportunities exist for your company to provide solutions to America's new financial model?
    • Micro-Advertising: How are you cutting through the clutter to compete in a digital, 24/7 downloadable and on-demand frontier?
    • Social and Economical Responsibilities: Is your company green or about to wilt?
    • The Aging of America: The first Baby Boomers turned 65 in 2010 • what does "boomer retirement" mean for your products, your customers and your labor force?

  • Changing Choices: A Look at the Retail and Consumer Marketplace

    There is a new face in retailing and consumer products—and shoppers are loving it!

    • Non conventional food retailers like Amazon, Home Depot, Trader Joe's, Dollar General, Walgreen’s and Walmart are stealing your customers
    • Thousands of new choices in consumer products focused on health and wellness have changed the landscape forever. In the rapidly shifting space, what is successful and why?
    • What retail formats are growing and which are declining? What are the next category busters to come and what is the next trend ahead in the consumer product space?
    • Are supermarkets and mass retailers on the path to becoming tomorrow's dinosaurs?

Phil Lempert Videos

  • TV Clips Sizzle
  • The Future of Food Retail
  • Seeds & Chips Podium

Phil Lempert Books

  • Being the Shopper: Understanding the Buyer's Choice
    Being the Shopper: Understanding the Buyer's Choice

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  • What topics does Phil Lempert speak about?

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Phil Lempert is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Trend Forecast, Trend Watch: The Future of Your Business and Changing Choices: A Look at the Retail and Consumer Marketplace. The estimated speaking fee range to book Phil Lempert for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Phil Lempert generally travels from Santa Monica, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are R "Ray" Wang, Tim Sanders, Don Peppers, Bonin Bough and Libby Gill. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Phil Lempert for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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