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 trends to consumers and some of the most prestigious companies worldwide. Know 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. Lempert is the founder and editor of The Lempert Report, Food & Nutrition & Science, Facts, Figures & the Future and The Food Journal. He is a contributing editor at Progressive Grocer, which exclusively runs his trade columns and videos both in its magazine and on its website, as well as strategic alliance to develop and manage industry initiatives.