Lost in the Supermarket

All industries have experienced change at a breakneck pace throughout the past decade. Digital technology has changed the way Americans live, shop and eat.   Food may seem impenetrable to these forces — no matter what, people still need to eat.   Join us as we speak with Tara-Ann Dugan, Director of Consumer & Marketplace Insights at National Pork Board on food trends.  Tara has held roles at McDonald’s Corporate and IRI, working with Tyson, and will be sharing NPB’s new foundational research study executed amongst thousands of consumers uncovering key usage behaviors, attitudes and drivers when getting dinner on the table.  You’ll hear about:

·       Changing consumer needs

·       9 dinner occasions identified in the new Dinner at Home in America Research

·       What contributes to the dinner choices Americans make

·       What shopping habits are leading to those choices

·       How has plant-based impacted the pork category

·       Perceptions of pork and meat and what it means for Retail

What brings in more dollars than any other item in the grocery store?* Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. In this edition of Lost in the Supermarket, Phil Lempert speaks with Bridget Wasser, Executive Director, Meat Science & Supply Chain Outreach at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff. Bridget talks about today’s beef demand, why grocers feature beef in circulars and apps (hint: it drives total store sales) and the hot topic of plant-based meat substitutes.

*IRI Panel Data, All Outlets, 52 weeks ending 1/6/19, Market Basket Study, February 2019.

Hy-Vee was the first company to name a Vice President of Retail Dietetics, and recently created a Group Vice President role overseeing health markets. In this podcast, hear from Elisa Sloss, RD, Group Vice President of Health Markets, and Stacey Loftus, RD, LD, and Julie McMillin, RD, LD, Assistant Vice Presidents, Retail Dietetics on how the company is setting the pace in retail health and wellness, what drives company support of programming, and how leaders like them find work-life balance in the high-pressure retail environment. Hosted by Annette Maggi, MS, RDN, LD, FAND, Executive Director of the Retail Dietitians Business Alliance.

Almost half of U.S. land is devoted to farming, and soybeans are the largest crop grown on U.S. soil, surpassing corn for the very first time.  As the demand for clean labels and clean ingredients sourced from the U.S. continues to rise, transparency in food and farming is no longer optional, it’s expected. Follow along as we discuss full transparency in soybean production, practices and the creation of soy-based products, like tofu.

DYK researchers have called mushrooms “one of the most sustainably produced foods in the United States?” The mighty mushroom is both healthy on the plate and gentle on the planet. In today’s episode of Lost in the Supermarket, Phil Lempert interviews Heather Harter from the Mushroom Council and Gale Ferranto, lifelong mushroom grower from Buona Foods, to get a behind the scenes look at mushroom’s unique growing process and discuss their sustainability.

As the leading wellness experts in grocery, retail dietitians are now being charged with expanding health & wellness guidance to non-food categories. But for many of us, giving advice on better choices in health & beauty care, supplements, and even pet food can be challenging. In this podcast, Monica Amburn, MS, RD, LDN, Sr. Director of Health & Wellness with healthyAisles® will discuss the biggest wellness trends in these non-food categories, and how dietitians can best address these trends, responsibly, with shoppers. As a companion to the podcast, this list of resources provides more information about controversial ingredients in non-food categories:US Government ResourcesToxtown: Environmental Health Concerns and Toxic Chemicals Where You Live, Work and PlayCDC National Biomonitoring ProgramFDA Cosmetic Products and Ingredients Special Interest GroupsEnvironmental Working Group Skin Deep Cosmetics DatabaseCampaign for Safe Cosmetics

The majority of today’s consumers are seeking healthy foods, but many admit that finding healthful options is difficult. During this podcast, Brian Hannigan, Sr. Marketing Director of Innovation Strategy at PepsiCo and Jessica Jones, MS, RDN, CDE, from Food Heaven Made Easy, discuss the current state of nutrition and unique challenges for consumers in today’s food landscape. Discussion includes how dietitians and the food industry can learn from each other, function-forward and plant-based food trends, and the future of food.

On this version of Lost In The Supermarket, Phil Lempert interviews Brianna Shales from Stemilt and Chef Ethan Stowell where they discuss apples.