About the Author
PHIL LEMPERT has gained wide acclaim for his marketing savvy and broad experience in the food and marketing worlds. A distinguished speaker, he has addressed more than 600,000 people in the past decade alone. Known as the Supermarket Guru, he is widely respected for his ability to predict and analyze trends. He is the food editor and correspondent for NBC News's Today show, host of the nationally syndicated radio show "Shopping Smart," and a correspondent for BBC Radio 5 Live and Public Radio’s KCRW-FM. Lempert has been a columnist for the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times and is currently the editor of The Lempert Report and Supermarketguru.com, one of the leading Internet resources for food, health, and trend information.