As one of America’s leading consumer trend-watchers and analysts, Lempert is recognized on television, radio and in print. He is the food trends editor and correspondent for The Today Show, where he reports on consumer trends, food safety and money-saving tips, as well as showcases new products. He makes monthly appearances on The View, and has appeared numerous times on The Oprah Winfrey Show, 20/20, CNN, CNBC, Discovery Health and MSNBC, as well as on local television morning and news programs throughout the country.

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 thorough food ratings, analyzes trends in food marketing and retail, and features health advice, unique recipes, nutrition analysis, allergy alerts and many other resources to help consumers understand their food, health, lifestyle and shopping options. Phil is the CEO of Consumer Insight, Inc. and advises business leaders how they can thrive in this era of disruption.

Lempert is a monthly columnist for Progressive Grocer magazine (writing the “Consumer Insight” column,) Gourmet Retailer magazine, and Forbes.com, and he blogs for iVillage.com and Today.MSNBC.com. He has been profiled and interviewed by 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.

For 13 years, Lempert has hosted a weekly, live call-in radio show, Before You Bite which most recently aired on Lime Radio (previously part of Sirius). Podcasts of the program, which features discussions of the latest news in health, sustainability and food trends, are currently available on Lime.com.

In 2007, Lempert founded Phil’s Supermarket, the first supermarket to exist in the virtual world of Second Life. Phil’s Supermarket features interactive product demonstrations, consumer focus groups, specialized recipes, expert chefs and detailed product information to allow consumers and businesses to better understand shopping and marketing options—in the virtual and real worlds.

Lempert is the author of Being the Shopper and Healthy, Wealthy & Wise, Phil Lempert’s Supermarket Shopping & Value Guide, Top Ten Trends for Baby Boomers, and Crisis Management: A Workbook for Survival. His latest is Disrupting the Food Business: Silicon Valley Culture and the Food Business.

In unique, customized and up-to-the-minute presentations Phil will change the way you look at and do business; he opens the door to the future and shows where the opportunities lie for serious business growth through his compelling vision. Lempert links growth to key trends in business, demographics and psychographics and examines what’s changed forever. Phil has delivered close to 1,000 keynote speeches in the US, Canada, Mexico, Asia, Europe, Central and South America and New Zealand to companies and trade associations in almost every industry; from small groups to audiences of 5,000 or more. His customized presentations, through Phil’s engaging style and humor, inspires and prepares audiences to take action.