Discover the latest updates on food, nutrition, and health
Ellen’s blog: 2024 trends, FTC suit against Kroger-Albertsons merge & Wendy’s surge pricing debacle
By Ellen Shuster, MS
Here are the 2024 food/nutrition/fitness trend predictions from various groups as
Ellen Blog: Buying food/health in the news
By Ellen Shuster, MS
As always, buying food and health is in the news: high grocery/fast food prices, the status of
Ellen’s blog: New foods, health/buying food news
By Ellen Schuster, MS
New foods include more than one cereal, an update: Panera’s Charged Lemonade is the target of another
Ellen’s blog: The latest supermarkets/groceries, new food options
By Ellen Schuster, MS
Groceries are the focus this week as some European supermarkets drop some products due to high price
Elllen’s Blog: Made it to 2024….2024 trends coming soon
By Ellen Schuster, MS
Coming soon…2024 food/nutrition/fitness trends. Now is a good time to look back at 2023 and what took
Ellen’s Blog: Buying food (subscription services), health and interesting reading
By Ellen Schuster, MS
As always, the list starts small and grows. Read about interesting news about buying food one grocery
Ellen’s blog: In the news for December 2023
Weight loss drugs continue to pop up in the news as does the focus on food costs and there climate
Ellen’s blog – Time for reading, listening, viewing
The upcoming holiday weekend is an opportunity for some nutrition-related reading, listening to podcasts or viewing online content we might
In the news…grocers, food prices, weight loss drugs
A lot is happening at grocers including retailers competing ways to reduce Thanksgiving meal costs, SNAP e-commerce access increasing, food-as-medicine
Ellen’s Blog: Weight loss drugs have been all over the news
Weight loss drugs have been all over the news…drug side effects and most prominently, how they may affect the food
Buying food & about those portable blenders
by Ellen Shuster, MS
It’s all about buying food here but the latest on portable blenders warrants attention: class action lawsuit
Ellen’s Blog: What’s new or on the horizon
By Ellen Schuster, MS
Self-serve drink machines slowly going away, free textbooks w/snacks in them?, low-fat vegan diet saves money, extreme
What You Need to Know Now
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Upcoming events …The Heat and Our Health, Our Food
Extreme heat is the story of the year. It affects our health, our food and our options for staying active.
Schuster’s blog: Food/health in the news
Food marketing strategies have changed, moved to different places and gotten more precise to reach consumers (this article doesn’t even
Schuster’s blog: Food/health in the news
In the economics of food, there’s some good news about the cost of food overall, yet for
Schuster’s blog: Food/health in the news
The latest…from poor air quality affecting outdoor activity to foods and our quest for sleep. This interesting article about readability
Mid-year 2024 trend outlook
No…it’s not 2024 yet when all the trends for the new year are shared. Instead this article
Food prices, school meals, plant-based, tech, future reading
Food prices continue to take center stage in grocery retail. Many shoppers view snacks as cheaper food
Physical activity, food and health news
Teens can get a free pass this summer at one nationwide gym, Michelle Obama’s new food company
Retail grocer news, food/indigenous food news
Tools to save money, how the retail grocer market is changing and rural communities losing grocers are all forces in
Food and health in the news
Much is happening in food and health news and a report about misinformation and science education has
The Latest Food News
Food continues to be a fast-changing landscape: how we pay for it, consumer and grocer viewpoints and food waste! Of
Read about air fryers to extreme food budgeting
A lot is going on in the ‘heads up nutrition educators’ space from Lunchables coming to school meals (at what
Groceries…they are chock full of news!
by Ellen Schuster, MS
************************************************************************************** A lot is happening at grocery stores (when is it not?). Interesting new observation…shoppersLast look at 2022, looking ahead to 2023
In just a few years everyone now seems to have joined the future casting food and drink trend bandwagon. One
Beginning 2023: Looking back and moving forward.
As we begin 2023 we look back and forward:
- U.S. life expectancy drops largely due to COVID and drug overdoses
Schuster’s Blog: New Year’s resolutions, eating out, grocery aisles and more
The New Year often comes with resolutions to eat better or be more active. Many may find this New Year
Schuster’s Blog: Inflation, grandfamilies, and SNAP
Families with limited resources are being squeezed on all sides.
- Overall inflation has slowed yet food prices increased over the
Schuster’s Blog: WIC Foods, SNAP, Rewards Programs and More
A soft drink vending machine at the checkout of a shoe store? My first thought when I saw this 8
Schuster’s Blog: Grocery retail, competition, food deserts and more.
A new ‘Big 3’ in grocery retail? Higher food prices? Less competition? More food deserts? These are some of the