Past Webinars

As a direct result of the global pandemic, consumers are now placing a premium on three key factors when selecting which foods to purchase in 2021: convenience, nutrition and flavor.

Eighty-five percent of American adults consume caffeine on a daily basis, and it’s important that we help them make informed consumption decisions. In this webinar, we’ll dive into the science of caffeine and take a closer look at how you can translate what the literature says to help make practical recommendations and provide caffeine education to your shoppers.   

As if there wasn’t enough going on in 2020, new Dietary Guidelines for Americans are expected later this year. From the Scientific Report of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, we know that nutrition during pregnancy, complementary feeding, and emphasizing healthy dietary patterns make up some of the key takeaways. However, reaching your shoppers with these recommendations during a pandemic will require some innovative ideas and possibly new channels of communication. This webinar will highlight communication best practices and ways to reach shoppers to help you prepare your key messages for the final report and encourage healthful dietary patterns during all life stages.

Join Dr. Mark Lang, Marketing Strategy Professor at the University of Tampa, for this discussion of insights behind why consumers adopt local foods, plant-forward eating habits, and natural/organic products. Insights will come from consumer psychology studies that have been published in leading peer-reviewed marketing and food journals.

Food intolerance is much more common than food allergy, impacting about 20% of people globally, and during this webinar Kate Scarlata, MPH, RDN, LDN will deconstruct the confusion over the difference between food allergy and food intolerance.

Retail dietitians today have a wide range of interaction with trade and consumer media, but lack the time for formal media training. This webinar will provide easy tips RDs can put into action to increase their participation and comfort when working with trade or consumer media outlets. Learn how to develop media relationships, prepare for interviews, and use your personality to rock them!

Phil Lempert, RDBA's CEO, has an unique ability to predict trends well ahead of the curve. Join this webinar to gain an understanding of emerging retail and health and wellness trends in 2020.

The retail landscape is saturated with innovation, new ingredients, and new product formats to meet the expectation among consumers that food should be functional. 

For the past 10 years, an  uncontrollable bacteria has been attacking the Florida citrus industry. Citrus greening is a bacteria that has cut Florida orange production by over 50% and threatens the supply of 100% Florida Orange Juice. Join this webinar to understand the impact of citrus greening on the retail business on a category with high household penetration and nutritional value as well as research underway to combat this bacteria and revitalize the citrus industry.  

The National Pork Board embarked on a new foundational research study amongst thousands of consumers uncovering key usage behaviors, attitudes and drivers of meat consumption across breakfast, lunch and dinner - in and away from home.  Join Tara-Ann Dugan, Director of Consumer & Marketplace Insights at NPB as she delves into the research findings.