ConAgra Foods Partners With Food Industry Expert Phil Lempert to Launch Weekly News Webcast

OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- In conjunction with ConAgra Foods, leading consumer trend analyst and Supermarket Guru®, Phil Lempert is today announcing the launch of Food News Today – a live, weekly webcast capturing the most relevant food and trend news of the week, from the perspective of a leading industry professional with more than 25 years of experience predicting and reporting on food industry trends. Food News Today will air on Wednesdays beginning November 10.

Taste, health, nutrition, convenience, sustainability and, of course, value are just some of the issues American shoppers are now faced with every time they go to a supermarket – and they're demanding to know more. Food News Today will cover off on these topics and more each week, and unlike typical online news resources, viewers will be able to directly interact with Lempert in a public question-and-answer forum after the webcast. Lempert, one of America's leading trend-watchers and analysts on consumer behavior, marketing trends, new products and the changing retail landscape, will empower media and consumers alike with opinion, insights, facts and breaking food news.  

"The idea of this webcast is simple," says Lempert. "I have always hoped for a weekly breakfast with media leaders where we could spend a few hours discussing and dissecting the week's events.  Technology now makes this possible with Food News Today, which cuts through the clutter to give both traditional and social media easy access to the stories and trends that their readers want to know – and in a short, succinct format they can easily use."

Food News Today will be made exclusively available to select media during a live broadcast each Wednesday beginning at 9:30 a.m. CST. Attendees will access the webcast and get a sneak peak of that week's stories through a unique link and password that they will receive via e-mail each Tuesday. Immediately following the broadcast, Lempert will host a live chat with the attendees where he will answer questions pertaining to the week's segment. On Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. CST, the content will be made available to the general public by visiting www.FoodNewsToday.com.

"We are thrilled to partner with Phil Lempert on this exciting initiative," says Stephanie Moritz, senior director of Public Relations and Social Media at ConAgra Foods. "Together, we share a desire to arm consumers and media with valuable information and insights to help them make informed choices about the ever changing food industry. Phil provides a unique and informed perspective that will help consumers cut through the clutter."

If you are a member of the media interested in joining Food News Today, please visit www.FoodNewsToday.com or contact [email protected].

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) is one of North America's leading food companies, with brands in 97 percent of America's households. Consumers find Banquet, Chef Boyardee, Egg Beaters, Healthy Choice, Hebrew National, Hunt's, Marie Callender's, Orville Redenbacher's, PAM, Peter Pan, Reddi-wip, Slim Jim, Snack Pack and many ConAgra Foods brands in grocery, convenience, mass merchandise and club stores. ConAgra Foods also has a strong business-to-business presence, supplying frozen potato and sweet potato products as well as other vegetable, spice and grain products to a variety of well-known restaurants, foodservice operators and commercial customers. For more information, please visit us at www.conagrafoods.com.

SOURCE ConAgra Foods, Inc.