Top Journalists in Food and Grocery Stores
Melissa Repko CNBC
Retail & consumer reporter at CNBC who regularly covers the country’s biggest grocers and how consumer trends and pricing dynamics shape the grocery sector. Specialties: U.S. retail with a strong focus on the nation’s largest grocers (Walmart, Target, Costco), consumer spending, grocery pricing/inflation.
Amelia Lucas CNBC
CNBC restaurant, food & beverage reporter who frequently breaks news on major food companies and their grocery strategies. Specialties: Restaurants, food & beverage, CPG tie-ins with grocers (e.g., Kraft Heinz, private label/brand strategy).
Heather Haddon The Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal reporter focused on the restaurant and food industry, often covering issues that intersect with grocery retail and CPG. Specialties: Restaurants and the broader food industry, menu/pricing trends spilling into supermarkets, supply chain.
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Patrick Thomas The Wall Street Journal
WSJ agriculture/business-of-food reporter covering how farm economics and policy ripple through CPG and grocery shelves. Specialties: Agriculture and the business of food, commodities, sugar/inputs, policy impacts on grocery pricing.
Jesse Newman The Wall Street Journal
WSJ reporter on agriculture and food industry whose coverage links crop and policy moves to supermarket assortments and prices. Specialties: Agriculture, food system, food companies and policy; effects on packaged foods and grocers.
Jaewon Kang Bloomberg News
Bloomberg retail reporter (formerly WSJ) covering national retailers and grocery, including pricing and strategy shifts. Specialties: U.S. retail, big-box and grocery players, labor, pricing, private label and retail media.
Deena Shanker Bloomberg (Businessweek/News)
Bloomberg reporter on the business of food, from plant-based trends to packaged-food inflation and corporate strategy. Specialties: Food companies, plant-based and alternative proteins, supply chains, animal welfare, packaged food economics.
Michael Hirtzer Bloomberg News
Bloomberg agriculture reporter tracking commodities and supply dynamics that directly impact supermarket pricing. Specialties: Agriculture, grain and protein supply chains, crop and input costs that feed into grocery prices.
Siddharth Cavale Reuters
Reuters U.S. e-commerce & retail correspondent covering the largest mass and grocery chains and their evolving strategies. Specialties: U.S. e-commerce & retail, with a focus on Walmart, Target, Costco; grocery traffic, pricing and digital.
Richa Naidu Reuters
Reuters correspondent covering major consumer-product makers whose moves influence supermarket categories worldwide. Specialties: Global CPG/consumer products (Nestlé, Unilever, etc.), strategy and M&A that shape grocery assortments.
Lisa Baertlein Reuters
Longtime Reuters correspondent who has covered U.S. restaurants and grocers and now frequently reports on logistics that affect food retail. Specialties: U.S. restaurants and grocery stores; more recently logistics/shipping with implications for food retail supply chains.
Sam Silverstein Grocery Dive (TechTarget/Industry Dive)
Key beat reporter at Grocery Dive covering day-to-day developments and strategic shifts across U.S. grocers. Specialties: Grocery retail news and strategy, leadership changes, pricing/promotions, independents/regional chains.
Catherine Douglas Moran Grocery Dive (TechTarget/Industry Dive)
Editor/reporter at Grocery Dive leading coverage on omnichannel grocery trends and major retailer initiatives. Specialties: Grocery operations, e-commerce/omnichannel, Instacart/last-mile, store formats and exec moves.
Jeff Wells Grocery Dive (TechTarget/Industry Dive)
Lead editor at Grocery Dive overseeing coverage of U.S. grocery retail and industry trends. Specialties: Grocery industry news leadership, analysis of retail strategy, M&A, private label, online grocery.
Bill Wilson Supermarket News (Informa Connect)
Senior editor at Supermarket News reporting daily on retailers’ strategies, technology moves and market dynamics. Specialties: Breaking grocery news, store growth/closures, technology, value/pricing, exec changes.
Chloe Riley Supermarket News (Informa Connect)
Executive editor spearheading Supermarket News’ content strategy and multimedia expansion for the grocery sector. Specialties: Editorial leadership and strategy, cross-platform grocery coverage, video/podcasts for food retail.
Timothy Inklebarger Supermarket News (Informa Connect)
Editor at Supermarket News focused on grocery technology and digital transformation themes. Specialties: Grocery technology, e-commerce/automation, Amazon/omnichannel innovations, loyalty and apps.
Gina Acosta Progressive Grocer (EnsembleIQ)
Editorial director/associate publisher at Progressive Grocer leading the brand’s coverage of U.S. food retail. Specialties: Grocery industry leadership, editorial direction, events (Top Women in Grocery), industry trend analysis.
Bridget Goldschmidt Progressive Grocer (EnsembleIQ)
Managing editor at Progressive Grocer with nearly two decades covering major grocery developments. Specialties: Government affairs, M&A, category trends, e-commerce, sustainability, corporate responsibility.
Lynn Petrak Progressive Grocer (EnsembleIQ)
Senior editor at Progressive Grocer covering fresh and center-store trends impacting retailers. Specialties: Fresh/perimeter, center store trends, shopper insights, product innovation influencing grocery.
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