Michael Schaefer
Global Lead, Food & Beverage, Euromonitor International, USA
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Michael Schaefer is the Global Lead for Food & Beverage at Euromonitor International. He and his team track consumer trends, product innovations, and the evolution of eating and drinking across the world. Michael is the primary driver for design, development, and promotion of Euromonitor’s global restaurant research program, as well as its coverage of the global non-alcoholic drinks industry. In addition, he leads development of content and analysis on “The Future of the Meal,” a cross-industry initiative exploring the ways delivery and technology are revolutionizing the global market for prepared food.
Michael has been quoted in Bloomberg Businessweek, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Channel News Asia, and the Financial Times, among others.
Michael holds an M.A. in Russian and East European Studies from Stanford University and has been at Euromonitor since 2005.
Technology is not just changing where we eat, but what we eat. As the lines between food service and retail, at-home and away from home, continue to blur, more of our food will be prepared...