Lisa Johnston

Editor-in-Chief

Author Profile

Lisa Johnston is the Editor-in-Chief of CGT. She joined the brand in 2020. Her journalism background includes writing for both business and consumer audiences, specializing in technology, retail, and consumer goods. In addition to speaking at a range of industry events and sharing editorial expertise as a media panelist, she's served as a judge for such programs as the Consumer Technology Hall of Fame and the Jesse H. Neal Awards.

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ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

11/18/2024
How Late-Night Munchies and Weather Cues Shape PepsiCo’s Retail Strategy
PepsiCo CCOs Cara Keating and Bryan Santee share how the CPG is doubling down on using shopper insights to inform product innovation and forge stronger consumer connections.

Lisa Johnston
11/17/2024
Go On, Try It — Brands Have Room to Stumble In Retail Tech Experiences: Harris Poll
Note to brands: Consumers are pretty forgiving when it comes to companies trying new tech-enabled retail experiences, indicating a prime opportunity for a few risky dice rolls.

Lisa Johnston
11/14/2024
Campbell’s Creates Cross-Functional Enterprise Transformation Office With Dan Poland At Helm
Campbell Soup Company has created a new cross-functional enterprise transformation office and tapped Dan Poland to lead it.

Lisa Johnston
11/13/2024
Mike Gomes Joins Perfetti Van Melle as Supply Chain VP
Most recently a VP of supply chain at Kroger, Gomes has more than three decades of supply chain experience in retail and CPG.

Lisa Johnston
11/13/2024
General Mills To Acquire Tiki Pets, Cloud Star Pet Brands In $1.45 Billion Deal
General Mills will purchase Whitebridge Pet Brands’ North American premium cat feeding and pet treat business from European private equity firm NXMH in a $1.45 billion deal.

Lisa Johnston
11/7/2024
CPGs Prepare for Potential Tariffs Under Trump Administration
Tariffs are top of mind within the consumer goods industry as CPGs ready for a second Donald Trump administration.

Lisa Johnston
11/6/2024
Why E.l.f. Is Moving Into Dollar General
E.l.f. Beauty will enter Dollar General stores this month as the cosmetics company seeks to grow both prestige and value beauty segments.

Lisa Johnston
11/4/2024
Altria Centralizing Operations In $600M Cost-Savings Initiative
Altria Group launched a cost-savings initiative to improve organizational speed and agility through the use of artificial intelligence and other automation.

Lisa Johnston
11/4/2024
How Del Monte Foods Is Identifying Emerging Flavor Trends
Del Monte Foods is embracing technology within product innovation in order to more quickly identify emerging food trends and introduce efficiencies.

Lisa Johnston
10/30/2024
How RxSugar’s PIM Investments Are Helping It Seize GLP-1 Opportunities
While the impact of GLP-1 medications on appetites has alarm bells ringing for some CPGs, many others view it as an opportunity to bite into.

Lisa Johnston