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Ozempic Is Making People Buy Less Food, Walmart Says

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Re: Ozempic Is Making People Buy Less Food, Walmart Says

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>“We definitely do see a slight change compared to the total population, we do see a slight pullback in overall basket,” John Furner, the chief executive officer of Walmart’s sprawling US operation, said in an interview Wednesday. “Just less units, slightly less calories.” This implies they're looking at how people on GLP-1 analogs are behaving relative to the general population....but how do they know who is on the…

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Re: Ozempic Is Making People Buy Less Food, Walmart Says

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post #31

>“We definitely do see a slight change compared to the total population, we do see a slight pullback in overall basket,” John Furner, the chief executive officer of Walmart’s sprawling US operation, said in an interview Wednesday. “Just less units, slightly less calories.” This implies they're looking at how people on GLP-1 analogs are behaving relative to the general population....but how do they know who is on the…

Could totally be creepy. But could also totally be a survey. Those are still probably pretty cheap to run on something like Walmart+ delivery customers.

Re: Ozempic Is Making People Buy Less Food, Walmart Says

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They should see this as a good thing (which it is).

Instead of seeing it as "Oh, noes, people are buying less junk food" they could see it as an opportunity to sell customers on more upscale goods with the cost savings. Instead of junk filled with soy and corn filler they can now buy smaller portions but with genuine ingredients without any fillers.

Take it as an opportunity to upsell a healthier lifestyle with tastier ingredients.

Re: Ozempic Is Making People Buy Less Food, Walmart Says

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> An increasing number of CEOs and investors are talking about how popular weight-loss drugs might change the economy and business. Earlier this week, the CEO of the maker of Pringles and Cheez-Its said the company is studying their potential impact on dietary behaviors. “Like everything that potentially impacts our business, we’ll look at it, study it and, if necessary, mitigate,” Steve Cahillane, the CEO of Kellano…

At least it's not "if necessary, litigate" ... well not yet.

Re: Ozempic Is Making People Buy Less Food, Walmart Says

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are correlating it with Ozempic purchases according to TFA

Ozempic purchases happen to also be correlated with rising prices, though.

Presumably they're looking at comparable shoppers before and after one starts Ozempic during the same time period. Or are you implying people are starting Ozempic to avoid buying food?

Re: Ozempic Is Making People Buy Less Food, Walmart Says

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don’t think Walmart’s pharmacy data can be correlated to the same customer’s shopping habits?

No, it can’t

>debit card ending in 6969 purchased Ozempic at pharmacy >debit card ending in 6969 purchased $200 of food, 5% less than they did last month

They don't have to know anything about the specific person to correlate data they likely already have in their POS system.

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