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FaceTime with the Content Guy: For Food Biz, Is Ozempic Scarier Than Tariffs?

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A retailer told me the other day, “People ask me all the time if I am worried about tariffs.  I’m actually a lot more worried about Ozempic.”

I’m here to tell you that this isn’t hyperbole – I know exactly the degree to which taking a GLP-1 drug can affect what you eat, and therefore what you buy.  I know it because I’ve been on one for the past month.

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