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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 o

> 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 Kellanova, said in an interview. Well that’s just dark.

hasty_pudding 3y ago
I didn't know Pringles and Cheez-Its had Darth Vader running the company.
- throwup238 3y ago
  Wait till you see who is running FUNYUNS. It's death himself.
- EA-3167 3y ago
  I think past a certain point, all corporate cultures converge on tobacco company ethics.
dghughes 3y ago
"Pringles now with nicotine and menthol!"
- bitwize 3y ago
  "Now with more MOLECULES!"
mulmen 3y ago
"Mitigate" could mean "make a product that is appealing to health-conscious consumers".
- oofdoof 3y ago
  It could. In the same way that when fossil fuel companies found out their business is destroying the planet they could have pivoted into renewables. But they didn’t. With profit being the deciding factor it’s anyone’s guess what the people who are in charge of these companies will do to avoid bankruptcy.
h0l0cube 3y ago
I thought this was darker: > Customers taking weight-loss drugs “tend to spend more with us overall” even as they buy less food, Rainey told CNBC.
whycome 3y ago
At least it's not "if necessary, litigate" ... well not yet.
bb88 3y ago
I'm on Zepbound, and it's clear there's going to be a day when grease, salt, and carbs will no longer run the world in 20 years when these drugs (and the mechanical injector) go off patent. If I could invest in a 20 year short in the fast/junk food companies, I would easily do so.
- deleted 3y ago
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- toomuchtodo 3y ago
  GLP-1 gene therapy is approaching human trials. Bug fixing a human vulnerability big business exploited. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38495653 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38495653
effingwewt 3y ago
Want dark? NEVER EAT PRINGLES/DEHYDRATED POTATES (mashed etc). Sorry for the caps but its deserved. Dehydrated potatoes aren't graded. Read on for gross information. I recently had the pleasure of doing HVAC/controls for potato/onion storages in Washington state. Some storages are so gross I couldn't believe it was legal. Dead and living animals/rodents and nests etc. Mold and bacteria, rancid water pools, truly disgusting. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with the videos I took. Some of the climacell water tanks (some the size of pools) hadnt been cleaned in years and had so many dead frogs and whatnot they were literally bubbling cesspools. And had been running that 'water' over the climacell pads to then be blown all over the storage, products, and people working in them. And that wasn't the bad part. The bad part was seeing piles of rotted and disintegrating potatoes go to dehydration machines to become pringles, dehydrated mashed potatoes, etc. They don't throw away the piles that go bad. They let them sit and stew until they've a full load and truck em out. The trucks would literally have black horrible smelling slime spilling out all sides of the trailer, the weighing station was beyond disgusting. Sure, heat will kill the bacteria, mold, fungi etc, and they will all be bleached- but once you've seen it, it's life changing. I shop mostly at farmers markets now for my veggies/fruits. After seeing potato and onion storages, processing plants and whatnot, the things foos companies can legally do is fucking frightening. I used to love Pringles.

hasty_pudding 3y ago

I didn't know Pringles and Cheez-Its had Darth Vader running the company.

throwup238 3y ago
Wait till you see who is running FUNYUNS. It's death himself.
EA-3167 3y ago
I think past a certain point, all corporate cultures converge on tobacco company ethics.

dghughes 3y ago

"Pringles now with nicotine and menthol!"

bitwize 3y ago
"Now with more MOLECULES!"

mulmen 3y ago

"Mitigate" could mean "make a product that is appealing to health-conscious consumers".

oofdoof 3y ago
It could. In the same way that when fossil fuel companies found out their business is destroying the planet they could have pivoted into renewables. But they didn’t. With profit being the deciding factor it’s anyone’s guess what the people who are in charge of these companies will do to avoid bankruptcy.

h0l0cube 3y ago

I thought this was darker: > Customers taking weight-loss drugs “tend to spend more with us overall” even as they buy less food, Rainey told CNBC.

whycome 3y ago

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

bb88 3y ago

I'm on Zepbound, and it's clear there's going to be a day when grease, salt, and carbs will no longer run the world in 20 years when these drugs (and the mechanical injector) go off patent. If I could invest in a 20 year short in the fast/junk food companies, I would easily do so.

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toomuchtodo 3y ago
GLP-1 gene therapy is approaching human trials. Bug fixing a human vulnerability big business exploited. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38495653 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38495653

effingwewt 3y ago

Want dark? NEVER EAT PRINGLES/DEHYDRATED POTATES (mashed etc). Sorry for the caps but its deserved. Dehydrated potatoes aren't graded. Read on for gross information. I recently had the pleasure of doing HVAC/controls for potato/onion storages in Washington state. Some storages are so gross I couldn't believe it was legal. Dead and living animals/rodents and nests etc. Mold and bacteria, rancid water pools, truly disgusting. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with the videos I took. Some of the climacell water tanks (some the size of pools) hadnt been cleaned in years and had so many dead frogs and whatnot they were literally bubbling cesspools. And had been running that 'water' over the climacell pads to then be blown all over the storage, products, and people working in them. And that wasn't the bad part. The bad part was seeing piles of rotted and disintegrating potatoes go to dehydration machines to become pringles, dehydrated mashed potatoes, etc. They don't throw away the piles that go bad. They let them sit and stew until they've a full load and truck em out. The trucks would literally have black horrible smelling slime spilling out all sides of the trailer, the weighing station was beyond disgusting. Sure, heat will kill the bacteria, mold, fungi etc, and they will all be bleached- but once you've seen it, it's life changing. I shop mostly at farmers markets now for my veggies/fruits. After seeing potato and onion storages, processing plants and whatnot, the things foos companies can legally do is fucking frightening. I used to love Pringles.