Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in the US

Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by FatherOfCurses on Monday January 12, 2026 @10:30AM (#46589764)

Tons of Americans want to eat healthy but don't have the energy/time/access. It's easy to cook healthy for yourself if you're single, have a good work/life balance, and have a grocery store nearby. There are a lot of Americans who eat fast food on the go because it's their only option (or they haven't been educated on how to get healthy food quickly). Others have lives where job and family responsibilities sap so much energy that by dinner time ordering a pizza is pretty tempting.

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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by s1artibartfast on Monday January 12, 2026 @11:03AM (#46590268)

This is narrative ignores consumer preference. A salad can be delivered as easily as a pizza.

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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by phil21 on Monday January 12, 2026 @11:49AM (#46591004)

If you start looking around at the world you will likely start to notice an inverse correlation between those with “little free time due to working three jobs” and the amount of junk they feed their families.

Turns out that if you care enough and have the work ethic to grind out that sort of living to better your family, you also tend to care what kind of foods they eat.

There are of course seasons in everyone’s lives - but this observation has held generally true no matter the demographic or geographic location I’ve lived around.

I was obese - there is no intended judgement here for folks who struggle with it. I did for the better part of my adult life. The social tropes are simply unhelpful.

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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by malfist on Monday January 12, 2026 @12:57PM (#46591900)

Goodluck getting a healthy salad delivered outside of a major metropolitan area. In my city of a quarter million (not huge, not small) the options are pretty much limited to two or three places that only offer high caloric salads

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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by s1artibartfast on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @12:25PM (#46604297)

Yes, and the reason is that few people want them. There isn't a cabal conspiracy to forgo the profits from offering healthy options. They just dont sell.

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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by array_key_first on Monday January 12, 2026 @01:52PM (#46592594)

Consumer preference is a scapegoat. You can also make nicotine-free cigarettes, and people have tried, but they just don't sell. Of course consumers prefer the stuff that feels better. They have to.

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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by rightbyte on Monday January 12, 2026 @03:51PM (#46594134)

Sugar free soda?

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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by array_key_first on Monday January 12, 2026 @04:47PM (#46594733)

... is an exception, and not the rule.

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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by machomaster on Monday January 12, 2026 @10:00PM (#46596880)

The abundance of "fat free" and "low fat" products. A huge increase of "protein heavy" and "low calory/sugar" products.

All these tell that people do have a preference towards buying healthy stuff, given the choice. It's not their fault that they have been misled by the media/scientists in some of those cases.

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