Danone CEO downplays threat of weight loss drugs on food producers: ‘We see ourselves as extremely complementary’

[ad_1] Pots of Activia yoghurt, manufactured by Danone SA, sit on display. Bloomberg | Getty Images The CEO of French consumer goods giant Danone downplayed the threat of obesity drugs on its food business, arguing that consumers were likely to turn to healthy products as part of their new weight loss regime. Antoine de Saint-Affrique…

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Wall Street is asking how weight-loss drugs will affect consumer giants — but it may be too early to tell

[ad_1] A worker organizes cans of PepsiCo Inc. soda on a shelf inside a grocery store in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., on Thursday, July 6, 2017. PepsiCo Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on July 11. Photographer: Caitlin O’Hara/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images If you listen to third-quarter corporate earnings…

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