Megan McDonald, 36, of Boxford, Massachusetts, has noticed her shopping habits have changed in the two years she's been on a GLP-1.
Since McDonald began using the GLP-1, Zepbound, and she lost 175 pounds, she focuses on the produce and meats found on the outer edges of the supermarket. And she has no interest in the snack food aisle.
"For myself, there's not much in the middle of the store for myself except for protein bars. But it's mostly the produce, the meats and the dairies that I'm going for," she said. "Those are more expensive, but because I don't need as much, I would say I've redistributed" the costs.
GLP-1 use isn't just drastically changing the lives of those, like McDonald, who are on the weight-loss drug. It's changing the way those consumers are shopping for food, clothes and health and beauty products, as well as how they eat out.
And the various industries are taking notice, focusing on reformulating and repackaging their products to keep up with what one industry observer calls a seismic shift.
