Nestle to buy Jenny Craig.

[jay_christley]

Is this like Good Cop/Bad Cop of the food world?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060619/bs_nm/food_nestle_dc

"This acquisition will also reinforce Nestle Nutrition's presence in the USA, the world's largest nutrition and weight management market," Nestle said in a statement.

 

[slappy4428]

As far as excess weight goes, Nestle giveth, Nestle will taketh away

 

[Norman Stansfield]

Talk about passive aggressive.

 

[BYH]

LAY OFF ME I'M STARVING!!!

 

[Idaho]

Looks like they have both ends of the market under control.

 

[westcoastvol]

Yeah, no one ever busted GM for making both Geos and Caddys.

 

[Bubba Fett]

Yeah, no one ever busted GM for making both Geos and Caddys.

I'd say it's more like Philip Morris selling cigarettes and nicotine patches -- sort of the disease and the cure.

 

[Idaho]

Next up,

Ex-Lax will come out with a brand of stool softener.

 

[MU_was_not_so_hard]

Sort of like Phillip Reynolds owning Kraft.
People who smoke generally eat less.
People who quit smoking generally eat to help make up for it.
Either way, PR makes a ton.

 

[Bubba Fett]

Next up,

Ex-Lax will come out with a brand of stool softener.

And toilet paper.

 

[dog428]

Nice work by the boys over Nestle.

Kind of like a drug cartel operating an expensive rehab clinic.

 

[Idaho]

Next up,

Ex-Lax will come out with a brand of stool softener.

And toilet paper.

Wait, it must be getting late here. Ex Lax is a stool softener. Duhh!