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Oprah Winfrey takes big financial hit as Weight Watchers stock tanks
Fox ^ | 2/27/19 | Dom Calicchio

Posted on 02/27/2019 1:54:51 PM PST by jeannineinsd

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In my opinion the business problem Weight Watchers faces is they are competing with FREE calorie counting apps.

Weight Watchers app is costly and it doesn't always work properly. The free calorie counting apps are more reliable, and are FREE!

1 posted on 02/27/2019 1:54:51 PM PST by jeannineinsd
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“the wellness company’s single biggest individual investor was down anywhere from $39 million to nearly $48 million, according to reports.”

Should we get up a go fund me page to help her out? /s


2 posted on 02/27/2019 1:58:40 PM PST by antidemoncrat
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One would think that the Oprah alone would keep the stock propped up.


3 posted on 02/27/2019 1:59:33 PM PST by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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Doesn’t help your weight loss company when your top spokesperson is fat.


4 posted on 02/27/2019 2:01:31 PM PST by dead (Our next president is going to be sooooo boring.)
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Why do they say they are “WW” instead of Weight Watchers?

Why do other organizations do this, as if the initials don’t stand for the name of the organization?

NARAL states that NARAL no longer stands for National Abortion Rights Action League.

AARP states that AARP no longer stands for American Association of Retired Persons.

Just wondering, a bit off topic. It takes fewer syllables to say “Weight Watchers” than to say “WW”.


5 posted on 02/27/2019 2:02:25 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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She above all should know about the rule of diversity er, diversification.


6 posted on 02/27/2019 2:03:05 PM PST by headstamp 2
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To: dead

They grossly overestimated Oprah’s appeal with the half of the population she publicly dissed


7 posted on 02/27/2019 2:03:18 PM PST by Josa
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“Republicans buy shoes, too.”


8 posted on 02/27/2019 2:04:01 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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the wellness company’s single biggest individual investor was down anywhere from $39 million to nearly $48 million,

That's like one of us losing $5 in a slot machine. Regrettable, but not a disaster. ;o)

9 posted on 02/27/2019 2:06:50 PM PST by DeFault User
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To: jeannineinsd

yes, their 200 ‘free point’ food list is available to print out for free.


10 posted on 02/27/2019 2:10:22 PM PST by ronniesgal (so I wonder what his FR handle is????)
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To: dead

That’s a big 10-4.


11 posted on 02/27/2019 2:11:17 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is what I read in the papers.)
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To: jeannineinsd

Looks like Weight Watchers stock is the one on a diet.


12 posted on 02/27/2019 2:13:34 PM PST by Flick Lives
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Reading the brilliant replies here, it seems if freepers had been on the board of directors, the stock wouldn’t have plunged!


13 posted on 02/27/2019 2:14:42 PM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: Josa
She's also what in show business parlance is called “an old reference.”
14 posted on 02/27/2019 2:15:55 PM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: dead

IMO, it seems she’s GAINED weight since becoming their spokesperson.


15 posted on 02/27/2019 2:16:38 PM PST by maggief
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To: ConservaTexan

I had an ex-GF who told me that she didnt do WW because if Orcah was the spokesperson, then why is she fatter than her (my ex GF)?


16 posted on 02/27/2019 2:21:11 PM PST by max americana (Fired libtards at our company for the past 12 yrs at every election. I hope all liberals die.)
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“Doesn’t help your weight loss company when your top spokesperson is fat.”

Howard Stern remarked on-air years ago that “she had been arrested by the Atlanta Airport TSA for carrying 50 pounds of crack!”


17 posted on 02/27/2019 2:22:22 PM PST by vette6387 (Fire Mueller)
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Quadrupling up on WW meals can have that effect.


18 posted on 02/27/2019 2:32:55 PM PST by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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Bah. WW paid Mz. O in stock to be their spokesperson a few years ago, so she’s not out real cash.


19 posted on 02/27/2019 2:35:12 PM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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Why do other organizations do this, as if the initials don’t stand for the name of the organization?

Don't ask about the NAACP.

20 posted on 02/27/2019 2:37:22 PM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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