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Every week we track the business, tech and investment trends in CPG, retail, restaurants, agriculture, cooking and health, so you don’t have to. Here are some of this week’s top headlines.

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1. Poppi Faces Class Action Lawsuit for ‘Prebiotic’ Claims – Food Dive

The complaint, filed in a California district court, said aggregate claims in the suit amount to more than $5m.

2. Bored Cow Takes Precision Fermentation Mainstream With Launch in 2000 Albertsons Stores – Nosh

This marks the first time that a dairy product made via precision fermentation is available at retail in all 50 states — a significant milestone for food and climate tech.

3. Nestlé Debuts New Brand For Consumers Using GLP-1 Drugs, Managing Weight – Food Dive

Vital Pursuit is the first major US brand to be launched by the food giant in nearly three decades. The line’s frozen pizza, sandwiches and bowls will reach stores by October.

4. Price Pendulum Swings Back to Discounts, Within Limits – NYT

The pandemic shopping boom led many retailers to widen profit margins by charging more. Now value is the watchword as consumers grow choosier.

5. Land Grabs & Carbon Offset Schemes are Threatening Farmers & Food Production – Green Queen

Since the financial crash of 2007-08, global land prices have doubled, which has led to a “tipping point” that endangers farmers’ livelihoods and food security.

6. Why the New Human Case of Bird Flu Is So Alarming – NYT

The third human case of H5N1, reported on Thursday in a farmworker in Michigan who was experiencing respiratory symptoms, tells us that the current bird flu situation is at a dangerous inflection point.

7. Restaurant Groups Are the New Chains – Eater

When one business owns and operates multiple restaurants in a single market, who’s to say that’s not a chain?

8. How the Mayor’s Crackdown On Illegal Mopeds Has Beaten Down Food-Delivery Workers – Curbed

Immigrants are paying the price for Mayor Adams’ policies – many of whom who make a living in a class-divided city that is increasingly composed of people who make deliveries and people who have things delivered to them.

9. What If Ozempic Cost $1.00? – The Future Market

Two scenarios that explore a future world where GLP-1 drugs have become accessible to anyone wanting to lose weight.