Author name: John LaRosa

March 2, 2017 – So far this new diet season is starting out strong, judging by results posted by Weight Weight Watchers and NutriSystem. The economy continues to grow and the Winter weather was not severe–allowing dieters to get to those weekly meetings. Oprah is pitching for Weight Watchers. A rising tide is lifting all […]

Feb. 28, 2017 – “We delivered positive member recruitment growth in every quarter of 2016, ending the year with 10% more subscribers than the prior year,” said Nick Hotchkin, the company’s CFO and Member, Interim Office of the CEO. “So far in 2017 our global marketing campaigns are driving strong member recruitment and interest in our

Feb. 27, 2017 – Dawn Zier, the firm’s CEO reported that: “In 2016, we exceeded top and bottom-line expectations…..We expect our momentum to continue in 2017 with NutriSystem having a strong start to the diet season, coupled with the official launch of the South Beach Diet…We believe we are well–positioned to deliver our fourth consecutive

Jan . 4, 2017 – U.S. News’ Magazine’s Best Diets 2017 once again crowned the DASH Diet the Best Diet Overall. The plan, created by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to fight high blood pressure, is effective for weight loss, too. It emphasizes more of the foods you’ve always been told to eat

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Dec. 22, 2016 – As the new “diet season” approaches, Oprah has announced that she lost 40 lbs. on the Weight Watchers program. The new marketing push begins next week, just before New Year’s. The coming weeks are critical for Weight Watchers: The company typically adds about 40% of new customers in Q1, when resolutions

Nov. 3, 2016 – According to the firm’s press release: “We’ve seen a great response to our fall campaign and in Q3 we achieved our highest year-over-year percentage growth in recruitment so far this year.  We continue to see positive reactions to our Beyond the Scale program, and we look forward to generating even more

Oct. 27, 2016 – According to a press release quoting CEO Dawn Zier: “As we gear up for 2017, we’re excited about our Diet Season plans for our primary brand, Nutrisystem, and remain on track for the 2017 launch of the South Beach Diet program. We’re strongly positioned to achieve further long-term growth and value

Oct. 3, 2016 – Medifast announced that Daniel (“Dan”) R. Chard has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of Medifast’s Board of Directors, bringing the size of the board to 10 members.  Mr. Chard succeeds Michael MacDonald, who will stay with Medifast in the role of Executive Chairman of the Board. The

Sept. 12, 2016 –  After markets closed on Monday, Weight Watchers announced that Jim Chambers had resigned as CEO and would be leaving the company by the end of September. Weight Watchers said it would start looking for a new CEO to replace Chambers, who was appointed to the position three years ago. In the meantime,