Business | Appetite for change

Can big food adapt to healthier diets?

It must contend with weight-loss drugs and concerns about processed foods

A house of cards made out of packets and boxes of junk food.
Illustration: Ben Denzer

Editor’s note (August 23rd): Nestlé replaced its chief executive shortly after this article went to press.

This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Appetite for change”

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