Huge UK supermarket chain launches its own £129 a month FAT JAB club with shoppers asking ‘is this a parody?'
SHOP TILL YOU DROP WEIGHT Huge UK supermarket chain launches its own £129 a month FAT JAB club with shoppers asking 'is this a parody?'
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SUPERMARKET chain Morrisons has opened its own £129-a-month fat jab club.
Bosses claim the tirzepatide injections, also branded as Mounjaro, can help customers lose a fifth of their weight.
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Morrisons has opened its own £129-a-month fat jab club
But unimpressed shoppers accused the Bradford-based chain of cashing in after selling fatty and sugary treats.
Morrisons Clinic says: 'At-home, self-injectable pen designed to aid weight loss when injected once-weekly and used consistently.
'Our approach to weight-loss treatments is based on three core factors, designed with your long-term health as our priority.
'Our expert prescribing pharmacists are specially trained to review, consult and provide medications online. Your healthcare journey is in safe hands.
'Our services are delivered by a team of dedicated pharmacists, prescribers and clinicians.'
Morrisons Clinic says the sign-up fee will rise to £159-a-month after the offer period.
Shopper Dave Carter hit out: 'It's genius really. The store sells you unhealthy grub that gets you fat, then wants vast sums of money to get you thin.'
Another added on social media: 'Is this a parody? One of the culprits, pushing highly-processed food, is offering a fat clinic?!
'How funny! Stuff your face with a six pack of donuts, a multipack of Walkers crisps, a few sausage rolls followed by a tub of Ben & Jerry's — and then for the privilege of parting with £129 you might lose weight! Oh my days.'
Another customer said: 'This seems so unethical.'
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A diet-conscious fan added: 'You can buy your fatty and sugary foods and then a magic jab to make the results go away.'
Morrisons Clinic also offers a £26.99 treatment for premature ejaculation, with the assurance: 'Finish last, not first.'
It also sells treatments for acne at £36.99, acid reflux at £17.99, erectile dysfunction at £13 and migraine at £15.99.
Morrisons, which has more than 100 pharmacies across the UK, said its weight management medications were 'prescribed and dispensed responsibly'.
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