Where's The Beef actress Clara Peller outside Wendy's, Los Angeles, 1984. Getty // Bettmann
Q1. Earlier this month, fast food chain Wendy's announced they were going to introduce "dynamic pricing" in 2025.
Typically "dynamic pricing" means increasing prices during times of peak demand, as utilities, ride sharing, and other industries do. However, after receiving blowback, including Burger King tweeting "We don't believe in charging people more when they're hungry," Wendy's said they meant they wouldn't surge prices at times of high demand, but rather offer discounts during slow periods.
Do you think dynamic pricing will come to more restaurants, and if so would it be a plus or minus for consumers? (check all that apply)
Typically "dynamic pricing" means increasing prices during times of peak demand, as utilities, ride sharing, and other industries do. However, after receiving blowback, including Burger King tweeting "We don't believe in charging people more when they're hungry," Wendy's said they meant they wouldn't surge prices at times of high demand, but rather offer discounts during slow periods.
Do you think dynamic pricing will come to more restaurants, and if so would it be a plus or minus for consumers? (check all that apply)
overall
custom
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Will come to more restaurants
49%
51%
48%
46%
48%
51%
50%
56%
46%
45%
49%
Will not
38%
38%
38%
38%
37%
39%
37%
34%
41%
41%
38%
Would be good thing
10%
11%
10%
11%
12%
10%
16%
7%
9%
12%
10%
Would not
75%
72%
78%
71%
72%
79%
71%
83%
74%
71%
75%
None of these
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
2%
3%
2%
1%
1%
Don't know
7%
7%
6%
7%
10%
6%
14%
5%
5%
6%
7%
Don't care
2%
3%
1%
2%
4%
1%
3%
1%
1%
3%
2%
Q2. Oprah Winfrey had been a prominent spokesperson for Weight Watchers since joining its board a decade ago, and owned a 10% stake in the company. She credited their program with helping her lose forty pounds.
However, in December she revealed she started taking a GLP-1 weight loss drug (e.g. Wegovy), and last week announced she was stepping down from Weight Watcher's board. Her contract with the company prohibited her from using a weight loss program other than Weight Watchers.
Winfrey said it was important to recognize obesity as a chronic condition, and that a medically approved prescription for managing weight "feels like relief, like redemption, like a gift, and not something to hide behind."
Which part of Winfrey's statement do you agree with, and do you think her statement will increase demand for GLP-1s? (check all that apply)
However, in December she revealed she started taking a GLP-1 weight loss drug (e.g. Wegovy), and last week announced she was stepping down from Weight Watcher's board. Her contract with the company prohibited her from using a weight loss program other than Weight Watchers.
Winfrey said it was important to recognize obesity as a chronic condition, and that a medically approved prescription for managing weight "feels like relief, like redemption, like a gift, and not something to hide behind."
Which part of Winfrey's statement do you agree with, and do you think her statement will increase demand for GLP-1s? (check all that apply)
overall
custom
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Obesity is chronic condition
77%
70%
83%
64%
72%
88%
67%
83%
77%
78%
77%
Is not
13%
18%
9%
22%
15%
6%
26%
12%
9%
11%
13%
GLP-1s are a gift
38%
39%
38%
26%
34%
49%
45%
38%
37%
35%
38%
Are not
26%
32%
21%
39%
30%
14%
25%
31%
24%
22%
26%
Statement will increase demand
75%
74%
77%
71%
78%
79%
71%
74%
79%
75%
75%
Will not
10%
12%
8%
15%
7%
7%
16%
13%
7%
7%
10%
None of these
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
3%
0%
2%
1%
Don't know
5%
6%
4%
6%
8%
3%
8%
2%
5%
6%
5%
Don't care
4%
5%
1%
6%
7%
1%
3%
3%
4%
3%
4%
Q3. In New York's borough of Manhattan, the commercial real estate vacancy rate is 20%, twice what it was pre-Covid.
At least one major developer suggests the unused office space will be used for "vertical farming," the practice of growing crops stacked indoors, using LED grow lights, and soilless methods such as hydroponics.
Vertical farming is expected to be a $10 billion industry worldwide by 2026, up from $3 billion in 2021.
Do you see a meaningful portion of US big-city office space being used for vertical farming?
At least one major developer suggests the unused office space will be used for "vertical farming," the practice of growing crops stacked indoors, using LED grow lights, and soilless methods such as hydroponics.
Vertical farming is expected to be a $10 billion industry worldwide by 2026, up from $3 billion in 2021.
Do you see a meaningful portion of US big-city office space being used for vertical farming?
overall
custom
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Yes, and I'd approve if it did
43%
40%
47%
32%
36%
54%
42%
46%
43%
42%
43%
Yes, but I'd disapprove
3%
3%
4%
5%
2%
1%
3%
1%
6%
2%
3%
No, but I'd approve
37%
39%
34%
38%
42%
36%
37%
41%
35%
39%
37%
No, and I'd disapprove
9%
11%
9%
15%
9%
5%
10%
8%
10%
10%
9%
Don't know
5%
5%
6%
8%
7%
3%
8%
3%
5%
7%
5%
Don't care
2%
2%
1%
2%
3%
1%
0%
2%
2%
1%
2%
In October 2023, 41% said GLP-1s would do more good than harm, 37% more harm than good.
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