Slim Fast Forgoes Classic Products In Favor Of Low Carb Diet, Optima Lines
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Slim Fast will completely phase out its original product line by the beginning of 2005 and switch to a two-diet approach: the recently launched Slim Fast Low Carb Diet line and the new Slim Fast Optima offerings for optimum nutrition
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