Big box stores want a piece of the weight loss drug action.

From Marketplace, I'm Sabrina Beneshaw in for David Brancaccio.

Costco members will soon be able to buy weight loss drugs,

Ozempic, and Wagovi for a steep discount.

It's the latest retailer to reach a deal to sell the drugs for just under $500 a month.

Yes, that is apparently a discount.

Following CVS and Walmart, Marketplace's Henry Ep, has more.

The move comes as Novo Nordisk, the maker of Ozempic and Weigovie, faces growing pressure in the market, both from competitors and from insurance companies.

Drug maker Eli Lilly began selling its weight

loss drug Zepbound for $499 earlier this year, and other copycat drugs, many of them marketed

online, have sprung up too. Some insurers have started to limit coverage of Ozempic and other

GLP-1s, citing their high cost. That's led Novo Nordisk to offer its drugs at a discount

direct to consumers and through these retailers. The company's share price has fallen sharply

this year, and it's cut thousands of jobs. I'm Henry App for Marketplace.

Constellation Brands owns Modello and Corona beers, among others. We're going to get quarterly financial results from Constellation today after the closing bell.

Back in September, the company said the outlook was not looking as good as it thought for the rest of the year because demand has been falling and because tariffs.

But as marketplaces, Savannah Peters reports,

beer makers could have bigger worries on their minds.

When consumer sentiment takes a hit, like we've seen recently,

beer sales usually follow, says analyst Nadine Sarwatt with Bernstein research. And Constellation is feeling that faster than other brands.

Magello, which is their biggest brand, its consumer base is around 50% Hispanic.

Sarwatt says those consumers skew lower income and could be pulling back more quickly.

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