Stephan's Friday Picks

• Tech companies face a new crisis: hiring (NYT)
• The great mezcal heist (Eater)
• Grocery apps hoped to win over Amsterdam. Then things turned sour (Wired)
• Supply-chain challenges cost Kraft, Kellogg in cream cheese, cereal sales (WSJ)
• From the archives (2018): The saltier the licorice, the happier the country (NYT Magazine)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer: Trust in Canada (Edelman)
• 5 million shipwrecked Legos still washing up 25 years after falling overboard (Live Science)
• Costco considering an outlet in Rouyn-Noranda (CBC)
• Refillable soda bottles used to be the norm. Can they come back (Fast Company)
• Canada's CPI passes 5% for the first time since September 1991 (Statistics Canada)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Food delivery startups look for new ways to sustain growth (WSJ)
• The new secret chicken recipe? Animal cells (NYT)
• Here's what actually happens with all your online shopping returns (Rest of World)
• The real secret to retaining talent (HBR)
• How chef Mark McEwan navigated the 'public undressing' of restructuring his business (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: The Great Resignation should be no surprise (Medium)
• DoorDash to bump up its fees on slow McDonald's restaurants (WSJ)
• How the sugar industry makes political friends and influences elections (Propublica)
• Inflation may be coming for your pizza and ice cream (Globe and Mail)
• A PetSmart store in Toronto is the first of its kind in North America to unionize (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Deliveroo to trial 'Hop' rapid delivery service with Waitrose (Reuters)
• The rise of the inclusive consumer (McKinsey)
• Two years into pandemic, shoppers are still hoarding (WSJ)
• The death of the department store (The Guardian)
• Business booms at Kroger-owned grocery stores, but workers left behind (NYT)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• The knitwear is slow. The knockoffs come fast (The Verge)
• The next supply chain mess is coming for your morning coffee (WSJ)
• Unilever says inflation will hit profitability despite price rises (FT)
• The wine industry appears to have a millennial problem (NYT)
• From the archives (2018): The maraschino mogul (The New Yorker)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Canada tops G7 growth despite COVID (Statistics Canada)
• The real reason America doesn't have enough truck drivers (NYT)
• The road to instant groceries is paved with broke bones (The Verge)
• $68 for mittens. Team Canada fans cry foul over Lululemon prices for official Olympics gear (CBC)
• New Brunswick maple syrup producers push for more crown land to expand production (Globe and Mail)