Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• High grocery prices are getting to people. A scene at one grocery store shows why (WSJ)
• How Patagonia's ownership bombshell changes the game for American business (Fast Company)
• Instacart plans to focus IPO on selling employee shares (WSJ)
• Beyond Meat COO arrested for biting man's nose during college football game (Bloomberg)
• Etsy sellers frustrated by company's confusing approach to new sales tax law (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Becoming a better strategist (Medium)
• It's one more way to save at the grocery store - so why isn't unit pricing mandatory (CBC)
• In the city that never sleeps, some doors now close at 10pm (NYT)
• Grocery delivery startups with low margins might drop IPO dreams for M&A reality (Tech Crunch)
• Why bananas have avoided inflation - so far (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Market share (Morgan Stanley)
• Looking for the next big culinary trend? Follow FoodTok (Globe and Mail)
• The evolution of U.S. retail concentration (BLS)
• A GMO purple tomato is coming to grocery aisles (Wired)
• The shift to remote work: How workers in Canada are adapting to working from home (Future Skills Centre)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Wine industry iconoclast Fred Franzia dies at 79 (Wine Spectator)
• Amazon to fund raises for delivery drivers amid tight labour market (WSJ)
• How Europe's CPG leaders can navigate inflation (McKinsey)
• California sues Amazon, alleging antitrust violations inflated prices and stifled competition (WSJ)
• From the archives (1998): A Pictou empire (Maclean's)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Michelin Guide awards 13 Toronto restaurants with prestigious stars (Globe and Mail)
• Billionaire no more: Patagonia founder gives away the company (NYT)
• Zara billionaire Ortega bets $700 million on U.S. warehouses (Bloomberg)
• Aldi becomes fourth largest U.K. supermarket (BBC)
• PM aims to give inflation relief to low-income Canadians with $4.6 billion package (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Kanye West is done with Corporate America, will go it alone (Bloomberg)
• Reducing food loss: What food retailers and manufacturers can do (McKinsey)
• Amazon wanted a Lord of the Rings show. It turned to Frodo and Sam (WSJ)
• SkipTheDishes lays off as many as 350 employees, latest in food delivery downturn (Globe and Mail)
• Starting a CRISPR revolution isn't enough (The Atlantic)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Quiet quitting & strategy (Medium)
• The olive oil capital of the world is parched (NYT)
• U.S. heat wave hits supermarkets' produce sections (WSJ)
• Curbside pickup is here to stay and retailers are going all in (Washington Post)
• New Starbucks CEO to learn ropes alongside Howard Schultz (WSJ)