Stephan's Friday Picks

• Reinventing a giant: Galen Weston uses the founder mindset in a family empire (YouTube)
• Consumer spending is up, but that signal no longer means what it once did (BCG)
• Adult happy meals lure even high-earning American diners (NYT)
• Metro and FGF enter into a strategic partnership for Premiere Moisson's commercial bakery manufacturing operations (Metro)
• From the archives (2007): Can Galen Weston Jr. save Loblaws (Toronto Life)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• In the Hamptons, even the chicken tenders are living fancy (NYT)
• The one thing everyone in America can agree on? Costco (WSJ)
• Danone's $1.2 billion Huel deal faces UK competition probe (WSJ)
• Why some restaurants are increasing the price of fish and chips (CBC)
• Conagra swings to loss, cuts dividend under new CEO (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• The future of fierce English mustard is in American hands (Bloomberg)
• FTC says Henkel deal would merge 'Coke and Pepsi' of adhesives (Bloomberg)
• Uber, Delivery Hero in advanced talks over potential takeover (WSJ)
• Credit card holders are using 'friendly fraud' to get back at retailers (Bloomberg)
• Chipotle to sell its Mexican-inspired fast food in Mexico (NYT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• The anti-Amazon (Phenomenal World)
• Grocery stores lower prices as consumers pare spending (NYT)
• CoverGirl stops chasing Gen Z to focus on middle-aged women (Bloomberg)
• Shein is said to move ahead with preparations for Hong Kong IPO (Bloomberg)
• Maxed-out shoppers embrace 'mini-effect' (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Dates are suddenly on track to become a $55 billion market (Inc)
• Big box retailers have a new strategy of breaking into urban markets (NYT)
• How Aldi is taking on US supermarkets with its $4 almond butter (BBC)
• Why are berries everywhere, in every season? Driscoll's (NYT)
• Michael's goes form 'grandma's store' to unlikely success under Apollo (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Tesco explores sale of European business (FT)
• Why Smucker's $5 billion bet on the Twinkie flopped (WSJ)
• Sven Smit: In an AI world, the fastest learner will win (McKinsey)
• Germans don't love Budweiser. It won't take no for an answer (NYT)
• From the archives (2012): The $1.6 billion flop. Tesco poised to exit the U.S. (WSJ)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• More Americans than ever are taking weight-loss drugs (NYT)
• Food and beverages have gone bananas (NYT)
• Wild coffee swings usher in new era of market volatility (Bloomberg)
• Walmart announced price cuts. Trump tried to take credit (NYT)
• White House pressures top US grocers on beef prices (WSJ)