Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Ozempic era gives Brazil's grocery aisles a pro-protein makeover (Bloomberg)
• Wonder takes a gamble on robots, drones, and AI menus (WSJ)
• Chinese tea chains brew a new US obsession (Bloomberg)
• Canada adds 75,000 jobs in July, unemployment rate hits two year low (Globe and Mail)
• Shopping app Whatnot valued at $20 billion in new funding (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Celsius share slump as namesake brand sales tumble (Bloomberg)
• Monster Beverage sales rise on international growth (WSJ)
• Inside the long, AI-powered quest to perfect Pringle-making (WSJ)
• US alcohol industry rightly fears a nasty hangover from Trump's trade war with Canada (Globe and Mail)
• Burger King's new Whopper strikes a blow in fast food burger wars (WSJ)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Americans lose their main reason to get out of bed: Dannon coffee yogurt (WSJ)
• The most powerful men in America are eating only meat and sauerkraut. Could I? (NYT Magazine)
• Lululemon is at war with itself (Bloomberg)
• Kraft Heinz's turnaround bid leaves investors wanting more (Bloomberg)
• P&G agrees to buy supplement maker for $3.8 million (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Coca-Cola raises guidance, buoyed by World Cup lift (Bloomberg)
• From plans to bets: Strategy in the age of prediction (Bain)
• Magnum boosted by heatwave as sales surge in Europe (FT)
• Vinted wants to bring its Depop-style disruption to the US (Bloomberg)
• From the archives (2015): The aging of Abercrombie & Fitch (Bloomberg)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• How Eli Lilly got huge by making us thin (Bloomberg)
• Sales are so low, Californian wineries are burning their vineyards (NYT)
• Trump's tariffs take aim at Canadian whey protein during global shortage (Globe and Mail)
• Should multibuys on unhealthy foods be banned (BBC)
• Sainsbury's strikes deal to sell Argos for £120M to Swift Partners (FT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• The road forward to value creation in consumer products (Bain)
• El Nino threat raises the risk of higher blueberry prices (Bloomberg)
• As Gen Z sips on Yerba Mate, Argentinian farmers are missing out (Bloomberg)
• A Canadian town will no longer reek of fish sauce (Globe and Mail)
• The internet suddenly loves Emeril, years after his TV stardom (NYT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Couche-Tard to expand European footprint with $8.7 billion acquisition of Polish retailer Zabka (Globe and Mail)
• Customers turning to frozen produce to avoid high food prices, Loblaw CEO says (Globe and Mail)
• Danone's sales rise, with boost from Asia's volumes (WSJ)
• Amazon finds cases of AI causing runaway spending on tech projects (FT)
• Amazon and Walmart's shopping bots downplay 'Made in America' data, report says (WSJ)