Stephan's Thursday Picks

• How 10 billion pounds of lettuce travel from farms to dinner plates (WSJ)
• Unilever sales jump on emerging market demand for Dove soap (Bloomberg)
• Cracker Barrel CEO stepping down after logo redesign, activist pressure (WSJ)
• This summer's status symbol is a $3.99 bottle of water (WSJ)
• Mondelez lifts outlook on higher quarterly sales (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• A different kind of grocery store magnate (NYT)
• Shein slumps to loss ahead of planned Hong Kong listing (FT)
• Sazerac wants another shot at Jack Daniels maker Brown Forman (WSJ)
• The future of the toy industry isn't toys. It's Magic (WSJ)
• Retail giants reject report that major brands sell Chinese tomatoes as Aussie-grown (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Van Leeuwen's path from a single ice cream truck to a dessert giant (Bloomberg)
• Utz will go private in $2.9 billion deal with Intersnack (Bloomberg)
• What corporate functions of the future will look like (BCG)
• Americans rewire their grocery shopping routines while digesting the biggest price jump in 50 years (AP)
• US economic anxieties on display in battle over digital shelf labels (FT)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Albertsons plummets on forecast cut amid soft grocery demand (Bloomberg)
• Inside Taco Bell's rush to contain cyclospora (WSJ)
• 7-Eleven owner taps ex-Dr Pepper executive to lead business (Bloomberg)
• India's weak monsoon revives push for millet (Bloomberg)
• An FDA panel just endorsed these unproven peptides (Wired)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Can Chez Panisse change with the times? Does it need to (NYT)
• Nestle sells half of waters unit to Platinum Equity for $3.4 billion (WSJ)
• Nestle shares tumble as coffee, cocoa prices hit profits (FT)
• McCormick to seek London listing following tie-up with Unilever (WSJ)
• From the archives (2004): Food fighter (NYT Magazine)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Empire plans to drop restrictions on property use amid competition probe (Globe and Mail)
• Chicken thighs are how much? Here's what's driving the latest grocery sticker shock (CBC)
• Inside the Amazon tactics that hiked prices across the internet (The Guardian)
• The fall of America's farm superpower (FT)
• Nestle nears deal to sell stake in €5B Perrier unit (FT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Costco gas pumps are so popular they are building standalone stations (WSJ)
• Kraft Heinz to tap Disney magic in effort to build brands (WSJ)
• Rewiring customer experience for the agentic era (McKinsey)
• Coffee drinkers turning to whole beans as prices soar, says Lavazza (FT)
• Diageo chair hunts for drinks 'heavyweights' in board revamp (FT)