Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Costco sells vacations, gas, and soon, Medicare plans (WSJ)
• Ice cream: How the big firms innovate to stay ahead (BBC)
• Udon billionaire bets thick noodles will win over Americans (Bloomberg)
• Target raises fiscal year forecast as turnaround gains traction with consumers (WSJ)
• TJX says self-inflicted issues hurt sales (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Home Depot posts higher sales, backs outlook (WSJ)
• Big Food is fighting to tempt taste buds in the era of weight-loss drugs (WSJ)
• Target bets shoppers want to buy trendy snacks and drinks in grocery revamp (Bloomberg)
• A slice of the market: Canada-US tensions over cheese import permits (CD Howe Institute)
• Top French grocers ease produce rules as heat hits farmers (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Olipop Soda CEO to step down with Electrolit head stepping in (Bloomberg)
• Pickle flavour is taking over the snacks aisle (WSJ)
• Canadian Tire bets on data to drive future growth (Globe and Mail)
• Inside the billion-dollar industry that's keeping your beer cold - and saving lives (Texas Monthly)
• How Burger King revamped its Whopper and overtook Wendy's (WSJ)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• A chicken glut is dragging down meatpackers - and lowering your grocery bill (WSJ)
• The haskap berry is poised to be the next 'it' berry (CBC)
• The quest to find the world's best honey (FT)
• The secret ingredient farmers add to their cows' diet for richer milk (Bloomberg)
• These products go colourless as natural dyes prove tricky and expensive (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Summer of the slush (Toronto Life)
• Why so many CEOs are getting a chief of staff (NYT)
• China's hunger games (Foreign Affairs)
• What happened to Talenti (NYT)
• From the archives (1985): When Ben & Jerry's sued Haagen Dazs (The New Yorker)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• How to disappear: Shopping online (Mozilla Foundation)
• Danny Meyer finally tells us what went wrong (Food Time with Matt Rodbard)
• Why the regenerative agriculture label is everywhere (Bloomberg)
• JBS heir to become CEO of world's largest meatpacker (FT)
• Target hires first Chief AI Officer in retail's latest tech push (WSJ)

 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)