Stephan's Friday Picks

• The unlikely queen of the bagel business (The Hustle)
• 50 best restaurants in the world announced for 2026 (NYT)
• In Alaska's capital, food comes by water, air, or most often, community sharing (The Guardian)
• How AI is supercharging war gaming (BCG)
• From the archives (2019): Strawberry and kiwi: Why? (Taste)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Seed oil 'fearmongering' drives $1 billion in US snack food spending (Bloomberg)
• Mars invests $60 million to expand Tru Fru manufacturing in Utah (Bloomberg)
• Why high beef prices are here to stay (WSJ)
• 'Maple washing' violations spiked this year, as companies struggle to source in Canada (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• DoorDash shareholders aren't convinced it can take on Amazon (WSJ)
• How the black walnut gained friends and foes (NYT)
• McDonald's names Uber as preferred partner, edging out DoorDash (Bloomberg)
• Meat companies use every bit of the animal to fuel wellness boom (FT)
• PepsiCo eliminates 1,000 roles in North American restructuring (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• General Mills considering separation of Haagen-Dazs unit outside North America (WSJ)
• Amazon, Uber partner on food delivery as competition intensifies (WSJ)
• Future of Wellness 2027 (McKinsey)
• Sysco is ruining American restaurants. Or saving them (NYT)
• After the Codfathers (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• His job is to turn Walmart's customer data into profit (WSJ)
• How CPG companies win agentic commerce (BCG)
• CVS to split off its healthcare business, ending its bigger-is-better era (NYT)
• Kraft Heinz to divest its North American coffee unit amid CEO's turnaround (Globe and Mail)
• Unilever to cut $1.1 billion in costs after food spin-off (FT)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Is Dollar General charging too much (WSJ)
• The shopping bots are coming for Amazon (WSJ)
• Laughing Cow maker targets US households with bitesize snacks (Bloomberg)
• Asda appoints former Morrisons boss as CEO as sales struggle (The Guardian)
• From the archives (2017): How Dollar General became rural America's store of choice (WSJ)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• McDonald's tests out new value deal bundles at select US stores (Bloomberg)
• Chiquita sees cheap bananas at risk on El Nino supply threat (Bloomberg)
• Burger King posted the boss's number for feedback. He got 100,000 calls (Bloomberg)
• Ben & Jerry's founders have been exploring deal to separate company from Magnum (WSJ)
• Coca-Cola raises outlook as increased volumes, prices boost results (WSJ)