Stephan's Friday Picks

• Why adults are playing with toys (The New Yorker)
• Conagra drops Celeste pizza, to focus on popcorn, meat sticks (Bloomberg)
• Sainsbury's held merger talks with smaller rival Morrisons (FT)
• Keurig says it's come up with plastic-free coffee pods (Bloomberg)
• From the archives (2003): Bag-boy calls (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• McCormick posts lower profits on higher sales (WSJ)
• A French recipe for shock au vin (Globe and Mail)
• The Canadian scientist behind Ozempic on why he never, ever gave up (Be Giant)
• P&G's chief on whether brand loyalty is enough when prices keep climbing (NYT)
• America's restaurants face a dilemma: How to sell food in the GLP-1 era (NYT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Lindt to cut prices on as chocolate demand wanes in key markets (Bloomberg)
• How three young restaurateurs revived London's oldest chophouse (FT)
• Potato by air (The Verge)
• Lab-grown meat: Moral mission meets market realities (FT)
• The next frontier for obesity drugs isn't how much weight you lose, but what kind (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Startups race to cash in on gold rush sparked by whey protein craze (Bloomberg)
• Pop-Tarts ends BuzzBallz tie-up on underage drinking fears (Bloomberg)
• Aldi says some of its rivals loyalty programs 'dupe' customers (BBC)
• Who gets paid when AI does the shopping (A16Z)
• What if you never cooked again (Grub Street)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Sushi wars roll into America as Japan's top chains face off (Bloomberg)
• American buyers acquire Slate Grocery REIT days after announcement of distribution cut (Globe and Mail)
• The $40 cocktail that shaped Singapore's acclaimed bar scene (NYT)
• Why Kroger is trying to be more like Walmart (WSJ)
• General Mills taps COO to helm its turnaround (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Boots owner nears $9bn sale of chemist to Canada's Weston family (FT)
• Remote work is finally ending as the pandemic era fades (Globe and Mail)
• Competition watchdog's pricing probe mostly benefits retail giants, say small grocers (Globe and Mail)
• M&S strikes beauty deal with LVMH's Sephora (FT)
• From the archives (2003): Weston boss uses retail therapy for his 'addiction' (The Irish Times)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• A supermarket opened a pub to get around liquor laws. Now it needs bouncers (WSJ)
• Juniper lattes? Pine sodas? Food is taking us back to the forest (NYT)
• How supermarkets became protein-maxxed (NYT)
• Billion-dollar beauty: The odds of scaling a breakout brand (McKinsey)
• RFK Jr.'s push to revamp American food runs into White House resistance (WSJ)