Stephan's Friday Picks

• Amazon boosts minimum pay for U.S. full-time core operations staff to $20 / hour (WSJ)
• The three dreaded words no one wants to hear: What's for dinner (WSJ)
• McDonald's is planning on revamping its value strategy to revive US sales (Bloomberg)
• Senators ask FTC to probe Walmart and Amazon over bots 'Made in America' data (WSJ)
• From the archives (2015): McDonald's seeks its fast-food soul (NYT)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Driscoll's gave China its blueberries - then China swiped the secret to growing them (WSJ)
• Starbucks Snoopy cup resells for $200, showing the power of merch drops (Bloomberg)
• New Zealand dairy farmers face profit squeeze as El Nino looms (Bloomberg)
• Alberta separation could cost up to $170 billion over five years, report estimates (Globe and Mail)
• Dollarama raises sales-growth forecast as shoppers tighten their wallets (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Canada Investment Summit Prospectus (Government of Canada)
• Carney government introduces mega-deduction tax measure to spur more investment (CBC)
• The prices of diesel is skyrocketing. Here's why Canadians may soon feel it in the grocery store (CBC)
• Want a Gucci handbag? Head to TJ Maxx (Bloomberg)
• Cereal has strayed too far (The Atlantic)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: The logic of strategy arguments (Substack)
• Mark Carney seeks $1 trillion in investment amid US trade strains (Bloomberg)
• They built the world's biggest fast food chain with the Dollar General playbook (WSJ)
• Canadian agri-food industry gets $1B federal funding boost for domestic production projects (CBC)
• Inflation holds steady at 3% in August as gas and food price-growth slows (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Primark to start home delivery as sales fall ahead of split (Bloomberg)
• The perfect saleswomen behind Aritzia's success (WSJ)
• Kroger cuts sales forecast as grocery competition intensifies (Bloomberg)
• How to lure the spendy and the thrifty? Bring on the barbell (NYT)
• From Campbell's to Conagra, food makers warn of inflation (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Walmart extends restaurant delivery with Papa John's deal (Bloomberg)
• The rise of organized crime at retail stores (Bloomberg)
• It's getting harder to return things - and it's making shoppers mad (WSJ)
• Macy's bets on pricier products to win wealthy shoppers (WSJ)
• From the archives (2021): San Francisco's shoplifting surge (NYT)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Inside PepsiCo's battle to remake Gatorade for the Kennedy era (FT)
• New Lululemon CEO faces compounding pressures as she takes over top job (Globe and Mail)
• France champagne output set to halve on heat waves and drought (Bloomberg)
• The scourge of A.1 (The New Yorker)
• Inside John Lewis' secret turnaround plan (FT)