Stephan's Tuesday Picks
- Roger Martin: When less is more (Substack)
- South Africa's grocery war shifts from search to AI conversation (Bloomberg)
- Consumers shun mid-sized packs amid price squeeze, Nestle says (WSJ)
- Liquor stocks are priced for a Big Tobacco moment (WSJ)
- Ocado paves way for exit of CEO Tim Steiner after succession clash (FT)
Stephan's Monday Picks
- The pursuit of hungriness: 250 years of American food innovation (NYT)
- Nestle to change KitKat recipe in Europe to make it crispier (Bloomberg)
- California bans 'sell by' labels, hoping to cut food waste (NYT)
- What Big Food did to ice cream (Medium)
- Big brewers are making outsized bets on tiny cans of beer (WSJ)
Stephan's Friday Picks
- America's most talented nepo baby has two Michelin stars to prove it (GQ)
- The State of Grocery in North America (McKinsey)
- Tom Colicchio's final service (Esquire)
- In new luxury kitchens, everything is hidden (NYT)
- From the archives (2018): Paul Bocuse, celebrated French chef, dies at 91 (NYT)
Stephan's Tuesday Picks
- The art, science, and technology of geopolitical scenario planning (McKinsey)
- In a soft housing market, appliance and home furnishing retailers are collapsing. Customers are paying the price (Globe and Mail)
- Starbucks Korea to close all stores early for history training (Bloomberg)
- China summons Sam's Club over food safety concerns (FT)
- Bath & Body Works' strategy to win more young customers (WSJ)
Stephan's Monday Picks
- Weight-loss drugs cut UK food bills by £780 million, study shows (Bloomberg)
- The latest snack innovations are basically just Creamsicles and Chex Mix (Bloomberg)
- Why your summer tomatoes cost so much (Bloomberg)
- The 70-year-old marriage between McDonald's and Coke has some issues (WSJ)
- Being honest about low inventory can pay off for retailers (WSJ)
Stephan's Friday Picks
- Bordeaux wine was the toast of the world. Now even the locals don't drink it (NYT)
- How Saskatchewan's global reputation as a major commodities exporter laid the groundwork for Canada to diversify trade (Globe and Mail)
- El Nino slams into a global economy unprepared for more chaos (Bloomberg)
- Peru extends halt on anchovy fishing as El Nino threat looms (Bloomberg)
- From the archives (2012): Charting the rise of the king of retail (NYT)
Stephan's Thursday Picks
- Ottawa has struggled to increase food competition. Will the new food strategy help (CBC)
- Smucker plans to lower coffee prices next year as costs drop (Bloomberg)
- It's not just food. Our whole world is 'ultraprocessed' (NYT)
- Fruit is too sweet (The Atlantic)
- Ben & Jerry's co-founder says brand is being 'destroyed' by Magnum (Bloomberg)
