Stephan's Friday Picks

• Food companies simply can't get enough of the word 'simply' (Bloomberg)
• The beef industry has a message for consumers: Get used to high prices (WSJ)
• Walmart cites worrying economic indicators in cautious forecast (Bloomberg)
• Amazon is now Amazon's biggest company. It's 17-year journey to surpass Walmart (WSJ)
• From the archives (1997): Michael Mauboussin: Competitive Advantage Period: The Neglected value driver (First Boston)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Food companies sink as executives warn of consumer stress (Bloomberg)
• General Mills cuts outlook due to weak consumer sentiment (WSJ)
• Home Depot gets stricter on bonuses amid housing market freeze (Bloomberg)
• US restaurants downsize meals to counter anti-obesity drugs and affordability crisis (FT)
• Carrefour drops in disappointing sales, overseas pullback (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• What CPG companies can learn from disruptor brands (McKinsey)
• Seattle's gig worker law was supposed to boost wages. It did at first, until orders dropped (NPR)
• Cocoa's boom and bust is re-writing long-held rules of the market (Bloomberg)
• Uber targets $1 billion boost with 2026 European expansion (Reuters)
• How blockbuster films and bingeworthy streaming hits slipped into our showers (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Loblaw introducing ChatGPT integration (Globe and Mail)
• The challenges of a weight-loss economy (FT)
• Even Dollar Tree is going after rich customers now (Bloomberg)
• Farmers made a fortune on durian. Now it is piling up (NYT)
• Couche-Tard unveils new back-to-basics strategy to boost growth (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• The booming business of luxury grocery stores (WSJ)
• How Jeff Bezos brought down the Washington Post (The New Yorker)
• Canada's food price misery has company south of the border (TD)
• McDonald's says its value campaign is paying off (WSJ)
• From the archives (2009): Food fighter (The New Yorker)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Kraft Heinz pauses plan to split into two companies (WSJ)
• Fibermaxxing is a diet trend even nutritionists can love (Bloomberg)
• Toys 'R' Us filling leaves a slew of creditors in its wake (Globe and Mail)
• The HBR interview with outgoing Walmart CEO Doug McMillon (HBR)
• Coca-Cola is sticking with its pricing plan, CEO says (WSJ)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Target to lay off 500 workers as new CEO shakes up leadership team (WSJ)
• Pizza supreme (Slate)
• Red Lobster CEO says seafood chain needs to get smaller (WSJ)
• What fast food's downturn in the US says about the economy (FT)
• Coca-Cola rises on higher volume, prices (WSJ)