Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Why your next great meal may be at a gas station (WSJ)
• The hottest snacks on the market are ... dates (NYT)
• What are dot cakes, the internet's latest obsession (NYT)
• Why Canadians are paying more for chicken at the checkout lane (Globe and Mail)
• Why protein is running out as food companies put it in everything (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Americans on GLP-1s are overwhelming retailers with their nonstop returns (WSJ)
• Now you can get a Subway sandwich with your Walmart delivery (WSJ)
• Bernstein sours on packaged food stocks as inflation, GLP-1 bite (Bloomberg)
• The wellness industry finds its next target: New moms (Bloomberg)
• G7 fertilizers seek joint fertilizer action as war roils supplies (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• How ADEO is preparing for retail's next wave (McKinsey)
• PEI fisheries brace for hardship as two diseases devastate the province's oyster industry (Globe and Mail)
• Competition for soon-to-expire food has Montreal food banks struggling (CBC)
• Why Berkshire Hathaway went window shopping with Macy's (WSJ)
• America's farms depend more than ever on troubled visa programs (NYT)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Why Amazon has struggled to crack India (Bloomberg)
• Walmart CEO points to high fuel prices as 'stress point' (Bloomberg)
  
• America's 'other economy' tells a different growth story (FT)
• Nestle buys out Yfood in new CEO's first purchase (Bloomberg)
• From the archives (2006): The hermit kings (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Whey protein is running out as food companies put it in everything (Bloomberg)
• Unilever CFO defends food deal saying staff 'not paying to be lazy' (FT)
• Dollar General says pinched customers are buying less food (Bloomberg)
• General Mills sells Haagen-Dazs stores in China (FT)
• What Trump delivered for Amazon (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Unilever CFO Srinivas Phatak on how to perform and transform (BCG)
• When times are tough, people eat more beans. It's happening again now (NPR)
• Being creative requires taking risks (Escaping Flatland)
• Whole Foods CEO wants to put a banana in your Amazon box (Bloomberg)
• Prized by 'MAHA influencers' and chefs alike, craft flour is on the rise (NYT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Strategy, anomalies, and scientific revolutions (Substack)
• Can Lululemon fend off its younger, hotter rivals (Globe and Mail)
• Why the industry is obsessed with gimmicky flavours (Bloomberg)
• Dates double in sales as consumers move away from ultra-processed snacks (The Guardian)
• From sardinemaxxing to skincare, here's why tinned fish is the new 'it' product (CBC)