Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Carrefour's $2 billion stock plunge shows cost of France unrest (Bloomberg)
• Hershey, king of Halloween, wants to win all the holidays (Bloomberg)
• Oxford Street's pedestrian revolution is finally here (FT)
• Why so many shoppers think retailers are using AI to jack up prices (WSJ)
• California wines don't age? Think again (FT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Kroger to invest $5 billion on improving value, lowering prices (Bloomberg)
• How Coca-Cola got burned with a $5 billion bet on Costa coffee (Bloomberg)
• Procter & Gamble's sales offset rising fuel costs (WSJ)
• Sainsbury's faces tough market as Britons grapple with rising costs (Bloomberg)
• Canadian cheese was about to become the next big thing. Then came the tariffs (NYT)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• The new age of reading (The New Yorker)
• How the world fell back in love with butter (The Guardian)
• Who hacked France's supermarket fridges (The Guardian)
• Lindt brings back former boss as steep price rises hit demand for its chocolate (FT)
• Why it's so hard to get a reservation right now, according to a restaurateur (Food & Wine)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• George McNally's brasserie inheritance (The New Yorker)
• For CPG companies, agentic AI's real payoff is growth (McKinsey)
• You haven't done Toronto if you haven't had a Jamaican beef patty (Bloomberg)
• How climate change is causing the gentrification of seafood (NYT)
• From the archives (2006): Paradise sold: What are you buying when you buy organic (The New Yorker)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• The judgment bottleneck: Balancing AI and human speeds in strategy (McKinsey)
• The chocolate conspiracy (Grub Street)
• Albertsons and Kroger to call ex-CEOs to testify over failed deal (Bloomberg)
• It's sliced cheese on bread. And it's rocking Copenhagen's world (NYT)
• Unilever agrees to sell Welly bandage business to private equity firm (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• UK startups seize on wellness boom (FT)
• Kroger unveils strategic overhaul and plans to grow membership program (WSJ)
• Annual inflation rate edges up to 3.1% in September on surging energy costs (Globe and Mail)
• New store plans face Tesco problem, says Lidl boss (BBC)
• Strategic maple syrup reserve close to empty, producers say (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• How Lego is getting more adults to tinker with its toy bricks (WSJ)
• Everyone wants a bite of China's egg tart economy (Bloomberg)
• California's wine slump is fueling a risky agave bet (Bloomberg)
• Farmed salmon now being raised on chicken (FT)
• Chocolate demand comes roaring back as cocoa grindings beat forecast (Bloomberg)