Stephan's Monday Picks

• Walmart wins patents to give algorithms more sway over prices (FT)
• Unilever, Kraft Heinz held talks over food merger uniting ketchup and mayo (FT)
• Artificial intelligence is coming for sommeliers (NYT)
• Canada's first butter bar is coming to Port Credit (Toronto Life)
• Macy's CEO points to E-shaped economy, signaling consumer shift (WSJ)

Stephan's Friday Picks

• Canada reports first annual population decline on record (Globe and Mail)
• Restaurants are struggling as Americans drink less (NYT)
• How Danone is reinventing FMCG operations (McKinsey)
• Looking for rotisserie chicken heaven? It's in Montreal (NYT)
• From the archives (2020): Nothing compares to yuzu (The New Yorker)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Kraft Heinz puts focus on struggling brands after ditching split (Bloomberg)
• Lululemon scrambles to revive yoga pants empire amid fight with founder (NYT)
• Unilever considers potential separation of food assets (Bloomberg)
• Amazon plans drastic cut in packages sent via already struggling postal service (WSJ)
• General Mills posts lower sales, profit amid turnaround (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Target's tech chief has a big role to play in the retailer's turnaround (WSJ)
• JD.com's European push pits Chinese retailer against Amazon (Bloomberg)
• Pop Mart bets on new toys as Labubu mania fades (Bloomberg)
• Big bargains and 'white knuckle' buying: Inside the rise of TJ Maxx (FT)
• Amazon launches 1-hour delivery in hundreds of U.S. cities (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Becoming an EI augmented enterprise (Substack)
• The dark side of Japan's convenience stores (FT)
• How Jeff Bezos upended The Washington Post (NYT)
• South Korea fell hard for this dessert, but that was so last month (NYT)
• JBS beef plant workers begin industry's largest strike in years (WSJ)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Weston family funding launch of a national digital media startup, sources say (Globe and Mail)
• Who's really ordering all that DoorDash (The Argument)
• Empire reports third-quarter loss amid shift in e-commerce strategy (Globe and Mail)
• Japan loses its thirst for vending machines (FT)
• The dieting myth that won't die (The Atlantic)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Target boycott over DEI charges winding down (WSJ)
• Coffee prices stay at record highs despite drop in market for beans (Bloomberg)
• The highly exclusive way that everyone is shopping now (The Atlantic)
• Rene Redzepi steps down at Noma amid allegations of past abuse (NYT)
• From the archives (1997): What price the Snapple debacle (Bloomberg)