Stephan's Friday Picks

• New Zealand considers breaking up grocery duopoly (The Guardian)
• Michelle Gass of Kohl's on shifting from survival to growth (McKinsey)
• We're Ben and Jerry. Men of ice cream. Men of principle (NYT)
• The Chobani story (Neckar's Notes)
• From the archives (2010): Gillette's latest innovation in razors: The 11-cent blade (WSJ)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• How much more will your Oreos cost? Companies test price increases (WSJ)
• QR codes are here to stay. So is the tracking they allow (NYT)
• Investors commit $7 billion to Brookfield's energy transition fund (Globe and Mail)
• How asset owners can go from net zero to climate leadership (BCG)
• The boss wants you back in the office. Like, now (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• The pain of the never-ending work check-in (WSJ)
• Taking a good look at the beauty industry (McKinsey)
• Just Eat Takeaway at risk of hostile takeover, says activist investor (FT)
• Meituan sheds $60 billion after China crackdown fears deepen (Bloomberg)
• Delivery startups crowd streets around the globe (NYT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Playing to win & sales (Medium)
• The Zomato IPO: A bet on big markets and platforms (Musings on Markets)
• Wittington-backed Foxtrot plans aggressive expansion (Supermarket News)
• America's taste for hard seltzer is suddenly starting to wane (Bloomberg)
• Mall maker: Retailers confront long-term challenges as pandemic restrictions are lifted (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• How live commerce is transforming the shopping experience (McKinsey)
• Crocs reports record revenue, raises full-year guidance (CNBC)
• Instant grocery startup GoPuff raises $1B at $15B valuation (Tech Crunch)
• Learning to love GMOs (NYT)
• Gap Inc. announces launch of new integrated rewards program (Gap) 

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• The future of catering? Panera Bread focuses on remote workers (The Food Institute)
• UK supermarkets struggle to stock shelves as 'pingdemic' havoc spreads (The Guardian)
• Frito-Lay workers are on strike in Kansas (Vox)
• Trends that will define 2021 and beyond: Six months on (McKinsey)
• From the archives (2015): Strike hits nine Ontario stores, forces reduced services (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Food carts adjust to a changed city (NYT)
• The pandemic-induced renaissance at malls (Axios)
• Indian food delivery startup Swiggy raises $1.2 billion (Tech Crunch)
• The constant reinvention of no-recipe recipes (Eater)
• Costco pilots same-day deliver with Uber (Grocery Dive)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Inside P&G's robot ambitions (Reuters)
• Grill makers are the hottest things in post-pandemic IPOs (Bloomberg)
• Ben & Jerry's to stop selling ice cream in Israeli-occupied territories (NYT)
• Israel warns Unilever chief over Ben & Jerry's boycott (Bloomberg)
• Virgil Abloh gets a seat at the power table (NYT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Can your strategy pass its most important test (Medium)
• How to master the omnichannel supply chain (McKinsey)
• B.C. restaurants remove wild salmon from their menus as a political statement about over-fishing (Globe and Mail)
• These restauranteurs want everyone in America eating Indian food (NYT)
• The We that didn't work at WeWork (WSJ)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Coca-Cola is changing the flavour of a soda. Again (NYT)
• You're paying more for food - and you may not know it (WSJ)
• Canada's agriculture ministers set deadline for code of conduct (Globe and Mail)
• Dara Khosrowshahi, dad of Silicon Valley (NYT)
• Growth of cannabis retailers in Ontario could lead to a wave of closures, experts warn (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Return to office agita is sweeping Silicon Valley (Vanity Fair)
• The menu evolves for a Muslim holiday that revolves around food (NYT)
• Instacart wants to be an influencer in food delivery (WSJ)
• Bank of Canada pares back bond buying, raises inflation forecast (Globe and Mail)
• From the archives (1999): Don't eat before reading this (The New Yorker)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Coffee prices soar after bad harvests and insatiable demand (WSJ)
• Online pioneer Warby Parker bets future on hundreds of stores (Bloomberg)
• Why grocery store workers remain the unsung heroes of the pandemic (Globe and Mail)
• Chewing gum is making a comeback as masks come off in the U.S. (Bloomberg)
• Bidding wars break out in sizzling market for Amazon brands (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• How Dollar Tree sells nearly everything for $1, even when inflation lurks (WSJ)
• Salsa Macha is setting Texas on fire (Texas Monthly)
• Nordstrom, eyeing 20-somethings, strikes deal with the online giant Asos (NYT)
• Food labels and the lies they tell us about 'best before' dates (Vox)
• The power - and pitfalls - of dynamic pricing for omnichannel retailers (McKinsey)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: It's all about confidence (Medium)
• Causalities of perfection (Collaborative Fund)
• Beyond Meat's CEO has a holy grail, and it's fake bacon (WSJ)
• The hidden costs of Dollar General (Slate)
• Who wins when Amazon pulls brands from its store (The Verge)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Chobani confidentially files for IPO, valuation may exceed $10 billion (Reuters)
• Why retail outperformers are pulling ahead (McKinsey)
• Stop calling food 'exotic' (Washington Post)
• The Strategist megaguide to beating supply-chain issues (NY Mag)
• Instacart hires Facebook executive as new CEO ahead of expected IPO (Tech Crunch)

Stephan's Friday Picks

• Why do we buy what we buy (Vox)
• Supermarkets are stockpiling inventory as food costs rise (WSJ)
• Subway grasps for a lifeline as Americans shun aging brand (Bloomberg)
• Retailers try to solve the fitting room dilemma as online sales grow (CNBC)
• From the archives (2016):  Meet Brian Hannasch, the American in charge of a beloved Quebec brand (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• TikTok is taking the book industry by storm, and retailers are taking notice (NBC)
• Almonds swept California farms. Then the water ran out (WSJ)
• Price and politics set stage in three-way Morrisons bidding war (Bloomberg)
• Shopping mall giants back expanded, delivery-only ghost kitchens in food courts (WSJ)
• Ocado gains Alcampo as a client for its warehouse robotic warehouse services (Bloomberg)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Great Jones cookware and the illusion of the millennial aesthetic (The New Yorker)
• H&M pays price of upsetting Beijing as China sales drop (WSJ)
• Pricing and promotions: The analytics opportunity (McKinsey)
• Apollo considers counterbid for Morrisons (WSJ)
• Hundreds of businesses, including Sweden's largest grocer, hit by cyberattack (NYT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: The delusion of revenue forecasting (Medium)
• A pandemic lifeline for restaurants, food delivery is 'here to stay' (NYT)
• Can America save its national dish (Washington Post)
• General Mills warns of inflation, readies for shifting consumer behavior (WSJ)
• Jeff Bezos' AWS 'business miracle' is under threat (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• How Andy Jassy raced to the top of Amazon (Bloomberg)
• Amazon primed Andy Jassy to be CEO. Can he keep what Jeff Bezos built (WSJ)
• Morrisons agrees to $8.7 billion takeover (BBC)
• The billionaire and the socialist (Globe and Mail)
• What it's like inside the Cargill meat plant in Dodge City (The Atlantic)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Softbank-backed Dingdong valued at $6.6 billion as as shares rise 19% in NYSE debut (Reuters)
• Online shift to cut UK retailer profits by $11 billion (Bloomberg)
• Your next round of drinks might be more expensive (WSJ)
• Walmart offers low-priced insulin to counter Amazon's drug push (Bloomberg)
• From the archives (2002): Who are the gurus' gurus (HBR)