Stephan's Monday Picks

• Giant Tiger is proud to be the discount chain with heart (Globe and Mail)
• J. Kenji Lopez-Alt says you're cooking just fine (NYT)
• The business secrets held in India's Nutella jars (Washington Post)
• Gorillas plan on raising $700 million of new funding (Bloomberg)
• The future is fungi (Australian Geographic)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Silicon Valley is coming for your chocolate (The Atlantic)
• Craft beer snobs suddenly love the humble lager (WSJ)
• Shopify's evolution (Stratechery)
• Male investors more skeptical of ESG than women in new study (Bloomberg)
• From the archives (2018): The life of a restaurant inspector (NYT)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Macy's opts against separation of e-commerce business (WSJ)
• Why is it so hard to find a good floor lamp (The Atlantic)
• Frito-Lay stops shipments to Loblaw stores over pricing dispute (Globe and Mail)
• Why business must heed customer reviews (McKinsey)
• The diet worked for them. Now their pets are on it (NYT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Creating good packaging for packaged goods (McKinsey)
• Carl Icahn pushes McDonald's to change the way it sources its pork (NYT)
• Following rising food costs from the farm to the store (CBC)
• How a book is made (NYT)
• Corporate pricing is boosting inflation - but we're still buying (Vox)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: What end of advantage (Medium)
• Fake meat goes from the main event to trying out for the ingredient team (Bloomberg)
• What we write about when we write about food (NYT)
• How to make your own sparkling water (Wired)
• How America is adapting to supply chain chaos (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Tech companies face a new crisis: hiring (NYT)
• The great mezcal heist (Eater)
• Grocery apps hoped to win over Amsterdam. Then things turned sour (Wired)
• Supply-chain challenges cost Kraft, Kellogg in cream cheese, cereal sales (WSJ)
• From the archives (2018): The saltier the licorice, the happier the country (NYT Magazine)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer: Trust in Canada (Edelman)
• 5 million shipwrecked Legos still washing up 25 years after falling overboard (Live Science)
• Costco considering an outlet in Rouyn-Noranda (CBC)
• Refillable soda bottles used to be the norm. Can they come back (Fast Company)
• Canada's CPI passes 5% for the first time since September 1991 (Statistics Canada)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Food delivery startups look for new ways to sustain growth (WSJ)
• The new secret chicken recipe? Animal cells (NYT)
• Here's what actually happens with all your online shopping returns (Rest of World)
• The real secret to retaining talent (HBR)
• How chef Mark McEwan navigated the 'public undressing' of restructuring his business (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: The Great Resignation should be no surprise (Medium)
• DoorDash to bump up its fees on slow McDonald's restaurants (WSJ)
• How the sugar industry makes political friends and influences elections (Propublica)
• Inflation may be coming for your pizza and ice cream (Globe and Mail)
• A PetSmart store in Toronto is the first of its kind in North America to unionize (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Deliveroo to trial 'Hop' rapid delivery service with Waitrose (Reuters)
• The rise of the inclusive consumer (McKinsey)
• Two years into pandemic, shoppers are still hoarding (WSJ)
• The death of the department store (The Guardian)
• Business booms at Kroger-owned grocery stores, but workers left behind (NYT)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• The knitwear is slow. The knockoffs come fast (The Verge)
• The next supply chain mess is coming for your morning coffee (WSJ)
• Unilever says inflation will hit profitability despite price rises (FT)
• The wine industry appears to have a millennial problem (NYT)
• From the archives (2018): The maraschino mogul (The New Yorker)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Canada tops G7 growth despite COVID (Statistics Canada)
• The real reason America doesn't have enough truck drivers (NYT)
• The road to instant groceries is paved with broke bones (The Verge)
• $68 for mittens. Team Canada fans cry foul over Lululemon prices for official Olympics gear (CBC)
• New Brunswick maple syrup producers push for more crown land to expand production (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Unilever investors want split or new chair amid rumbling discontent (FT)
• Guacamole prices soar ahead of Super Bowl (Bloomberg)
• A green grape's journey through a global supply chain on edge (Financial Post)
• Weston foundation launches innovation hub in bid to enhance food security (Globe and Mail) 
• Gatik CEO sees future of autonomous trucking in short hauls (Washington Post)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Are you building a strategy Tower of Babel (Medium)
• Candy makers say expect shortages this Valentine's Day (WSJ)
• How we broke the American supply chain (The American Prospect)
• From toilet paper to North Sea oil, Corporate Canada holds a yard sale (Globe and Mail)
• Top companies have vowed to fight climate change. Researchers say they have fallen short (Washington Post)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Creating an competitive edge in omnichannel grocery fulfillment (McKinsey)
• Supply chain woes hit a cherished commodity in Maine (Washington Post)
• The bizarre world of online grocery store conversions (WSJ)
• Amazon has a $31 billion a year advertising business (CNBC)
• The rise of the $2.5 billion ugly shoe empire (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• The state of grocery retail in India (McKinsey)
• Warehouse space is the latest thing being hoarded (NYT)
• Fashion is just TikTok now (Vox)
• Chocolate grilled cheese, at Chocobar Cortes NYC (The New Yorker)
• From the archives (2000): Marks & Spencer closing ahead of schedule (CBC)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Instant delivery startup Jokr in talks to sell its New York City operations (The Information)
• What is the Good Jobs Strategy (Medium)
• Is going vegan enough to make you - and the planet - healthier (The Guardian)
• A normal supply chain. It's unlikely in 2022 (NYT)
• There's a vending machine for that: Why automated retail is becoming the norm (CBC)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Mondelez mulls more price hikes for snacks as inflation eats into its profits (WSJ)
• Tesco to close Jack's discount chain of shops (The Guardian)
• Ruiz Foods' transformation journey (McKinsey)
• Coffee prices rise, pushed up by bad weather and supply chain woes (WSJ)
• Tiger leads $142 million investment in Montreal company RenoRun looking to take the Y out of DIY contractors (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: The impossibility theorem (Medium)
• Walmart's new redesign looks a lot like Target - with one exception (Fast Company)
• The apple drone is finally here (Gizmodo)
• Restaurant menus shrank 25 percent because of supply chain, data suggests (Globe and Mail)
• Bed, Bath, and Beyond decluttered its stores and ended up frustrating shoppers (WSJ)