Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Bed Bath & Beyond replaces CEO as sales plummet (CNBC)
• Dollar Tree CFO steps down amid shake-up brought on by activist-investor pressure (WSJ)
• Are personalized vitamins the future of wellness (McKinsey)
• 'Irrational exuberance' on a plate (WSJ)
• From the archives (1966): Great man with the groceries (Maclean's)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• CRISPR, 10 years on: Learning to rewrite the code of life (NYT)
• Inflation puts spotlight on companies use of LIFO accounting (WSJ)
• Amid attacks and thefts, some retail workers want to fight back (NYT)
• When - and how - to build hurdles into your loyalty program (HBR)
• What teen brands can teach us about fashion in the metaverse (Vogue Business)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: A management system for forgiveness (Medium)
• The surprising reason Amazon searches are returning more confusing results than ever (WSJ)
• Amazon plans two Prime shopping events for this year, with second one in Q4 this year (CNBC)
• Food export bans, from Indian to Argentina, risk fueling inflation (Reuters)
• High inflation calls for timely and decisive central bank action (BIS)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Amazon taps in-house grocery chief to run retail business (Bloomberg)
• How a recession could weaken the work-from-home revolution (The Atlantic)
• Amazon demonstrates Alexa mimicking the voice of a deceased relative (CNBC)
• Kellogg's CFO faces challenge of splitting balance sheet three days (WSJ)
• Walmart Canada to test 30-minute grocery delivery (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Grocery delivery company Buggy buys startup Ninja Delivery (Globe and Mail)
• Air Miles hits turbulence after Sobeys and Safeway pull out of program (CBC)
• Sriracha shortage is taking the spice out of life (NYT)
• From the archives (2016): Building an insights engine (HBR)
• Health Drug Data Trends Report 2022: Pandemic side effects include rise in medication for depression and ADHD (Telus Health)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Government of Canada delivers on commitment to ban harmful single-use plastics (Newswire)
• Milk prices to rise two cents a litre this fall in rare mid-year price hike (Globe and Mail)
• Canada's inflation rate now at 7.7%, highest rate since 1983 (CBC)
• How OXO conquered the American kitchen (Slate)
• Loblaw partners with DoorDash on 30 minute grocery delivery (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• The delivery apps reshaping life in India's megacities (MIT Technology Review)
• Kellogg to separate into three businesses (WSJ)
• Pulling steaks from thin air (Neo.Life)
• Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of people to hire (Vox)
• Family-owned companies showed 'resiliency' coming out of economic downturns (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Small is beautiful (Medium)
• Ottawa urged to move ahead with food warning label despite call to exempt ground meat (Globe and Mail)
• From sourdough to inflation. How the pandemic changed the way we eat (Eater)
• Mondelez to buy energy bar maker Clif Bar for $2.9 billion (CNBC)
• Self-driving big rigs are coming. Are we ready (WSJ)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• How eBay turned the internet into a marketplace (The Guardian)
• Gorillas explores options, weighed deals with delivery rivals (Bloomberg)
• One grocer wanted to give up plastic. It got rotten bananas (WSJ)
• Why a Rhodes scholar's ambition led her to a job at Starbucks (NYT)
• Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's first year on the job: Undoing Bezos-led over-expansion (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• When baking and real estate collide (The New Yorker)
• Fast delivery startup Jokr cuts back US operations to focus on Latin America (Bloomberg)
• Your guide to a sustainable kitchen (Globe and Mail)
• Revlon files bankruptcy amid supply woes, loan controversy (Bloomberg)
• From the archives (2004): Home Depot's CEO led a revolution, but left some behind (WSJ)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Mastering innovation's toughest tradeoffs (MIT Technology Review)
• Marc Lore's food-delivery startup Wonder is valued at $3.5 billion after capital raise (WSJ)
• 2021 ESG Report: Accelerating sustainable and inclusive growth (McKinsey)
• Our restaurant critic says goodbye (Grub Street)
• On inflation, economics has some explaining to do (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• The end of the millennial lifestyle subsidy (The Atlantic)
• You can now belly up to a virtual bar, but don't expect to get tipsy (WSJ)
• Big hit in store for Canadian tech sector as wave of layoffs loom (Globe and Mail)
• Stores have too much stuff. Here's where they're slashing prices (WSJ)
• Why everything's a spritz now (Eater)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Sustainability strategy (Medium)
• How Canada's regulated dairy prices have milked consumers (Globe and Mail)
• Ajinomoto-backed Promasidor said to mull $1.5 billion deal (Bloomberg)
• Black representation in the beauty industry (McKinsey)
• After six years and one pandemic, Matty Matheson's Prime Seafood Palace is finally open (Toronto Life)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Five myths about retail media (McKinsey)
• The war in Ukraine and the rush to feed the world (BCG)
• Predicting the future of food (Bon Appetit)
• As high inflation lingers, retailers brace for a tapped out consumer (Globe and Mail)
• A plea from German brewers: Bring back your empties (NYT)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• The war in Ukraine is fueling a global food crisis (Reuters)
• Now there's a sriracha shortage and chili-heads are up in arms (Bloomberg)
• Beyond the distribution center (McKinsey)
• Rising prices are affecting the ability to meet day-to-day expenses for most Canadians (Statistics Canada)
• From the archives (2000): A founding free spirit returns to re-energize The Home Depot (WSJ)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Scotiabank partners with Scotiabank and Cineplex on Scene+ loyalty program, drops Air Miles (Globe and Mail)
• Trader Joe's workers file for election to create company's first union (NYT)
• The battle for your toilet paper is on (Bloomberg)
• Navigating inflation in retail: Six actions for retailers (McKinsey)
• The pain after the gain: Grocery deliverers reshuffle after lockdown boom (Reuters)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Kohl's enters exclusive talks to be sold to Vitamin Shoppe owner (WSJ)
• Plant milk is coming for your kids (Bloomberg)
• Amazon fired Chris Smalls. Now the union leader is one of their biggest problems (Vox)
• Almost a quarter of Canadians report eating less than they should due to rising prices (CBC)
• Target warns profit will drop because it has too much inventory (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: How to prevent data analytics from ruining your strategy (Medium)
• Demystifying Wittington Ventures (Fire Ant)
• Carl Icahn dropping proxy fight over pig treatment at Kroger (WSJ)
• Meeting Black consumers' needs in food (McKinsey)
• Howard Schultz says Starbucks is seeking 'fresh blood' in CEO search (WSJ)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Inside the corporate dash to buy up dentist's offices, veterinary clinics, and pharmacies (Globe and Mail)
• Amazon Consumer CEO, who led massive logistics expansion, resigns (WSJ)
• USDA annoucnes framework for shoring up the food supply chain and transforming the food system (USDA)
• Macy's, Gap, other clothing stores are stuck with the wrong items (WSJ)
• Some restaurants are abandoning tipping in favour of paying staff higher wages (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Plastic recycling doesn't work and never will work (The Atlantic)
• When shipping containers sink in the drink (The New Yorker)
• What is Hots, New England's vinegary, spicy condiment (Eater)
• Why you're so tempted by the premium economy upgrade (The Atlantic)
• From the archives (2015): Kraft and Mondelez: A storied history (WSJ)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Of course we ended up with 15-minute delivery apps (The Atlantic)
• Retailer Simons returns from the brink of bankruptcy to resume expansion in Halifax (Globe and Mail)
• Pasta, bread, and crisps among biggest UK budget food price increases (The Guardian)
• New Zealand aims to boost competition in supermarket sector (Reuters)
• Facing inflation-weary shoppers, grocers fight price increases (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Organizational strategy & job titles (Medium)
• Tim Hortons faces scrutiny over app's tracking of customers (Globe and Mail)
• Issa Brothers, TDR may drop out of Boots race (Bloomberg)
• Unilever to add activist investor Nelson Peltz to its board (WSJ)
• Fake meat was touted as the 'future of food'. Why did it under-deliver (Globe and Mail)