Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• California fast food wages would be set by government under bill set by state legislature (WSJ)
• Would you take out a loan to buy this week's groceries (NYT)
• Ottawa urged to label alcohol after report links moderate use to increased risk of cancer, other fatal illnesses (Globe and Mail)
• It's not just you - Blank Street coffee is suddenly inescapable (NYT)
• Could removing best before dates help reduce inflation and food waste (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Why planning over strategy (Medium)
  
• Behind every Trader Joe's sign is a working artist that painted it (Washington Post)
• How Canadians are coping with rising grocery bills (Globe and Mail)
• How Whole Foods has changed in the five years since Amazon took over (CNBC)
• Meta and Jio launch grocery shopping on WhatsApp in India (Tech Crunch)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Strategy making in turbulent times (HBR)
• Why it may be a good time to ditch dairy (Globe and Mail)
• Dollar stores report higher sales as shoppers seek inflation relief (NYT)
• The future of private labels: Towards a smart private label strategy (Science Direct)
• Big beliefs (Collaborative Fund)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Amazon to shut down Amazon Care telehealth unit (WSJ)
• Peloton will sell fitness apparel and equipment on Amazon (NYT)
• Should your company sell on Amazon (HBR)
• The rocky road of running an ice cream truck this summer (WSJ)
• From the archives (1981): Sears to purchase Dean Witter in plan to offer financial services (NYT)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Stop undervaluing exceptional women (HBR)
• The nation that gave the world avocado toast now has too many avocados (WSJ)
• The history and future of crisis management (McKinsey)
• Bed Bath & Beyond clinches loan deal (WSJ)
• Donald Sobey's sexual assault of a young man was an open secret. Now his victim is finally telling his story (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Instacart revenue growth accelerates ahead of planned IPO (WSJ)
• Ben & Jerry's loses bid to halt sales in West Bank (Reuters)
• Meme stock's big bet on Bed Bath & Beyond (The Atlantic)
• Tip-flation has some restaurants asking for up to 30% in tips (CBC)
• Pizza? Bagels? Nope - you need Banh Mi to get employees back into the office (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: What would have to be true (Medium)
• Weak business investment threatens Canadian prosperity (CD Howe Institute)
• Amazon among bidders for Signify Health (WSJ)
• Canadian agtech Vive raises $26 million as 'farmaceutical' nanotechnology wins over growers (Globe and Mail)
• Amazon's acquisition of the Roomba is dangerous (The Atlantic)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• How the chile became hot (NYT)
• Inflation is hitting middle-income Canadian families the hardest (Globe and Mail)
• Global food security: New risks and disruptions (McKinsey)
• Drink more alcohol, Japan tells young people (NYT)
• Using analytics to address inflation risks and strengthen competitive positioning (McKinsey)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Demand for Italian beef is booming. Thank 'The Bear' (NYT)
• Reality catches up (Collaborative Fund)
• HBC to resurrect Zellers with outlets inside Bay stores by end of year (Globe and Mail)
• While English and French are still the main languages spoken in Canada, linguistic diversity continues to grow (Statistics Canada)
• From the archives (1988): Chicago's Brennan brothers (Chicago Tribune)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Tencent plans to divest Meituan stake worth $24 billion (Reuters)
• Walmart, after lowering expectations, reports rise in sales (NYT)
• MEC to open stores within select Hudson's Bay stores to expand reach (Globe and Mail)
• At salvage stores, the fan base for food deals grow (NYT)
• FTC probe hounding Bezos, execs; subpoenas too broad, Amazon says (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Africa's cold rush and the promise of refrigeration (The New Yorker)
• For Lululemon, men's pants are a secret to success (WSJ)
• Daily milk drinking linked to higher prostrate cancer risk, new study shows (Globe and Mail)
• Walmart strikes streaming deal with Paramount (CNBC)
• Restaurant meals become a relative bargain as grocery prices soar (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: What makes for a great strategist (Medium)
• The lipstick index is back (CNBC)
• Four ways to achieve pricing excellence in retail marketplaces (McKinsey)
• What the great mayonnaise inflation mystery can tell us about inflation (Bloomberg)
• Critics accuse Canada's grocers of greed-flation but quarterly earnings suggest otherwise (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• The Great Resignation has arrived in Canada (Globe and Mail)
• Why aren't more Canadians switching jobs (Globe and Mail)
• Purina's Fancy Feast opens NYC restaurant for humans (Grub Street)
• How Costco invented Kirkland Signature (CNN)
• Why 'box fatigue' may be hitting the apparel industry (CNBC)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Does ESG still matter - and why (McKinsey)
• Metro shoppers 'trading down' as inflation weighs, executives say retailer absorbing some cost increases (Globe and Mail)
• The work-from-home revolution is also a trap for women (Bloomberg)
• Amazon begins large-scale rollout of palm print-based payments (Ars Technica)
• From the archives (2007): Slippery business: The trade in adulterated olive oil (The New Yorker)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• The new J. Crew (GQ)
• Fairfax proposed taking Swiss Chalet owner Recipe Unlimited private in $1.2 billion deal (Globe and Mail)
• Ben & Jerry's tells court that Unilever could undermine its social mission (WSJ)
• Robot arms are replacing shelf stockers in Japan's stores (Bloomberg)
• The dinner tab has soared. Here are all the reasons (NYT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Untangling value proposition and competitive advantage (Medium)
• Walmart lays off corporate employees after slashing forecast (CNBC)
• How one grocery chain in Pennsylvania is preparing for a downturn (WSJ)
• Win the town to win the future of retail (BCG)
• McDonald's customers love salads - who knew? (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Mall owners say retailers are still opening stores in spite of recession fears (CNBC)
• Dynamic price competition: Theory and evidence from the airline industry (Yale)
• Canada needs a national agriculture technology innovation strategy (CSPC)
• Lollipops hustle on Amazon costs family candy business millions (Bloomberg)
• Just Eat Takeaway writes down value of Grubhub by €3B (FT)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• We are all behavioural, more or less: A taxonomy of consumer decision making (The Review of Economic Studies)
• Amazon launches same-day delivery from some brick-and-mortar retail brands (CNBC)
• Are Canada's big grocers profiting off inflation? It's complicated (Financial Post)
• PepsiCo takes $550 million stake in energy drink maker Celsius (CNBC)
• From pizza to dip, chips, and popcorn, pickle is summer's big flavour (NYT)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Race in the workplace: The frontline experience (McKinsey)
• Indigo ain't ya mama's bookstore anymore (Financial Post)
• Snack, deodorant makers target cost-conscious customers with new brands and sizes (WSJ)
• It's time to put actual veggies back into veggie burgers (Eater)
• From the archives (2014): Could Target have prevented its security breach (HBR)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• The popular chicken sandwich gets a redo at Panera Bread, Popeyes (WSJ)
• P&G just wants you to use your dishwasher (Bloomberg)
• Falling food prices ease upward pressure on inflation (WSJ)
• Customer segmentation needs a behaviourally-informed upgrade (Behavioral Scientist)
• Dollar store dinners and vats of shampoo help families cope with inflation (WSJ)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Tim Hortons proposes free coffee and doughnuts as settlement for privacy class action lawsuits (Globe and Mail)
• Trader Joe's workers at a Massachusetts store form a union, a milestone in the chain (NYT)
• Instacart aims to go public before year's end, defying a frozen IPO market (WSJ)
• As inventory piles up, liquidation warehouses are busy (NYT)
• Sprite goes green by ditching its green bottle (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: The delusion of single point accountability (Medium)
• The future of food (NYT)
• The Great Attrition in frontline retail - and what retailers can do about it (McKinsey)
• Lactose tolerance is an evolutionary puzzle (The Atlantic)
• Inside Amazon's plan to 'neutralize' powerful unions by hiring ex-inmates and 'vulnerable students' (Recode)