Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Globalized supply chains bring more turbulent food prices (WSJ)
• Where does all the cardboard come from (NYT)
• Kroger, Albertsons CEOs will testify before senate about merger (Bloomberg)
• It's not your imagination. Shopping on Amazon has gotten worse (Washington Post)
• Popeyes, Wingstop, others step up chicken offerings as poultry prices drop (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Toy makers are betting on last-minute holiday shopping to save the year (WSJ)
• Meet the man on a mission to expose sneaky price increases (NYT)
• If the price ended in 99, you probably overpaid (WSJ)
• Teamsters accept Loblaw offer, preventing potential lockout hours before it was set to begin (CBC)
• Salted ants. Ground crickets. Why you should try edible insects (Washington Post)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Michael McCain and his successor dish on the transfer of power at Maple Leaf Foods (Globe and Mail)
• Don't skip Doordash's side dishes (WSJ)
• Couche-Tard shares have had a good year. Here's why investors shouldn't shy away from a winner (Globe and Mail)
• Why retailers are trying extra hard to woo holiday shoppers (NYT)
• Restaurants, grocery stores battle over consumers' stretched dollars (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• How retailers are reshaping the advertising industry (FT)
• Is wine fake (Asterisk)
• Black Friday deals are extra good this year as retailers look to draw down inventory before end of holiday season (Globe and Mail)
• Bed Bath & Beyond struggles to keep its stores stocked (WSJ)
• From the archives (2014): The capitalist's dilemma (HBR)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Amazon's customer satisfaction slips with customers (WSJ)
• Playing chicken with lab-grown meat (Globe and Mail)
• Meet the underground network of bargain butter hunters (WSJ)
• A huge merger's collapse breaks a pattern of consolidation in publishing (NYT)
• What exactly is cultivated meat, and when can we eat it (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Beyond Meat plant's dirty conditions revealed in photos, documents (Bloomberg)
• Beyond Meat is slumping, and the plant-based meat industry worries (NYT)
• Beyond Meat's very real problems: Slumping sausages, mounting losses (WSJ)
• Groups ask for investigation into Canadian Tire's poverty-level wages in Bangladeshi warehouses (Globe and Mail)
• An offshore warehouse is training Amazon's warehouse-monitoring algorithms(The Verge)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Do you really want a new kitchen counter (The Atlantic)
• A few good stories (Collaborative Fund)
• The psychology of meeting overload (HBR)
• What one importer's legal fight says about the power of cargo carriers (NYT)
• Ottawa is moving to reduce credit card fees. What it means for businesses, banks, and your loyalty points (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Fading supply-chain problems signal season of plenty for holiday shoppers (WSJ)
• Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says layoffs will continue into next year (CNBC)
• Sears limps through what could be its final holiday season (Bloomberg)
• Making your CEO transition a catalyst for renewal (McKinsey)
• Winn-Dixie owner Southeastern Grocers weighs a sale (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Social media conversations about unhealthy food and beverages in Canada (Outlive Lab)
• The new office status symbol holds a lot of water - and has a waiting list (WSJ)
• The sad pragmatism of inflation-era cuisine (The Atlantic)
• At RBI, the only winners are its lavishly compensated executives (Globe and Mail)
• From the archives (2010): Roaring out of recession (HBR)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Loblaw, Metro sales and profit grow as Canadian grocers face inflation scrutiny (Globe and Mail)
• Canada's inflation rate unchanged in October at 6.9% (CBC)
• How Hot Wheels became the largest automobile manufacturer out there (FT)
• Inside the turmoil at Sobeys-owned stores after ransomware attack (CBC)
• Target shares plunge on weak earnings, outlook (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Walmart sales rise as retail giant gains more shoppers (WSJ)
• How to make corn more like cactus (Knowable Magazine)
• TikTok builds itself into an ad juggernaut (NYT)
• How something as common as rain in Vancouver can send shockwaves through Canada's entire food system (FP)
• How droughts in Mexico could affect the future of the beer industry (NYT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Coffee market goes cold as Brazilian weather normalizes (WSJ)
• Have Canadian policymakers made Shopify untouchable (Globe and Mail)
• This farmer says he reluctantly throws out enough cauliflower to feed a province (CBC)
• The private equity guys trying to shoplift a supermarket chain before they sell it (Slate)
• How to make corn more like cactus (Knowable Magazine)
• Amazon is said to plan to lay off thousands of employees (NYT)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Kohl's chief executive, Michelle Gass, to depart to join Levi's (NYT)
• Canadian Tire profits falls 20% as costs rise, consumer habits shift amid high inflation (Globe and Mail)
• Giant Tiger CEO departs amid efforts to position retailer as go-to discount store for inflation weary shoppers (FP)
• The rise and fall of the drugstore chains (Slate)
• The scent of flavour (Inference)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• How to get the most from our customer data (Knowledge@Wharton)
• Opposition shadows Cerberus windfall from Albertsons supermarket deal (FT)
• Graham & Dodd Annual Breakfast 2022 (Investment Management Insights)
• Amazon, in broad cost-cutting review, weighs changes at Alexa and other unprofitable business units (WSJ)
• From the archives (1997): Quaker to sell Snapple for $300 million, takes $1.4 billion writedown (NYT)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Leger polling company acquires U.S. market research firm to expand into consumer goods (Globe and Mail)
• Inside the underground market for fake Amazon reviews (Wired)
• Empire tight-lipped about IT issues impacting its pharmacies (CBC)
• Crunch time as crisp makers adopt plastic-free packets (BBC)
• Chief performance officers can be a secret ingredient for private equity success. Here's why (McKinsey)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• It's important to bring the spirit of emergencies to the long term (McKinsey)
• The ugly story of how Corporate America convinced us to spend so much money on boxed water (Vox)
• Walmart-owned Flipkart curbs M&A and hiring as losses mount in India (FT)
• Jamie Oliver vs inflation (The Atlantic)
• Canada's moonshot: The green farming revolution is here, but we must help it grow (FP)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Restaurant Brands profit, sales gain as Tim Hortons looks to expand lunch, dinner offerings (Globe and Mail)
• Very important and hard to teach (Collaborative Fund)
• Sobeys, Safeway grappling with IT issues as Maple Leaf Foods announces cybersecurity incident (CBC)
• Walgreens unit close to roughly $9 billion deal with Summit Health (WSJ)
• Macy's plans to invest millions to fund minority-owned businesses (NYT)

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 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Washington sues to stop Albertsons $4 billion dividend plan (Bloomberg)
• The DOJ should now take on Amazon (The Atlantic)
• Why Amazon Music VP Steve Boom just made the entire music catalog free with Prime (The Verge)
• Ocado shares soar as it signs a deal with a South Korean retailer (The Guardian)
• Good luck returning your unwanted cothes and electronics (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Lowe's selling Canadian retail operations, including Rona, to Sycamore Partners (Globe and Mail)
• CVS, Walmart, Walgreens reach $13 billion opioid settlement (Bloomberg)
• Freeland's economic update warns of 2023 recession, announces tax on corporate share buybacks (Globe and Mail)
• Was Jack Welch the greatest CEO of his day - or the worst (The New Yorker)
• From the archives (2008): Ontario's store wars marching west (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• A Carbone on every continent: Major food group is going global (NYT)
• Companies under growing pressure to recoup executive pay (WSJ)
• The role of the chief operating officer (McKinsey)
• Ottawa reveals plan to welcome 500,000 new immigrants per year by 2025 (CBC)
• Can J. Crew be cool again (NYT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Cumulative vs cyclical knowledge (Collaborative Fund)
• The home-improvement boom isn't over yet (WSJ)
• The push to scale plant-based plastics (Wired)
• Food prices soar, and so do companies profits (NYT)
• J&J agrees to buy medical device maker Abiomed for $16.6 billion (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Another year of strategy (Medium)
• Of course instant groceries don't work (The Atlantic)
• Target will sell products from Marks & Spencer this holiday season (Food & Wine)
• The takeover law that has Bay Street rattled (Globe and Mail)
• What Moneyball for everything has done to American culture (The Atlantic)