Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• The restaurant QR code is being shown the door (NYT)
• Pasta prices are surging, prompting crisis meetings in Italy (CNBC)
• Beware of the food that isn't food (The Atlantic)
• Aldo to expand to wholesale in licensing deal with Ted Baker and Brooks Brothers (Globe and Mail)
• Retailers clamp down on returns (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Business Model Generation and Playing to Win (Medium)
• Alo Yoga is beating Lululemon at its own game (WSJ)
• The meat paradox (The Atlantic)
• Why inflation erupted? Two top economists have the answer (WSJ)
• How Engine 2 expansion can power the future of retail (Bain)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Loblaw to axe e-commerce marketplace for third-party sellers (Globe and Mail)
• America has too much pork (WSJ)
• Glencore in talks to merge grain giant Viterra with American rival Bunge (Globe and Mail)
• High-tech farm startups laid low by high financing costs, pests (WSJ)
• How Lee Valley built a cult-like following (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• A better way of piloting emergent technologies (MIT Sloan Management Review)
• Why some companies are saying 'diversity and belonging' instead of 'diversity and inclusion' (NYT)
• The 28-year-old LVMH heir turning Tag Heuer into a billion dollar brand (WSJ)
• Inside the last old-school seltzer shop in New York (NYT)
• From the archives (2011): New Sears CEO taking chain back to the basics (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Why doesn't the United States eat more beans (Vox)
• Procter & Gamble's CEO on navigating rapid change (MIT Sloan)
• Italy's authorities refrain from capping the price of pasta (FT)
• Amazon overhauls delivery network to dispatch packages faster, more cheaply (WSJ)
• It's May in Rome: time to revere, and fear, fava beans (NYT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Weight-loss drugs are a golden ticket for health-linked stocks (Bloomberg)
• As Liberals' grocery rebate bill becomes law, one-time payments will land this summer (CBC)
• What has gone wrong with Waitrose - and can they survive (The Guardian)
• Is this the end of hustle culture (BBC)
• Why are UK food prices still rocketing and when will it stop (The Guardian)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Online-only startups adopt a bold strategy: Opening actual shops (WSJ)
• Culture wars become corporate wars too, and Bud Light doesn't understand it (Globe and Mail)
• How the skyrocketing cost of baby formula is hitting those that can least afford it (CBC)
• Canada's lobster industry fears its dispute with China could see it move from winner to loser (Globe and Mail)
• Higher food prices are here to stay, UNB economist says (CBC)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• With $10 dresses and no online shopping, this budget retailer is taking on America (WSJ)
• One group of people can't substitute their way out of inflation (FT)
• The true cost of chocolate (Globe and Mail)
• Is it time to quit coffee for good (Esquire)
• From the archives (2016): What having a 'growth mindset' actually means (HBR)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Workers are happier than they've been in decades (WSJ)
• Growth rules: Which matter most (McKinsey)
• Wendy's, Google train next generation order taker: An AI chatbot (WSJ)
• The mysterious middlemen being blamed for America's sky-high drug prices (Vox)
• The remote work revolution that never took off (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• New York's most inventive pizzas are cooked in pop-ups (NYT)
• Tesco board must face chair questions head on (Bloomberg)
• You may never eat inside a fast food restaurant again (Vox)
• Why does everyone want to buy candy on TikTok now (Eater)
• Craft beer's 'drink me if you dare' aesthetic is over (Punch)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• How farmers market's vendors make their money (or not) (WSJ)
• Adidas to sell some Yeezy stock, donate proceeds (Reuters)
• Amazon workers launch battle to unionize in Britain (Bloomberg)
• CVS posts higher revenue as it closes acquisitions (WSJ)
• The business nightmare of dealing with government (NYT)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Canadian Tire results show consumer shift from discretionary products (Globe and Mail)
• The plot to steal the other secret inside a can of Coca-Cola (Bloomberg)
• Why Amazon isn't checking out of groceries (WSJ)
• Why are all those people outside H&M again (NYT)
• THG plunges as Apollo takeover talks collapse in fresh blow (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Tweaking vegetables' genes could make them tastier - and you'll get to try them soon (Scientific American)
• Vitamin Shoppe owner taken private in $2.6 billion deal (Reuters)
• Work-life balance is their second priority. Work is their first (WSJ)
• Friends once 'escaped' her cooking. Now she's one of the world's best chefs (NYT)
• From the archives (2003): At 74, Jimmy Pattison focuses on the long term (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• How Walmart in Mexico changed everything for an omnichannel future (McKinsey)
• The golden age of loyalty is done - but it can return (Globe and Mail)
• Amid Arizona's historic drought, a produce garden blooms (NYT)
• Oatly names new CEO and narrows quarterly loss (WSJ)
• The companies trying to make live shopping a thing in the United States (NYT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Why do American diners have such a limited palate for textures (NYT)
• The free-returns party is over (The Atlantic)
• Pilot programs for temporary agricultural workers extended after rocky start (Globe and Mail)
• The decline of the five-day work week is a boon for suburban retail (WSJ)
• What does productivity mean? Bosses aren't really sure (Vox)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: A dangerous schism between strategy and statistics courses (Medium)
• Is Temu the future of buying things (Intelligencer)
• Tipping has come for self-checkout (WSJ)
• Andreesen Horowitz saw the future - but did the future leave it behind (The Verge)
• The real reason Mexico suddenly dominates global beer exports (Washington Post)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Amid uncertainty, AI gives retailers a path to resilience (BCG)
• Yes, food inflation is about to simmer down (Globe and Mail)
• Dished up by 3D printers, a new kind of fish to fry (Reuters)
• Vicious traps (Collaborative Fund)
• Loblaw shareholders bless Galen Weston's raise despite criticism of food price inflation (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Inside the delirious rise of 'superfake' handbags (NYT)
• Will AI become the new McKinsey (The New Yorker)
• Shopify to lay off 20% of its staff (CBC)
• Nordstrom is closing San Francisco stores as cities' retail pain grows (WSJ)
• From the archives (2015): How Olivia Kim is teaching Nordstrom to think small (NYT)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Switzerland wants its children to eat less chocolate, more insects (WSJ)
• Shein, fast fashion hit with Gen Z, tries charm to counter scrutiny (NYT)
• Some supermarket prices should fall soon (BBC)
• Tim Hortons parent posts profit, sales gain on increased traffic, higher prices (Globe and Mail)
• Bud Light maker offers distributors free beer, more ad spending after Dylan Mulvaney backlash (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• In San Francisco, a troubled year at a Whole Foods Market reflects a city's woes (NYT)
• Chuck E. Cheese was a kid's greatest birthday dream - or nightmare (Texas Monthly)
• This week's tiniest social media drama is about olive oil (NYT)
• Grocery app Getir in talks to take over German rival Flink (Reuters)
• The eB2B opportunity for consumer packaged goods companies (McKinsey)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Jobs to be done and playing to win (Medium)
• The godfather of A.I. leaves Google and warns of danger ahead (NYT)
• Amazon rebounds from post-pandemic doldrums, but says cloud growth is slowing (WSJ)
• Meet the first outsider to lead La Maison Simons in 183 years (Globe and Mail)
• Inflation is taking a bite out of your snack fix (CBC)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• World's richest man likes the view atop refurbished Tiffany (WSJ)
• How Bed Bath & Beyond went bankrupt (WSJ)
• Higher food prices bring bigger profits, but customers start to resist (NYT)
• Sainsbury's and Unilever deny prices are too high (BBC)
• Inflation is still high. What's driving it has changed (NYT)