Stephan's Monday Picks

• Why are Target and Walgreens slashing prices (The Cut)
• Ultra-cheap meals from China's delivery giant are hugely popular. Deliver drivers are bearing the cost (Rest of World)
• Canadian agri-tech tackles food insecurity with AI and automation (Globe and Mail)
• Canadian retailer Simons is expanding. Can it succeed where its peers couldn't (CBC)
• Japan runs on vending machines. It's about to break millions of them (NYT)