Stephan's Monday Picks

• Costco, Sam's Club are full of Gen Z shoppers (WSJ)
• The century-long saga of the Caesar salad (NYT)
• The fried chicken sandwich wars are more cutthroat than ever before (Bloomberg)
• Why refrigerators and other kitchen appliances break so easily now (Washington Post)
• What do bagged chickens have to do with sliced cheese (NYT)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Ozempic is changing the way people eat. Snack companies are paying close attention (CBC)
• Windsor has a problem: Not enough tech workers to work on their farms (Globe and Mail)
• Your old clothes are worth billions (WSJ)
• Want an iced coffee. Brands want you to make your own (WSJ)
• From the archives (2022): What we write about when we write about food (NYT)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Hudson's Bay to buy Neiman Marcus - with help from Amazon (WSJ)
• Australian supermarket chains could be broken up as a 'last resort' under Coalition proposal (The Guardian)
• Investor group raises Macy's buyout offer - again (WSJ)
• Costco's rotisserie chicken is now sold in a bag. Cue the panic (Washington Post)
• The fast food fight over the $5 deal meal (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• How the Kindle became a must-have accessory (again) (WSJ)
• Online shopping warehouses are reshaping America (Bloomberg)
• Sainsbury's backs guidance after robust growth in grocery (WSJ)
• RBI signs two deals in China to bolster presence (Globe and Mail)
• Why cheap toilet paper sets off alarm bells for some investors (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Strategy & sustained innovation (Medium)
• Amazon, built by retail, leans into its AI future (WSJ)
• The world of luxury fruit (NYT)
• The Save Mart Companies acquired by Jim Pattison Food Group (Grocery Dive)
• Walgreens plans 'significant' store closures, citing weak consumer spending (NYT)