Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Goodwill thrives as Americans stretch their wallets (NYT)
• Americans travel the world only to end up at Costco (WSJ)
• How food inflation is making Canadians miserable (Globe and Mail)
• How the world's largest franchise restaurant operator uses AI (McKinsey)
• Starbucks says turnaround 'ahead of schedule' as sales rebound (NYT)