Stephan's Friday Picks

• This is your home on GLP-1s (Architectural Digest)
• Coca-Cola reached for nostalgia. Did it get Marlboro instead (NYT)
• Apotex emerges as only manufacturer of generic Ozempic for now (Globe and Mail)
• The unsexy habit that turned a college dropout into a $300 million founder (Forbes)
• From the archives (2018): The other side of Barry Sherman (Maclean's)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• How 10 billion pounds of lettuce travel from farms to dinner plates (WSJ)
• Unilever sales jump on emerging market demand for Dove soap (Bloomberg)
• Cracker Barrel CEO stepping down after logo redesign, activist pressure (WSJ)
• This summer's status symbol is a $3.99 bottle of water (WSJ)
• Mondelez lifts outlook on higher quarterly sales (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• A different kind of grocery store magnate (NYT)
• Shein slumps to loss ahead of planned Hong Kong listing (FT)
• Sazerac wants another shot at Jack Daniels maker Brown Forman (WSJ)
• The future of the toy industry isn't toys. It's Magic (WSJ)
• Retail giants reject report that major brands sell Chinese tomatoes as Aussie-grown (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Van Leeuwen's path from a single ice cream truck to a dessert giant (Bloomberg)
• Utz will go private in $2.9 billion deal with Intersnack (Bloomberg)
• What corporate functions of the future will look like (BCG)
• Americans rewire their grocery shopping routines while digesting the biggest price jump in 50 years (AP)
• US economic anxieties on display in battle over digital shelf labels (FT)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Albertsons plummets on forecast cut amid soft grocery demand (Bloomberg)
• Inside Taco Bell's rush to contain cyclospora (WSJ)
• 7-Eleven owner taps ex-Dr Pepper executive to lead business (Bloomberg)
• India's weak monsoon revives push for millet (Bloomberg)
• An FDA panel just endorsed these unproven peptides (Wired)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Can Chez Panisse change with the times? Does it need to (NYT)
• Nestle sells half of waters unit to Platinum Equity for $3.4 billion (WSJ)
• Nestle shares tumble as coffee, cocoa prices hit profits (FT)
• McCormick to seek London listing following tie-up with Unilever (WSJ)
• From the archives (2004): Food fighter (NYT Magazine)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Empire plans to drop restrictions on property use amid competition probe (Globe and Mail)
• Chicken thighs are how much? Here's what's driving the latest grocery sticker shock (CBC)
• Inside the Amazon tactics that hiked prices across the internet (The Guardian)
• The fall of America's farm superpower (FT)
• Nestle nears deal to sell stake in €5B Perrier unit (FT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Costco gas pumps are so popular they are building standalone stations (WSJ)
• Kraft Heinz to tap Disney magic in effort to build brands (WSJ)
• Rewiring customer experience for the agentic era (McKinsey)
• Coffee drinkers turning to whole beans as prices soar, says Lavazza (FT)
• Diageo chair hunts for drinks 'heavyweights' in board revamp (FT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Rise of delivery apps takes a bite out of sales for Big Pizza (FT)
• Domino's leans on delivery apps as pricey launches fall flat (Bloomberg)
• Jersey Mike's, backers, seek up to $1.09 billion in IPO (Bloomberg)
• Is this the Louis Vuitton of lamb (FT)
• Stagnant Germany considers the unthinkable: Sunday shopping (WSJ)

  Stephan's Monday Picks

• Rise of delivery apps takes a bite out of Big Pizza (FT)
• Parasitic outbreak puts Big Lettuce in PR mode (WSJ)
• Conagra's 'show-me' CEO says every product needs to earn its keep (WSJ)
• How brands sneak in cheaper ingredients to protect their profit margins (Bloomberg)
• Why protein is suddenly in everything from Pop-Tarts to Cheerios (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Reinventing a giant: Galen Weston uses the founder mindset in a family empire (YouTube)
• Consumer spending is up, but that signal no longer means what it once did (BCG)
• Adult happy meals lure even high-earning American diners (NYT)
• Metro and FGF enter into a strategic partnership for Premiere Moisson's commercial bakery manufacturing operations (Metro)
• From the archives (2007): Can Galen Weston Jr. save Loblaws (Toronto Life)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• In the Hamptons, even the chicken tenders are living fancy (NYT)
• The one thing everyone in America can agree on? Costco (WSJ)
• Danone's $1.2 billion Huel deal faces UK competition probe (WSJ)
• Why some restaurants are increasing the price of fish and chips (CBC)
• Conagra swings to loss, cuts dividend under new CEO (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• The future of fierce English mustard is in American hands (Bloomberg)
• FTC says Henkel deal would merge 'Coke and Pepsi' of adhesives (Bloomberg)
• Uber, Delivery Hero in advanced talks over potential takeover (WSJ)
• Credit card holders are using 'friendly fraud' to get back at retailers (Bloomberg)
• Chipotle to sell its Mexican-inspired fast food in Mexico (NYT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• The anti-Amazon (Phenomenal World)
• Grocery stores lower prices as consumers pare spending (NYT)
• CoverGirl stops chasing Gen Z to focus on middle-aged women (Bloomberg)
• Shein is said to move ahead with preparations for Hong Kong IPO (Bloomberg)
• Maxed-out shoppers embrace 'mini-effect' (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Dates are suddenly on track to become a $55 billion market (Inc)
• Big box retailers have a new strategy of breaking into urban markets (NYT)
• How Aldi is taking on US supermarkets with its $4 almond butter (BBC)
• Why are berries everywhere, in every season? Driscoll's (NYT)
• Michael's goes form 'grandma's store' to unlikely success under Apollo (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Tesco explores sale of European business (FT)
• Why Smucker's $5 billion bet on the Twinkie flopped (WSJ)
• Sven Smit: In an AI world, the fastest learner will win (McKinsey)
• Germans don't love Budweiser. It won't take no for an answer (NYT)
• From the archives (2012): The $1.6 billion flop. Tesco poised to exit the U.S. (WSJ)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• More Americans than ever are taking weight-loss drugs (NYT)
• Food and beverages have gone bananas (NYT)
• Wild coffee swings usher in new era of market volatility (Bloomberg)
• Walmart announced price cuts. Trump tried to take credit (NYT)
• White House pressures top US grocers on beef prices (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Bath & Body Works is on a quest for the next billion dollar scent (NYT)
• Walmart lowers prices of thousands of items, including beef and Coca-Cola (WSJ)
• Seven & i's former supermarket unit may acquire more under Bain (Bloomberg)
• Limited construction of new retail space in Canada is giving landlord RioCan an edge (Globe and Mail)
• Inside the food truck mafia wreaking havoc around the National Mall (Washingtonian)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: When less is more (Substack)
• South Africa's grocery war shifts from search to AI conversation (Bloomberg)
• Consumers shun mid-sized packs amid price squeeze, Nestle says (WSJ)
• Liquor stocks are priced for a Big Tobacco moment (WSJ)
• Ocado paves way for exit of CEO Tim Steiner after succession clash (FT)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• The pursuit of hungriness: 250 years of American food innovation (NYT)
• Nestle to change KitKat recipe in Europe to make it crispier (Bloomberg)
• California bans 'sell by' labels, hoping to cut food waste (NYT)
• What Big Food did to ice cream (Medium)
• Big brewers are making outsized bets on tiny cans of beer (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• America's most talented nepo baby has two Michelin stars to prove it (GQ)
• The State of Grocery in North America (McKinsey)
• Tom Colicchio's final service (Esquire)
• In new luxury kitchens, everything is hidden (NYT)
• From the archives (2018): Paul Bocuse, celebrated French chef, dies at 91 (NYT)