Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• The cult $4.99 chicken defying inflation (FT)
• The church of Raising Cane's (Slate)
• Retailers want AI to solve online shopping's biggest problem (Bloomberg)
• Asda recovery remains elusive with ninth straight quarterly sales drop (Bloomberg)
• Companies including Walmart plow tariff refunds into price cuts, appealing to stretched customers (WSJ)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Addressing Canada's productivity gap. A journey towards global leadership (McKinsey)
• Are Ocado's robots just too fancy (The Guardian)
• Asda to raise £568M in store sell-off as sales continue to fall off (The Guardian)
• How Fuscia Dunlop became a Sichuan food hero (The Guardian)
• Canada's shoppers want value certainty, not coupons (BCG)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Maple Leaf Foods suing Canada  Bread, parent company, for defamation related to alleged price-fixing scheme (Globe and Mail)
• Instacart CEO says Wall Street undervalues grocery tech bet (Bloomberg)
• McCain's Max Koeune is building the farm of the future (Globe and Mail)
• Asda appoints former boss Leighton to help turn struggling retailer around (Bloomberg)
• Annual beauty advent calendar craze is changing how cosmetics brands court new shoppers (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Can a neon-blue gummy worm cocktail save the movies (NYT)
• How far would you go for a single bite (NYT)
• We're drowning in reusable bags. Are bag profits preventing big grocers from adopting sustainable solutions (CBC)
• The price of private equity may be too high for Asda (FT)
• The airline retailing opportunity (McKinsey)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Combining fresh with grocery convenience (Deloitte)
• Lidl boosts UK sales as Asda struggles (Bloomberg)
• A TikTok fad fills grocery stores with singles (NYT)
• Asian sunscreens are all the rage, so why can't you buy them in Canada (CBC)
• Dollarama sees rise in second-quarter profits, sales as customers hunt for deals (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Loblaw piloting ultra hard discount No Name grocery stores in Ontario (Globe and MailGlobe and Mail)
• Walmart dumps entire stake in JD.com (NYT)
• Discount-hungry shoppers propel gains for Target, T.J. Maxx (WSJ)
• Asda owners under pressure as chain's share of market hits new nadir (The Guardian)
• From the archives (2013): Loblaw tests new discount store as grocery rivalry heats up (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Exploiting analogy (Medium)
• Asda faces legal wrangle with Waitrose over Just Essentials range (The Guardian)
• Fashion retailers race to become ad giants (BoF)
• Canada's grocers remove Russian products from shelves (Globe and Mail)
• Walmart stops selling cigarettes in some stores (WSJ)