Stephan's Thursday Picks
- Whey protein is running out as food companies put it in everything (Bloomberg)
- Unilever CFO defends food deal saying staff 'not paying to be lazy' (FT)
- Dollar General says pinched customers are buying less food (Bloomberg)
- General Mills sells Haagen-Dazs stores in China (FT)
- What Trump delivered for Amazon (Bloomberg)
Stephan's Friday Picks
- The latest overhaul of Starbucks - by the numbers (WSJ)
- Why it's hard to buy Canadian when shopping online (Globe and Mail)
- Shoppers are skimping on cigarettes, Doritos, and Twinkies (WSJ)
- Empire's U.S. product sales dropping during trade war, CEO says (Globe and Mail)
- From the archives (2014): Sobeys' Marc Poulin: The shrewd negotiator at the heart of Canada's grocery wars (Globe and Mail)
Stephan's Monday Picks
- Dollar General might get shortchanged with CEO encore (WSJ)
- Capturing mind share with precision branding (BCG)
- Carl Icahn bet against U.S. shopping malls. Now he says the game was rigged (WSJ)
- Retailers' seasonal hiring plans signal a cooling labour market (NYT)
- Flexport is laying off 20% of its workforce (CNBC)
Stephan's Monday Picks
- Newer Nordic: The next wave of Copenhagen's fine-dining revolution (FT)
- Is an all-meat diet what nature intended (The New Yorker)
- Shopping habits have shifted for good, says Aldi (BBC)
- Canada's population surges on 46% jump in temporary residents (Globe and Mail)
- Working at Dollar General is so horrible even the investors are concerned (Bloomberg)
Stephan's Tuesday Picks
- Aritzia's new CEO on the retailer's future (Globe and Mail)
- The discount retailer taking over America (Forbes)
- Silk is pitching the next generation of plant-based milk. Why isn't it made in Canada (Financial Post)
- India's protectionist moves spark concerns that rice could be next (Bloomberg)
- Global brands seek clarity on Xinjiang (NYT)
Stephan's Tuesday Picks
- State of Grocery Europe 2022 (McKinsey)
- How a Dollar General employee went viral on TikTok (NYT)
- Roger Martin: The purpose of corporate purpose (Medium)
- How Reebok lost its number 1 spot (Retail Dive)
- Competition between Shopify and Amazon heats up as one company plans billion-dollar acquisition and other announces new strategy (Globe and Mail)
