Stephan's Thursday Picks

• McDonald's quest to reclaim biggest restaurant title starts in Texas (Bloomberg)
• DoorDash unveils Dot, its autonomous robot built to deliver your food (TechCrunch)
• Tesco's edge in UK grocery wars in the spotlight after 40% rally (Bloomberg)
• In nod to MAHA, Walmart ditches dyes, other artificial ingredients in food brands (WSJ)
• Maple Leaf Foods spins off its pork business to focus on high-protein goods (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• The sand wars dividing cranberry growers and their neighbours (WSJ)
• At 7-Eleven, Couche-Tard wins by losing out (Globe and Mail)
• How Harry & David gest 20,000 pears to doorsteps for the holidays (WSJ)
• Grupo Bimbo suing Maple Leaf Foods for more than $2 billion over alleged bread price fixing probe (Globe and Mail)
• Shoppers fight back as retailers crack down on returns (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Canada Bread seeks damages from Maple Leaf Foods related to alleged bread price-fixing scheme (Globe and Mail)
• General Mills to sell North American yogurt business for $2.1 billion (WSJ)
• Just miles from Kroger's court battle, a food desert shows what's at stake (NYT)
• Amazon Fresh introduces new grocery savings for Prime members (Amazon)
• From the archives (2019): Amazon's press-to-order Dash buttons are officially discontinued (The Verge)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Maple Leaf Foods to spin off pork business into new public company (Globe and Mail)
• The enduring allure of Hamptons private chefs (Washington Post)
• Daniel Guidara opens up (NYT)
• Inside Coty's makeover (McKinsey)
• America's biggest nonalcoholic beer brand doubles its valuation (WSJ)