Stephan's Tuesday Picks
- Kroger to invest $5 billion on improving value, lowering prices (Bloomberg)
- How Coca-Cola got burned with a $5 billion bet on Costa coffee (Bloomberg)
- Procter & Gamble's sales offset rising fuel costs (WSJ)
- Sainsbury's faces tough market as Britons grapple with rising costs (Bloomberg)
- Canadian cheese was about to become the next big thing. Then came the tariffs (NYT)
Stephan's Thursday Picks
- McCormick posts lower profits on higher sales (WSJ)
- A French recipe for shock au vin (Globe and Mail)
- The Canadian scientist behind Ozempic on why he never, ever gave up (Be Giant)
- P&G's chief on whether brand loyalty is enough when prices keep climbing (NYT)
- America's restaurants face a dilemma: How to sell food in the GLP-1 era (NYT)
Stephan's Monday Picks
- Americans lose their main reason to get out of bed: Dannon coffee yogurt (WSJ)
- The most powerful men in America are eating only meat and sauerkraut. Could I? (NYT Magazine)
- Lululemon is at war with itself (Bloomberg)
- Kraft Heinz's turnaround bid leaves investors wanting more (Bloomberg)
- P&G agrees to buy supplement maker for $3.8 million (WSJ)
Stephan's Monday Picks
- Gen Z rejects 'radioactive' diet sodas for zero sugar ones (Bloomberg)
- The government wants you to kick your diet soda habit (WSJ)
- Berkshire Hathaway considers selling $7.7B stake in Kraft Heinz (FT)
- Multiple Toys 'R' Us locations are closing, landlords say they are owed unpaid rent (Globe and Mail)
- P&G rises following assurances U.S. sales are bouncing back (Bloomberg)
Stephan's Friday Picks
- McKinsey challenges graduates to use AI chatbot in recruitment overhaul (FT)
- The Americans who are going a whole month without buying anything (WSJ)
- P&G rises following assurances US sales are bouncing back (Bloomberg)
- Smithfield Foods to buy Nathan's Famous (WSJ)
- From the archives (2009): Closing the book on Gourmet (NYT)
Stephan's Tuesday Picks
- Roger Martin: Culture change strategy (Medium)
- Don Don Donki billionaire primes 24-year old heir for retail empire (Bloomberg)
- 2025 Halloween candy trends (NYT)
- Procter & Gamble to focus on innovation, not discounts, to attract wary customers (WSJ)
- How Depop captured the heart of Gen Z (NYT)
Stephan's Friday Picks
- Gen Z doesn't want to start a bar tab (NYT)
- Court approves Canadian Tire's $30 million acquisition of Hudson's Bay assets (Globe and Mail)
- P&G plans to cut over 15% of office jobs over the next two years (Bloomberg)
- Lawsuit accuses Popeyes of selling 'unsafe' chicken on Ontario restaurants (Globe and Mail)
- From the archives (2021): Pellet ice is the good ice (The New Yorker)
Stephan's Tuesday Picks
- Roger Martin: Dealing with intuitive, non-strategists (Medium)
- A sign that consumers are anxious: They're cutting back on snacks (NYT)
- P&G CEO says price hikes are likely (CNBC)
- How Chili's won when America raged over fast food prices (WSJ)
- Protein is in everything these days. Even popcorn (NYT)
Stephan's Friday Picks
- Ben & Jerry's accuses parent company Unilever of firing its CEO for political reasons (NYT)
- Are we in an omakase bubble (Globe and Mail)
- P&G takes lead in 95-year rivalry with Unilever (WSJ)
- Trump's 200% alcohol tariff threat shocks European drink firms (Bloomberg)
- From the archives (2000): Unilever buys Ben & Jerry's, SlimFast, for over $2.5 billion (WSJ)
Stephan's Monday Picks
- Food prices are rising again (WSJ)
- Canadian retailers are facing a $9.1 billion problem (Globe and Mail)
- CBC News finds more underweighted meat as demand grows for big grocers to be held accountable (CBC)
- Starbucks new CEO has already been awarded $96 million (WSJ)
- P&G stopped hiking prices and sales still grew last quarter (Bloomberg)
Stephan's Monday Picks
- CVS names David Joyner new chief executive (WSJ)
- Canada's dairy farms dump 7 per cent of all milk produced, study contends (Globe and Mail)
- P&G earnings: Sales slip but it holds the line on prices (WSJ)
- Couche-Tard says it won't back down from pursuit of 7-Eleven's owner (Globe and Mail)
- An enclave of wealth mourns the loss of Kmart (WSJ)
Stephan's Tuesday Picks
- Roger Martin: Do you know what's going on below (Medium)
- Amid imported food shortages, greenhouse farming takes off in Canada (Globe and Mail)
- One big web: A few ways the world works (Collaborative Fund)
- Demand for food banks reaches record high levels in Ontario (Globe and Mail)
- P&G earnings powered by higher prices for detergent, toothpaste (WSJ)
Stephan's Friday Picks
- How Budweiser salvaged its World Cup (NYT)
- Canadian debt payments climb at record pace as interest payments rise (Globe and Mail)
- Supermarkets offer more store brands to lure cost-conscious customers (WSJ)
- The state of grocery in Southeast Asia (McKinsey)
- From the archives (2019): P&G puts its focus on reach (Marketing Week)
Stephan's Thursday Picks
- The popular chicken sandwich gets a redo at Panera Bread, Popeyes (WSJ)
- P&G just wants you to use your dishwasher (Bloomberg)
- Falling food prices ease upward pressure on inflation (WSJ)
- Customer segmentation needs a behaviourally-informed upgrade (Behavioral Scientist)
- Dollar store dinners and vats of shampoo help families cope with inflation (WSJ)
