Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Eataly finally lands in Toronto (Globe and Mail)
• A shadowy industry group shapes food policy around the world (NYT)
• Slow growth takes shine off Tesco budget chain Jack's a year on (The Guardian)
• J Crew plans IPO spinoff of Madewell brand (WSJ)
• Instacart hires Amazon exec as chief revenue officer (Supermarket News)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• The raisin situation (NYT)
• Struggling discount grocer Save-a-Lot to seek buyer or investor (Reuters)
• How the new plant-based burgers stack up to beef (CBC)
• In search of water-boiled fish (Eater)
• The FDA says it's safe, so feel free to say 'yes' to MSG (WSJ)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• How US grocers are standing up to Europe's hard discounters (Bain)
• Heineken claims its business helps Africa. Is that too good to be true (The Guardian)
• Upscale and mainstream: Can Artizia cater to all (The Globe and Mail)
• Should you ignore what your customers want? The great winemakers do (Kellogg Insight)
• A 'second skin' for fruits and veg could make them last twice as long (MIT Technology Review)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• Why trendy cauliflower will dominate the entire grocery store (Fast Company)
• UPS is testing tricycle deliveries in traffic-choked Seattle (Wired)
• Amazon targets airports for checkout-free expansion (Reuters)
• Admit it Britain. You love your German grocers (Bloomberg)
• Walmart acquires Art.com to boost online home decor business (Reuters)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• The Hello Fresh food revolution (Bloomberg)
• US grocers count pennies as discounters wage price war (FT)
• Brussels declares war on supermarkets (Politico)
• Why retailers should retire holiday season (HBR)
• Nelson Peltz loses P&G proxy vote (Gadfly)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• The grocery store of the future is mobile, self-driving, and run by AI (Fast Company)
• Low prices, few choices: Discounters remake grocery shopping (Washington Post)
• Sears Canada's future is in doubt. How did it come to this (CBC)
• Walmart just created a designer cantaloupe (Bloomberg)
• Pound for pound, elite produce can cost more than wagyu beef (Bloomberg)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• Aldi plans to invest $3.4B and add 900 stores by 2022 (Reuters)
• Getting ready to battle grocery's hard discounters (Bain)
• The French face of the Amazon fightback (Gadfly)
• Alibaba says it can be the 5th largest economy by 2036 (South China Morning Post)
• H-E-B tops trust ratings for 3rd consecutive year (Progressive Grocer)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• Can Walmart's expensive new e-commerce operation compete with Amazon (Bloomberg)
• How discounters are remaking the grocery industry (BCG)
• Digital advertising takes a hit (MIT Technology Review)
• Why Hudson's Bay is shopping for a takeover amid 2017's retail bloodbath (Retail Dive)
• Stories vs Statistics (Collaborative Fund)

Stephan's Friday Picks

• Boston Dynamics has been using its robotic 'dog' to deliver packages in Boston (Recode)
• In retail, AR is for shoppers and VR is for business (Forbes)
• How discount grocery retailers prosper (Food Dive)
• Discount grocery store workers speak out against management, unions (CBC)
• Amazon extends growth streak, unfazed by lavish spending (Bloomberg)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• The rise of craft chocolate (Bloomberg)
• Kroger and Murray's Cheese announce merger (Kroger)
• Albertson's CEO: From grocery clerk to head of more than 2,300 stores (WSJ)
• Dollar disruptors: How discount stores are shaking up the grocery world (Food Dive)
• Priced to go (The New Yorker)