Stephan's Monday Picks

• Trudeau says Canada will retaliate for Trump's tariffs with 25 per cent levies on billions of dollars of goods (Globe and Mail)
• Inside Chick-fil-A's quest to make fast food faster (WSJ)
• MEC seeks cash infusion as inventory clearout batters bottom line (Globe and Mail)
• Walgreens tumbles after suspending steady dividend to save cash (Bloomberg)
• Canadian food companies plan to expand production U.S. as tariffs loom (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Rescuing the decade: A dual agenda for the consumer goods industry (McKinsey)
• Ottawa set to stop open-net salmon farms in B.C., giving the industry 5 years to transition (Globe and Mail)
• McDonald's ends AI drive-thru trial as fast-food industry tests automation (The Guardian)
• Oxtail is gaining fans. Not everyone is happy about that (NYT)
• Revolutionizing procurement: Leveraging data and AI for strategic advantage (McKinsey)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• UK supermarket prices to rise by 5% as supply chain costs increase (The Guardian)
• Madewell, ThredUP test secondhand store in Brooklyn (WSJ)
• Suburbia's bittersweet allure (Vice)
• Faux meat falters at the drive-thru (Bloomberg)
• Europe's grocery delivery startups deliver frantic summer of deal-making (FT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Tim Hortons China to go public via $1.7 billion SPAC deal (Bloomberg)
• People now spend more at Amazon than at Walmart (NYT)
• Are four drive-thru lanes better than two (Retail Wire)
• How Amazon won shopping (NYT)
• Walmart's earnings report shows sales rose as shoppers returned to stores (WSJ)