Stephan's Monday Picks

• How ADEO is preparing for retail's next wave (McKinsey)
• PEI fisheries brace for hardship as two diseases devastate the province's oyster industry (Globe and Mail)
• Competition for soon-to-expire food has Montreal food banks struggling (CBC)
• Why Berkshire Hathaway went window shopping with Macy's (WSJ)
• America's farms depend more than ever on troubled visa programs (NYT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Gourmet Magazine is back It's not exactly sanctioned (NYT)
• Former Neiman Marcus chief is picked to lead Saks through bankruptcy (WSJ)
• Shopify embraces agentic AI with Google, Microsoft partnerships (Globe and Mail)
• Daily Bread to cut off Scarborough food bank after reporting financial concerns to police (CBC)
• Ozempic users actually spend more dining out. Smart restaurants are adapting (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Buffett's Kraft Heinz bet marks rare flop as company weighs breakup (Bloomberg)
• U.S. dairy industry presses Canada for changes to quota (Globe and Mail)
• Hudson's Bay Co. heads to court to fight motion to cut off Ruby Liu lease deal (Globe and Mail)
• Food banks are running out of food exactly when more Americans will need them (WSJ)
• Shoppers are slowly turning away from plastic packaging (WSJ)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Ten steps retailers can take to shock-proof their supply chains (McKinsey)
• The worst of both worlds: Zooming from work (NYT)
• Tim Hortons parent RBI buying Florida-based Firehouse Subs for $1-billion (Globe and Mail)
• Toronto food banks record highest number of visits ever during pandemic (CBC)
• Retailers rethink holiday ads amid digital marketing upheaval (CNBC)

Stephan's Friday Picks

• What managers get wrong about capital (HBR)
• These photos show the staggering food bank lines across America (Mother Jones)
• Calling me a hero only makes you feel better (The Atlantic)
• Nina Balducci, who shaped a famed grocery store, dies at 91 (NYT)
• From the archives (2010): Walmart tries to unmask its opponents (WSJ)

Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Campbell's Soup: Old world? I don't think so (Robin Report)
• Studies show little benefits in supplements (NYT)
• How the vegan movement broke out of its echo chamber and finally started disrupting things (Quartz)
• Dirty linen: A bed sheets scandal hits the cotton industry (Bloomberg)
• As demographics change, food banks struggle to meet users' tastes (Globe and Mail)
• Tesco enjoys fastest growth in three years as Aldi and Lidl slow (The Telegraph)