Stephan's Friday Picks

• Keurig Dr. Pepper to buy energy-drink maker Ghost for over $1 billion (WSJ)
• Canada tightens immigration after years of expansion (NYT)
• Walmart to offer prescription delivery, challenging Amazon (Bloomberg)
• Kroger and Walmart deny 'surge pricing' after adopting digital price tags (NYT)
• From the archives (2018): Keurig to acquire Dr. Pepper Snapple for $19 billion in largest soft-drink deal ever (WSJ)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Coke, Twinkles, Skittles, and ... whole-grain bread? (The Atlantic)
• Costco has a magazine and it's thriving (NYT)
• How Spindrift broke through the cluttered seltzer space (Bloomberg)
• The quest to save the 'king' of Japanese rice from rising temperatures (NYT)
• Closed for business? Confusion reigns: Canada needs credible immigration anchors (Scotiabank)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Portfolio and performance: Priorities for CPG leaders (McKinsey)
• How U.S. fast food took over the world - and then went local (The Dial)
• Bakers brace for costly Christmas as butter prices surge (Reuters)
• What a crackdown on immigration could mean for cheap milk (NYT)
• Attention Kmart shoppers - it's closing time (NYT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Sticking with strategy (Medium)
• As gig economy companies flee Europe, Getir is taking over (Wired)
• Canada's cities see immigration-driven population surge after pandemic lull (Globe and Mail)
• The 'buy-now, pay-later' bubble is about to burst (The Atlantic)
• Bed Bath & Beyond's collapse draws suitors for Buybuy Baby (WSJ)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• A Carbone on every continent: Major food group is going global (NYT)
• Companies under growing pressure to recoup executive pay (WSJ)
• The role of the chief operating officer (McKinsey)
• Ottawa reveals plan to welcome 500,000 new immigrants per year by 2025 (CBC)
• Can J. Crew be cool again (NYT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Strategy vs planning: Complements, not substitutes (Medium)
• How Shopify is bracing for a looming battle with Amazon (Globe and Mail)
• The revolution will not be tenderized (NEOLIFE)
• Uber's CEO sees ride-hailing rebound faster than other transit (Bloomberg)
• Immigration to Canada drops to lowest levels since 1998 (Globe and Mail)