Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Influenceability, society, and strategy (Medium)
• A town's single largest taxpayer is also its biggest headache (NYT)
• Global food companies are struggling to deliver methane progress (Bloomberg)
• As alternative meats lose favor, Impossible Foods sets sights on flexitarians (WSJ)
• America's last mall king is still in charge (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• A 'high touch' warehouse for exacting brands (NYT)
• Police investigate 'large-scale' butter stores from Guelph (Globe and Mail)
• Walmart, LCBO are the latest retailers to embrace plastic bags. Environmentalists are concerned (CBC)
• Scammers steal $390,000 of British cheese (NYT)
• Food banks in Newfoundland are so desperate, they're even cutting back on instant coffee (CBC)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Can a neon-blue gummy worm cocktail save the movies (NYT)
• How far would you go for a single bite (NYT)
• We're drowning in reusable bags. Are bag profits preventing big grocers from adopting sustainable solutions (CBC)
• The price of private equity may be too high for Asda (FT)
• The airline retailing opportunity (McKinsey)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• The new hotel essential: Easy take-out food (WSJ)
• Investors spoiled for choice with top ice cream makers for sale (Ben & Jerry's)
• How playing offense on sustainability can power e-commerce (McKinsey)
• Quebec franchisees sue Tim Hortons, claiming declining profits (Globe and Mail)
• Home Depot buys roofing distributor in deal valued at $18 billion including debt (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: How to become a strategic CFO (Medium)
• How Lidl's breakneck expansion came to a juddering halt (The Telegraph)
• Inside the A&W test kitchen, a battlefield (CBC)
• How fashion can afford and accelerate decarbonization (McKinsey)
• Insolvencies, shifts in consumer behaviour keep liquidators busy (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Sainsbury's boss defends decision to sell customers' Nectar card data (The Guardian)
• Convenience stores would rather sell you pizza than gas (WSJ)
• Campari buys Courvoisier from Beam Suntory for $1.2 billion (Bloomberg)
• How to reach sustainable packaging targets in retail (McKinsey)
• The self-checkout even the haters will love (WSJ)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Direct-to-consumer in appliances: A strategic growth opportunity (McKinsey)
• Birth, death, and wealth creation (Morgan Stanley)
• Amazon cuts dozens of house brands as it battles costs, regulators (WSJ)
• The triple play: Growth, profit, and sustainability (McKinsey)
• Amazon wants to deliver your next package without the box (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Harnessing innovation in sustainable foods (BCG)
• China's bid to improve food production? Giant towers of pigs (NYT)
• Consumers care about sustainability - and back it up with their wallets (McKinsey)
• The last mustard maker in Dijon (Gastro Obscura)
• From the archives (1986): The spread of the megastore (Maclean's)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Amazon's October attempt at Prime Day falls flat, analysts say (WSJ)
• An activist investor has a garbage plan for Coca-Cola (Semafor)
• Instacart cuts its valuation for a third time to $13 billion (Bloomberg)
• A salt-loving nation tries to shake the habit (WSJ)
• Retailers, brands, and tech platforms bet big on live-streamed shopping in the U.S. (WSJ)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• The state of grocery retail around the world (McKinsey)
• Paying with a credit card will soon cost more as some businesses add transaction fees (Globe and Mail)
• Ben & Jerry's vs Unilever: How a star acquisition became a legal nightmare (FT)
• That reusable Trader Joe's bag. It's rescuing an Indian industry (NYT)
• Look at all the money Cargill made (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Strategy & sunshine (Medium)
• Delivery startup Getir in advanced talks to buy Gorillas (Bloomberg)
• Burger King's new U.S. CEO seeks to restore chain's luster (WSJ)
• The oat milk backlash begins (Eater)
• Processed food was linked to 1970s inflation. Today's health savvy Canadians are finding other cheap options (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Hungry and confused: The winding road to conscious eating (McKinsey)
• 'I am energy': Inside the Bang billionaire's reeling empire (Bloomberg)
• Why don't grocery stores stock the most American fruit (The Atlantic)
• You must respect candy corn (The Atlantic)
• Loblaw puts self-driving delivery trucks on Canadian roads for the first time (Globe and Mail)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Tim Hortons proposes free coffee and doughnuts as settlement for privacy class action lawsuits (Globe and Mail)
• Trader Joe's workers at a Massachusetts store form a union, a milestone in the chain (NYT)
• Instacart aims to go public before year's end, defying a frozen IPO market (WSJ)
• As inventory piles up, liquidation warehouses are busy (NYT)
• Sprite goes green by ditching its green bottle (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Sustainability strategy (Medium)
• How Canada's regulated dairy prices have milked consumers (Globe and Mail)
• Ajinomoto-backed Promasidor said to mull $1.5 billion deal (Bloomberg)
• Black representation in the beauty industry (McKinsey)
• After six years and one pandemic, Matty Matheson's Prime Seafood Palace is finally open (Toronto Life)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Climate sustainability in retail: Who will pay (McKinsey)
• Sustainability in retail is possible - but there is work to be done (BCG)
• Why is it so hard to control our appetites (The Guardian)
• Plant-based meat groups in court battle over taste of their products (FT)
• Edward Iacobucci - The Competition Bureau's approach to the efficiencies defense (CD Howe Institute)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Canadians flocking to food rescue apps to reduce grocery bills and waste (Globe and Mail)
• How to prepare for a sustainable future along the value chain (McKinsey)
• From Target to Supreme, branding's latest obsession is collaboration (Bloomberg)
• Sporting goods 2022: The new normal is here (McKinsey)
• Gorillas set to acquire French rapid delivery startup Frichti (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Larry Fink's Annual 2022 Letter to CEOs (BlackRock)
• Kohl's is urged by Macellum to make changes or explores sale (WSJ)
• Ralph Lauren CEO says metaverse is way to tap into younger customers (CNBC)
• Can anyone satisfy Amazon's demand for electric vehicles (NYT)
• Ikea's climate footprint shrinks from pre-pandemic level despite record sales (Reuters)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• The beloved Filipino tradition that started as a government policy (The Atlantic)
• Retailtainment: A deep dive into the new shopping experiences (Medium)
• How COVID-19 disrupted global value chains (St. Louis Fed)
• Sustainable business went mainstream in 2021 (HBR)
• From the archives (2015): How bad will it get for American Express (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Why managers fear a remote-work future (The Atlantic)
• Do you know where your sweater came from (NYT)
• More people quit to take a new job from an old boss (WSJ)
• How Shein beat Amazon at its own game (Rest of World)
• Shoppers' online choices transform retail (C.D. Howe Institute)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• These online grocers want to make it easy for you to shop sustainably (WSJ)
• Chinese city Dalian halts frozen food trade after COVID-19 cases (Reuters)
• IOT value to accelerate through 2030. Where and how to capture it (McKinsey)
• Mondelez sees online snack-shopping boom lasting beyond pandemic (Bloomberg)
• Food inflation pushes up pot roast prices in Canada (Bloomberg)