Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Barnes & Noble is sold to hedge fund after tumultuous year (NYT)
• A short rant about yogurt (Taste)
• Fitness clubs spawn urban clusters of juice bars, spas (WSJ)
• Save our food. Free the seed (NYT)
• Alcohol companies pander to millennials with focus on wellness (Eater)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• Disruption starts with unhappy customers, not technology (HBR)
• Germany's Aldi enters tough China market (FT)
• Walmart employees will soon deliver groceries directly into your fridge (The Verge)
• Hot trend: Spicy sauces are on fire (WSJ)
• As Walmart turns to robots, it's the human workers that feel like machines (Washington Post)

Stephan's Friday Picks

• New seafood substitute tastes as fishy as it sounds (WSJ)
• The plant-based burger has finally been perfected. What's next (Globe and Mail)
• Amazon to begin delivering packages by drone 'within months' (FT)
• Lowville had lots of water. Then string cheese came along (WSJ)
• From the archives (1998): Fickle finger of fat: Nabisco gives in as consumers shun Snackwell's, demanding taste (NYT)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• More Americans are living solo, and companies want their business (WSJ)
• Fears grow over 'food swamps' as drugstores outsell major grocers (The Guardian)
• Carrefour says blockchain tracking boosting sales of some products (Reuters)
• Everyone loves pizza, including VCs (Crunchbase)
• Fast food embraces meatless burgers, but there aren't enough to go around (WSJ)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• CVS wants to make your drugstore your doctor (Fortune)
• Amazon's plan to move in to your next house before you do (WSJ)
• Malaysia aims to cash in on China's durian craze (NPR)
• The high price of cheap coffees (Sydney Morning Herald)
• Virgil Abloh's new Nike store is a peek at the future of retail (Fast Company)

Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• How analytics are creating a steak renaissance (Bloomberg)
• The big 'Forgotten Coast' oyster crawl (The Bitter Southerner)
• Amazon didn't cripple Bed Bath & Beyond. Its own leaders did (WSJ)
• Catering to China's diverse appetites (McKinsey)
• Banned bread: Why does the US allow additives that Europe says are unsafe (The Guardian)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• Making billions at the dollar store (Fortune)
• How a cosmetics giant reaches consumers (McKinsey)
• How our addiction to big beef is ruining our planet (Wired)
• Godfather of French retail bets on Casino pulling through (FT)
• Where to find the best rotisserie chicken in Tampa Bay. An ode to the most adaptable food item (Tampa Bay Times)