Stephan's Monday Picks

• The inside story of the fall of Overstock's mad king (Forbes)
• Amazon has ceded control of its site (WSJ)
• The collective memory of American shoppers (NYT)
• Why everyday is 'National Something Day' (The Atlantic)
• Eataly's Andrea Guerra on the company's Canadian expansion, it's split from Batali and what you should call it (Financial Post)

Stephan's Friday Picks

• LaCroix won the bubble battle, but it's losing the sparkling water war (Bloomberg)
• The Cheesecake Factory is the restaurant America wants, deserves (LA Times)
• Retail divide widens as shoppers seek value and convenience (WSJ)
• Welcome to the promoconomy (NYT)
• From the archives (2014): Our Canadian CEO of the year you've probably never heard of (Globe and Mail)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• How Target managed a big box turnaround (Fortune)
• The hottest thing in food is made of peas, soy, and mung beans (Bloomberg)
• Cereal makers try again to jump start stale sales (WSJ)
• The Popeyes chicken sandwich is here to save America (The New Yorker)
• A Popeyes chicken sandwich and a tactic to set off a Twitter roar (NYT)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Momofuku's secret sauce: A 30-year-old CEO (NYT)
• The Californication of American restaurants (Eater)
• Is sugar toxic? Here's the actual truth about the sweet substance (Inverse)
• The entire west coast goes cage-free on eggs as Oregon signs on (Bloomberg)
• Alberta beef producers say their 'ahead of the curve' as consumers look for sustainable meat (CBC)

Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Is it time to let employees work from anywhere (HBR)
• You're either Team Pulao or Team Biryani (Taste)
• A super sad true chef story (Eater)
• High-end hot pot heats up in the U.S. (Fortune)
• Smart ovens have been turning on overnight and pre-heating to 400 degrees (The Verge)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• If strategy is so important, why don't we make time for it (HBR)
• Four Loko makes hard seltzer now (Grub Street)
• The burger recipe that changed food internet forever (Food52)
• What's fresh in fruit? Grapes that taste like cotton candy and grape soda (WSJ)
• Plastic bags are killing horses and cows across the state. What's Texas to do (Texas Tribune)

Stephan's Friday Picks

• Is Big Soda winning the soft drink wars (Politico)
• A nation awash in cardboard. But for how long (WSJ)
• America has never been so desperate for tomato season (The Atlantic)
• The rise of the virtual restaurant (NYT)
• From the archives (2013): Paul Sobeys' patient and painstaking approach to building an empire (Globe and Mail)