Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Processed foods make a pandemic comeback (NYT)
• 'Mamma Desta' made Ethiopian food an American fascination. So why did fame elude her (Vox)
• Retail landlords in talks on rent relief amid Canada shutdown (Bloomberg)
• Baking bread in Lyon (The New Yorker)
• From the archives (1994): Weston civilization (Vanity Fair)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Grocery store executives get a taste of the hard life on Coronavirus front lines (Financial Post)
• The workers who make American work (NYT)
• Retailers to shoppers - we want you, but in smaller numbers (Fortune)
• Why we crave bread - and where to get it (WSJ)
• Bed Bath & Beyond sues 1-800-FLOWERS for trying to renege on deal over COVID-19 (Reuters)

Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• What stockpiling during the Coronavirus crisis reveals about us (The Guardian)
• Is this the end of influencing as we know it (Vanity Fair)
• Corona beer to halt production amid Coronavirus outbreak (NYT)
• The month Coronavirus felled business (WSJ)
• Grocers implement one-way aisles (Grocery Dive)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• Building an e-commerce business: Lessons on moving fast (McKinsey)
• As supermarkets feel hazardous and sparse, small farms deliver (NYT)
• Factory workers join grocery clerks on front lines (Bloomberg)
• With bars and restaurants closed, boozing at home is booming (Fast Company)
• As e-commerce demand surges, seniors and other vulnerable shoppers are in need of delivery services (Globe and Mail)

Stephan's Friday Picks

• Amazon picks Southern California for second grocery-concept site (Bloomberg)
• Five actions retail supply chains can take to navigate the supply chain pandemic (McKinsey)
• Dean & Deluca files for bankruptcy, still hopes to reopen stores (Bloomberg)
• The Coronavirus delivery pivot is already coming to an end (Eater)
• From the archives (2004):The ketchup conundrum (The New Yorker)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Reinventing the direct-to-consumer business model (HBR)
• Amazon workers face high risks and few options (Wired)
• Bangladesh garment workers face ruin (NYT)
• The return of the barter economy (Bloomberg)
• Amazon auditions to be the 'new Red Cross' (FT)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• How Dave Lewis fixed ailing supermarket giant Tesco (FT)
• How can't-close retailers are keeping workers safe (HBR)
• How to buy luxury products, groceries wholesale amid crisis (Bloomberg)
• Why brands have so little to say during the pandemic (Fast Company)
• Whole Foods delivery workers say Amazon is failing to protect them (The Intercept)