Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• The economy is experiencing an epic collapse in demand (NYT)
• Ikea can't open stores fast enough after flubbing online (WSJ)
• The end of minimalism (The Atlantic)
• AstraZeneca eyes Gilead in Big Pharma's move beyond Covid (Bloomberg)
• Artizia weathers the COVID-19 storm with increase in e-commerce orders (Globe and Mail)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• Brooks Bros., 'Made in America' since 1818, may soon need a new calling card (NYT)
• What Ben & Jerry's is doing for social justice (Bloomberg)
• Justice department issues subpoenas to beef-processing giants (WSJ)
• Buyout firm Sycamore Partners in talks to buy J.C. Penney (Reuters)
• The Americans who took risks trucking produce to Canada (CBC)

Stephan's Friday Picks

• Finding euphoria in Bangkok's food scene (NYT)
• The sickness in our food supply (New York Review of Books)
• Coffee empire JAB eyes Compassion First pet hospitals (Bloomberg)
• Restauranteur Grant van Gameren on the future of Toronto's food scene (Toronto Life)
• From the archives (2004): Lidl halts plan for Canadian grocery chain (Globe and Mail)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Driverless tractors are getting read for harvest season (Bloomberg)
• How to re-engineer your business for safety (HBR)
• Walmart pushes forward with new HQ plans (Fortune)
• Pilgrim's Pride chief executive accused of price fixing (NYT)
• Brands have nothing real to say about racism (The Atlantic)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Will food companies newfound fortune last (WSJ)
• It's not just flour flying off the shelves. Popcorn seed orders are exploding (CBC)
• Retailers wrestle with mountains of unsold stock (Reuters)
• Nestle loses fight with Impossible Foods over meatless burger branding (WSJ)
• Welcome to the United States of Amazon (Tortoise)

Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• A hidden origin story of the CBD craze (NYT)
• Dining in the post-virus era (Bloomberg)
• Behind the fall of China's Luckin' Coffee (WSJ)
• Amazon profits from the price gouging it says it is trying to stamp out (Quartz)
• As pandemic hobbles retailers, HBC fights department store headwinds (Globe and Mail)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• Amazon's big breakdown (NYT)
• Wegmans pampered its shoppers. Now it has to protect them (WSJ)
• Uber-Grubhub deal hinges on breakup fee (Bloomberg)
• Dollar chains expect robust demand as shoppers brace for recession (Reuters)
• Restaurants are barely surviving. Delivery apps will kill them (Washington Post)