Stephan's Monday Picks

• Agriculture ministers to examine grocery retailers' fees charged to suppliers (Globe and Mail)
• What transporting ice cream across the country teaches us about vaccine logistics (CBC)
• Black Friday hints at chaotic shopping period to come (Globe and Mail)
• HBC's big plan to survive Covid may be to go small (CBC)
• Shoppers who shun credit cards will still borrow $20 for candy (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• The joylessness of cooking (The New Yorker)
• Federal watchdog voices 'concern' over big grocers removal of $2 wage bonus (Financial Post)
• Empire reinstates bonus pay for workers in lockdown regions (Globe and Mail)
• John Pecman: Let the market manage food delivery pricing (C.D. Howe Institute)
• From the archives (1992): The names game  (Maclean's)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Can Shopify compete with Amazon without becoming Amazon (NYT Magazine)
• Four reasons the stay-at-home economy is here to stay (WSJ)
• McCormick buys Cholula hot sauce for $800 million (Eater)
• Cheese giant enters standoff with Canadian supermarkets over fines (Financial Post)
• Cargill's CEO on preventing Covid-19 from disrupting the food supply (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Chocolate makers are having a hard time cutting down on sugar (WSJ)
• Why Hudson Bay's unpaid rent puts landlords in a difficult position (Globe and Mail)
• A day in the life of an Amazon warehouse worker (WSJ)
• As customers move online, so does the holiday shopping season (NYT)
• Amazon's $3,000 signing bonuses irk workers who got $10 coupons (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Strategy as a practice (Medium)
• Amazon primes for another happy holiday and prosperous New Year (Bain)
• Your next favourite restaurant might not be a restaurant (Bloomberg)
• Coupon-clipping fades into history as Covid-19 accelerates digital shift (WSJ)
• Loblaw tests driverless technology in delivery network (Globe and Mail)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• America just can't get enough Lysol (Bloomberg)
• Instalment payment services for online shopping come to Canada (CBC)
• Panic buying returns on Covid jump (Bloomberg)
• Retailers cut back on choices (WSJ)
• Heather Reisman: Canadian bookstores are essential, now more than ever (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Chewy is having a great 2020 as pet care surges during the pandemic (Bloomberg)
• Will the pandemic reshape landmark high streets across Canada (Globe and Mail)
• Virus cases rise, but hazard pay for retail workers doesn't (NYT)
• TJX launches online platform as Coronavirus persists (WSJ)
• From the archives (1985): The fall of Black's Dominion (Maclean's)