Stephan's Friday Picks

• Plant-based food companies expand, with consumers hungry for more (NYT)
• Making the great attrition the great attraction (McKinsey)
• Vast expansion in aid kept food insecurity from growing last year (NYT)
• Redrawing Asia's consumer map (McKinsey)
• From the archives (2019): The man who discovered umami (BBC)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• How eating out has changed, from the menu to the tip (NYT)
• $10B battle for Morrisons goes to auction (Reuters)
• The long game of DTC and e-commerce (McKinsey)
• What makes us love the pain of hot peppers (WSJ)
• The clever science behind frozen ramen (BBC)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Roger Martin: The battle for the soul of strategy (Medium)
• Ikea is launching a furniture buy-back program (Fast Company)
• Instacart goes deeper into digital advertising as grocery delivery slows (WSJ)
• Wittington Ventures: Food loss and waste - Part I (Medium)
• U.S. grocers prepare for possible snack shortages as Mondelez workers strike (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Amazon CEO unveils 55,000 tech jobs in his first hiring push (Reuters)
• Walmart to offer grocery delivery to parts of New York City (WSJ)
• Ben Dugan works for CVS. His job is battling a $45 billion crime spree (WSJ)
• Couche-Tard struggling to find enough staff as COVID-19 resurgence looms (Globe and Mail)
• McDonald's McFlurry machine is broken (again). Now the FTC is on it (WSJ)

Stephan's Friday Picks

• Understanding the ever-evolving, always-surprising consumer (McKinsey)
• Dumpster diving for discount desserts behind the Entenmann's outlet (Food & Wine)
• Marc Lore wants to build a utopian megalopolis (Bloomberg)
• The new status fridge is a hidden from view (NYT)
• From the archives (2019): Home Depot's CFO on how the retail giant returned to health (WSJ)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• The shy sisters behind Austin's breakout breakfast tacos (NYT)
• Gap expands Athleta athleisure brand into Canada in first move outside U.S. (Globe and Mail)
• Americans are stocking up on toilet paper again (WSJ)
• Grocery store sticker shock hits consumers as drought takes toll on crops (CBC)
• Ending prices with '.99' can backfire on sellers (Ohio State)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Yandex buys Uber out of food delivery, self-driving venture (Bloomberg)
• Private equity companies all want the same thing: British companies (NYT)
• Starbucks workers in Buffalo seek union vote (NYT)
• Allbirds files for IPO, reveals losses (CNBC)
• Online bed enthusiasts are making DIY mattresses (Vice)