Stephan's Friday Picks

• Amazon is turning grocery picking gig workers into Whole Foods employees (CNBC)
• Making Ukrainian pierogi roots me to my family tree (Washington Post)
• The gold rush for India's superapp (Fortune)
• McCain foods halts plans for Russia plant (Globe and Mail)
• From the archives (1976): Entenmann's keeps focus on quality (NYT)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Once obscured in the U.S, Lao cooks share and celebrate their cuisine (NYT)
• Welcome to Only Fans for the food world (Vanity Fair)
• Bacon, gas, and essentials. Where Americans have noticed inflation (NYT)
• How to compete with Shein (BoF)
• Amazon jumps on stock split, plan to buy back up to $10 billion (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• New Zealand supermarkets given three years to boost competition (Bloomberg)
• How war in Ukraine drives up inflation at U.S. farms and supermarkets (WSJ)
• Kohl's plans to open smaller shops and aims to make Sephora a $2 billion business (CNBC)
• Lululemon, which grew rapidly in pandemic, will soon offer shoes (NYT)
• Amazon acquires Veeqo, a startup that helps companies manage their business online (CNBC)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Corporate vs business unit strategy (Medium)
• Chewy co-founder Ryan Cohen takes large stake in Bed, Bath & Beyond, pushes for changes (WSJ)
• Ryan Cohen's letter to the Board (RC Ventures)
• Uniqlo owner pledges to stay in Russia as wave of companies exit (Bloomberg)
• The Navy SEAL-ification of Nerf (Intelligencer)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Amazon under investor pressure over tax transparency (FT)
• Autonomous supply chain planning for consumer goods companies (McKinsey)
• Why we need to expand our crop menu (BBC)
• The US is experiencing a food renaissance (Quartz)
• How the home pantry get cheffy (Eater)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• There's not enough extra Canadian wheat to fill global shortfall (Bloomberg)
• First The Gap, then chain drugstores and branch banks. Now comes the next retail cycle: Nothing (Curbed)
• Amazon set to close bookstores, other shops in shift to grocery and fashion (WSJ)
• Grocery prices rise in UK at fastest rate in eight years (The Guardian)
• From the archives (2017): Customer loyalty is overrated (HBR)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Have we reached peak plant milk? Not even close (NYT)
• Walmart pushes new delivery services for a post-pandemic world (WSJ)
• Edward Lampert retires as Seritage chair as REIT explores options (Bloomberg)
• Bank of Canada raises policy interest rate (Bank of Canada)
• Five ways to adapt pricing to inflation (McKinsey)