Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Strategic breadcrumb spacing (Medium)
• A nationwide baby formula shortage worsens (NYT)
• Rogers, Shaw vow to fight competition watchdog's plan to block deal (Globe and Mail)
• Is the Dirty Shirley the drink of the summer (NYT)
• How restaurants are hacking the food delivery system (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Climate sustainability in retail: Who will pay (McKinsey)
• Sustainability in retail is possible - but there is work to be done (BCG)
• Why is it so hard to control our appetites (The Guardian)
• Plant-based meat groups in court battle over taste of their products (FT)
• Edward Iacobucci - The Competition Bureau's approach to the efficiencies defense (CD Howe Institute)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Fast, cheap, and out of control. Inside Shein's rise (Wired)
• When you live in remote Alaska, your Doordash order comes by plane (Food & Wine)
• Makers of Dawn dish soap, Heinz Ketchup, Clorox, boost defenses against store brand rivals (Reuters)
• Quebec maple syrup company Bernard & Fils aims to tap into global market with Bain Capital's takeover (Globe and Mail)
• From the archives (2000): The tire queen gets a flat (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Michael McCain steps down as CEO of Maple Leaf Foods (Globe and Mail)
• Carl Icahn pushes McDonald's to expand meatless options (Bloomberg)
• Macy's is betting even bigger on smaller stores (WSJ)
• Loblaw profit jumps nearly 40 percent even as inflation drives up costs (Globe and Mail)
• How some big grocery chains ensure that food deserts remain barren (The Counter)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• The era of cheap and plenty may be ending (NYT)
• Facing a wheat crisis, countries race to remake an entire supply chain on the fly (WSJ)
• Shopify earnings outlook sinks as ecommerce worries mount (Globe and Mail)
• The art of the possible in ecommerce and beyond (McKinsey)
• Uber partners with Tesco for fast grocery delivery in the U.K. (Bloomberg)

Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Getting it done (Medium)
• Navigating inflation: A playbook for CEOs (McKinsey)
• Instacart searches for a direction as its pandemic boom fades (NYT)
• For Instacart shoppers, the job is getting harder, slower (WSJ)
• Hershey CEO Michele Buck on empowering internal change agents (HBR)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Mattel has held talks with buyout firms (WSJ)
• Vietnamese restaurants reach for fast-food success (NYT)
• The next horizon for grocery e-commerce: Beyond the pandemic bump (McKinsey)
• Convenience store giants Couche-Tard, EG Group in deal talks (WSJ)
  
• Toronto's first family of cheese (Toronto Life)