Wednesday, 12 October 2022

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

  • Roger Martin: Strategy & sunshine (Medium)
  • Delivery startup Getir in advanced talks to buy Gorillas (Bloomberg)
  • Burger King's new U.S. CEO seeks to restore chain's luster (WSJ)
  • The oat milk backlash begins (Eater)
  • Processed food was linked to 1970s inflation. Today's health savvy Canadians are finding other cheap options (Globe and Mail)

Tuesday, 11 October 2022

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

  • Hungry and confused: The winding road to conscious eating (McKinsey)
  • 'I am energy': Inside the Bang billionaire's reeling empire (Bloomberg)
  • Why don't grocery stores stock the most American fruit (The Atlantic)
  • You must respect candy corn (The Atlantic)
  • Loblaw puts self-driving delivery trucks on Canadian roads for the first time (Globe and Mail)

Friday, 7 October 2022

 Stephan's Friday Picks

  • Loblaw expects e-commerce grocery shopping to 'grow significantly' (Globe and Mail)
  • Costco not ready to cut prices as commodity, shipping costs fall (WSJ)
  • House committee to probe big grocers' profits, prolonging industry's PR problem (Financial Post)
  • Mint chocolate on fried chicken? A food craze has everyone taking sides (WSJ)
  • From the archives (1991): Tracking Robert Campeau's spectacular fall (Maclean's)

Thursday, 6 October 2022

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

  • Why everyone is suddenly slamming energy drinks (WSJ)
  • Butter boards are spreading across TikTok (NYT)
  • Retail real estate is enjoying its biggest revival in years (WSJ)
  • Liquid Death water startup valued at $700 million (Bloomberg)
  • What will management look like in the next 100 years (HBR)

Wednesday, 5 October 2022

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

  • Roger Martin: Owner economics and strategy (Medium)
  • F.D.A moves to change 'healthy' food definition (NYT)
  • Americans struggle with high food prices (WSJ)
  • Amazon freezes corporate hiring in its retail business (NYT)
  • Unilever urged to seek outside chief after Alan Jope tenure (FT)

Tuesday, 4 October 2022

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

  • Why bosses should ask employees to do less - not more (WSJ)
  • Backing Lindt, Swiss court orders Lidl to 'destroy' its chocolate bunnies (NYT)
  • Indigo's new CEO plans to sell $450 pizza ovens and collagen face mists at the bookstore (Globe and Mail)
  • Useless meetings waste time and $100 million a year at big companies (Bloomberg)
  • Our food system could have been so different (The Atlantic)

Monday, 3 October 2022

 Stephan's Monday Picks

  • What is inflation (McKinsey)
  • How about them apples? Research orchards chart a fruit's future (NYT)
  • Why plant-based meat's sizzle fizzled in the U.S. (The Guardian)
  • Unilever CEO Jope to retire at end of 2023 after GSK setback (Bloomberg)
  • Kroger announces 2022 fall food trends (Kroger)