Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: How Brands Grow & Playing to Win (Medium)
• Shein and Temu ramp up war for U.S. shoppers (WSJ)
• The rise and fall of Bud Light (The Atlantic)
• The perils of highly processed food (The New Yorker)
• A multi-lens approach to finding growth in consumer brands (McKinsey)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Metro grocery stores in the GTA close as workers go on strike (Globe and Mail)
• Shein is trying to take on Amazon. Some say it should clean up its own act instead (CBC)
• Inside Walmart's warehouse of the future (WSJ)
• Influencers built up this wellness startup - until they started getting sick (Bloomberg)
• That cool, new bookstore? It's a Barnes & Noble (WSJ)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Maximum Canada is happening (Noahpinion)
• In defense of middle management (McKinsey)
• Shopify goes all in on artificial intelligence as it launches new tools for users, automates workforce (Globe and Mail)
• New Zealand's fruit-rich ice cream gets a sugary American makeover (NYT)
• From the archives (2020): Why Sarah Davis is the president Loblaw needs now (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Unilever says inflation has peaked as sales growth accelerates (FT)
• A soap maker cracks the code for 'made in America' (WSJ)
• Shoppers sound off on retailers' anti-theft tactics (CBC)
• It's so hot, they're growing mangoes in Italy (WSJ)
• Loblaw tops analysts estimates as rising grocery prices still outpace inflation (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• A decade ago, Jeff Bezos bought a newspaper. Now, he's paying attention to it again (NYT)
• For a more equitable world, should we give up cheap bananas (Globe and Mail)
• 'Skimpflation': How supermarkets reduce the quality of what you buy (The Guardian)
• Why Walmart is trouncing Amazon in the grocery wars (The Economist)
• From pasta to bread, Canada aims to put protein from pulses in everyday foods (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: How to thwart strategy masquerades (Medium)
• Why Michelin-starred restaurants are putting 'millets' on the menu this year (Bloomberg)
• How Modelo beat Bud Light after a decade of transformation (NYT)
• End of the bartender? The UK vending machine pouring pints for the masses (The Guardian)
• What Jose Andres's lab-grown chicken tastes like (Vox)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• A funeral for fish and chips: Why are Britain's chippies disappearing (The Guardian)
• Why is Switzerland - of all places - importing so much cheese (NYT)
• Why businesses can't stop asking for tips (WSJ)
• Accelerating retail personalization at scale (MIT Technology Review)
• Amazon is asking some workers to relocate, return to 'main hub' offices (WSJ)