Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Amazon dedicates team to train ambitious AI model codenamed 'Olympus' (Reuters)
• Indigo reports $22.4 million second quarter loss as consumers pull back (Globe and Mail)
• Shein targets up to $90 billion valuation in US IPO (Bloomberg)
• How Germany got hooked on Canadian maple syrup (Globe and Mail)
• Aldi and Lidl are now just as middle class as other UK grocers (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Amazon's drones are delivering cans of soup (NYT)
  
• It's time to define your company's principles (HBR)
• What is Erewhon? The strange history of the LA cult grocer (The Cut)
• Disney hires veteran Pepsico finance chief Hugh Johnston as CFO (CNBC)
• Innovative growers: A view from the top (McKinsey)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: The work and workings of leadership teams (Medium)
• Retailers brace for drop in holiday spending as stretched Canadian consumers pull back (Globe and Mail)
• All stores want for Christmas is the right amount of stuff (WSJ)
• Companies are a lot more willing to raise prices - and it's making inflation worse (CBC)
• LVMH to buy eyewear brand favoured by the stars (WSJ)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Sweet tasting proteins could be the cure for your diet soda habit (proto.lite)
• Restaurant industry facing bleak outlook, as costs mount even faster than skyrocketing prices (CBC)
• Jeff Bezos urged Amazon to flood search results with junk ads, FTC alleges (CNBC)
• Starbucks gets U.S. sales bump as Pumpkin Spice Latte returns (Reuters)
• No tip for your delivery driver? Then be prepared to wait, DoorDash says (NYT)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Where is the brand growth potential? An examination of buyer groups (Byron Sharp)
• 10 things I know about food - that people don't want to believe (Washington Post)
• The 'Ozempic effect' on Wall Street has gone overboard (WSJ)
• Years into a climate disaster, these people are eating the unthinkable (Washington Post)
• From the archives (2010): How Sobeys is taking on Loblaw (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• AB InBev beats forecast, but Bud Light boycott continues to hit U.S. revenues (CNBC)
• Why pharmacy workers at CVS and Walgreens are protesting (NYT)
• Chains are using theft to mask other issues, report says (CNN)
• Canadian Tire buys back stake in financial services arm of Bank of Nova Scotia for $895 million (Globe and Mail)
• The junk is winning (The Atlantic)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Why Aldi is the fastest-growing grocer in the U.S. (WSJ)
• The power of partnership: How the CEO-CMO relationship can drive outsized growth (McKinsey)
• The apple-picking apocalypse of upstate New York (NYT)
• Sainsbury's declares it is winning back Aldi and Lidl customers (The Guardian)
• Instacart's delicious little secret (The Information)