Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Management tasks, responsibilities, practices, and playing to win (Medium)
• Why Canadian grocery shoppers are seeing discounts, despite tariffs (Globe and Mail)
• Kroger seeks to shuffle supply chain, sidestep tariffs (WSJ)
• More CEOs are getting fired. Blame FOMO boards (Bloomberg)
• Food beyond sustenance: A conversation with Mars' Shaid Shah (McKinsey)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Hudson's Bay granted creditor protection to restructure its business (Globe and Mail)
• Hudson's Bay anticipates closing about half its 80 stores in restructuring plan (Globe and Mail) 
• Walgreens seals $10 billion take private deal with Sycamore (WSJ)
• Walgreens goes from $100 billion health giant to private equity salvage project (WSJ)
• Couche-Tard holds talks for US shops sale in Seven & i deal (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Canadian Tire launches new $2 billion investment plan (Globe and Mail)
• Kroger gives upbeat outlook while questions swirl around CEO (Bloomberg)
• Starbucks CEO tells workers to step it up after layoffs (WSJ)
• Walmart asks Chinese suppliers for major price cuts on Trump tariffs (Bloomberg)
• From the archives (2022): Canadian Tire spending $3.4 billion over four years to expand products, bolster operations (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• McDonald's gives its restaurants an AI makeover (WSJ)
• Bain is said to be near a deal to buy Seven & i's supermarket assets (Bloomberg)
• KKR, Walmart to sell Japan supermarket Seiyu for $2.5 billion (WSJ)
• Tariffs add a new shock to food supply chains (NYT)
• How Mondelez will sell America on Sour Patch Kids that glow under a blacklight (WSJ)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Monster shrugs off Alani Nu popularity, saying it will hit growth cap (Bloomberg)
• Forget McDonald's. This Chinese fast food chain is now the world's biggest (WSJ)
• The global matcha boom is driving a shortage in Japan (Bloomberg)
• Mountain Equipment Co. faces lawsuit over unpaid bills (Globe and Mail)
• Walmart wants to be something for everyone in a divided America (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Trump says 'no room left' for talks, confirms 25% tariffs on Canada, Mexico to take effect Tuesday (Globe and Mail) 
• Roger Martin: Starbucks and strategic entropy (Medium)
• Seven & i shares fall amid report it may reject buyout offer (Bloomberg)
• Pink gold (Globe and Mail)
• Sycamore nears acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Couche-Tard eyes friendly takeover talks with Seven & i after white knight bid derailed (Globe and Mail)
• How much should an egg really cost (The Atlantic)
• PayPal needs help from its oldest friends - consumers (WSJ)
• What does it take to quit shopping? Mute, delete, and unsubscribe (NYT)
• How to escape Trump's trade trap? Put food first (Globe and Mail)