Stephan's Thursday Picks

• The AI-first consumer products company (BCG)
• Canada's lobster industry is on a roll. But we can't take the good times for granted (Globe and Mail)
• Can cosmetic acupuncture be the new botox (NYT)
• How Warby Parker has kept the price of glasses at $95 for 15 years (WSJ)
• The one feat of leadership Patagonia's founder couldn't pull off (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• The age of AI (Globe and Mail)
• How doodles have become a billion dollar businsess (Bloomberg)
• Nicotine is hot. Beer is not. What vice stocks say about America's guilty pleasures (WSJ)
• Why the minibar vanished. How hotels maximize profit from your stay (WSJ)
• Where new India tariffs could hit. Your kitchen cabinet (NYT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Costco customers shocked after someone drained all the funds from their gift cards (CBC)
• Gen Z wants what you don't want. How to profit from Y2K's comeback (Globe and Mail)
• Prepare to pay more for your morning coffee, mocha, or matcha latte (Globe and Mail)
• Ozempic is shrinking appetites. Restaurants are shrinking their food (NYT)
• Sweetgreen nixes fries that sought to 'redefine' fast food (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• The man who would save fro-yo (NYT)
• American consumers are getting thrifty again (WSJ)
• For London's blockbuster Indian restaurants, New York is next (NYT)
• The robots are taking over your food delivery (WSJ)
• M&Ms owner turns to gene editing in bid to secure cocoa supply (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Meat is back at Eleven Madison Park, after four vegan years (NYT)
• Is it cake or is it salad (NYT)
• The South African businessman who turned Le Creuset into commercial gold (WSJ)
• Starbucks struggles to find a new identity in cutthroat China (Bloomberg)
• From the archives (2022): What's on Will Guidara's plate (WSJ)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• The brutal trade-off that will decide the future of food (Vox)
• How the right operating model can fix a strategy that falls short (McKinsey)
• Amazon to offer same-day grocery delivery in 2,300 cities (Bloomberg)
• Walmart expands 10% employee discount to groceries (WSJ)
• Metro's third quarter results fall short of estimates as Buy Canadian trend begins to lose steam (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Forget back to office, let's focus on back to the restaurant (Globe and Mail)
• The Home Depot doubles down on data science (Wired)
• American orange juice exports to Canada get squeezed (Globe and Mail)
• U.S. inflation held steady at 2.7% in July (WSJ)
• China escalates Canada trade spat with more levies (Bloomberg)