Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Why everyone is talking about food inflation (FT)
• Canadian companies serve growing appetites for eating local (Globe and Mail)
• Nestle bows out of imitative to reduce dairy's climate impact (Bloomberg)
• Amazon Pharmacy to launch electronic kiosks for prescriptions at One Medical locations (Reuters)
• N.B. seafood processor fined record $1 million for breaking temporary worker program rules (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Startups are eating Big Food's lunch (WSJ)
• It's time to rethink the workplace meeting (Globe and Mail)
• Sharpie found a way to make pens more cheaply - by manufacturing them in the US (WSJ)
• Why did Walmart just buy a shopping mall (NYT)
• We need to worry more about Canada's economic growth (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Revisiting my definition of strategy (Medium)
• Why America's fridges are overflowing with sauce (Bloomberg)
• GenAI gives retailers an edge over suppliers (BCG)
• Starbucks' roller coaster week of job costs and store closures (WSJ)
• Craft breweries struggle as sales and appetites wane (NYT)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Amazon launches brand aimed at deal-conscious shoppers (Bloomberg)
• Loblaw piloted ultra hard discount stores in Ontario. A year later, most are closing down (CBC)
• The latest little luxury: Fancier, fattier butter (Bloomberg)
• Meet Costco's newest customers - young people on the hunt for deals and trending products (CBC)
• The chocolate world's biggest supplier faces a shakeup (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Ottawa weighs greater retail access for U.S. dairy industry (Globe and Mail)
• The rise of drive-through U.S. coffee chains with a need for speed (FT) 
• Amazon's stock appeal hit by intensifying cloud competition (Bloomberg)
• Walmart steps up automation with labour-saving sensors (FT)
• From the archives (2017): The many failings of Canada's supply management system are government's problem, not farmers (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• McDonald's quest to reclaim biggest restaurant title starts in Texas (Bloomberg)
• DoorDash unveils Dot, its autonomous robot built to deliver your food (TechCrunch)
• Tesco's edge in UK grocery wars in the spotlight after 40% rally (Bloomberg)
• In nod to MAHA, Walmart ditches dyes, other artificial ingredients in food brands (WSJ)
• Maple Leaf Foods spins off its pork business to focus on high-protein goods (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• 'Struggle meals' and Hamburger Helper are trending because food is so expensive (CBC)
• Uber sees non-takeout deliveries becoming a $12.5 billion business (Bloomberg)
• The world's 50 best restaurants in North America (NYT)
• As unemployment rises, the promise of a grocery store job lures hundreds (CBC)
• Chinese retailer Miniso jumps on collectible toys train spinoff (WSJ)