Stephan's Friday Picks

• The Nordic diet can help you sleep better and live longer (National Geographic)
• How a good old-fashioned boycott got Canadians to trade Kentucky bourbon for Canadian whisky (CBC)
• Ocado ends exclusivity terms after setbacks to Kroger deal (Bloomberg)
• Fast fashion, delivery apps tap India's next billion customers (Bloomberg)
• From the archives (1993): Starbucks to taste New York at last (NYT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• How Starbucks came undone (Slate)
• The year in food (The Atlantic)
• How we'll eat in 2026: More caution, more crunch (NYT)
• How an office romance sparked an overhaul at Nestle (WSJ)
• What it takes to preserve the 355-year-old Hudson's Bay charter (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Strategy & Connoisseurship (Medium)
• Lululemon founder Chip Wilson launches proxy fight for board changes (Globe and Mail)
• Soaring coffee prices are forcing roasters, retailers, and consumers to adapt (Globe and Mail)
• Why a $500 steak dinner only yields a $25 profit (WSJ)
• The United States of Klarna (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Why Sears's last great hope was a promise that never materialized (NYT)
• How Costco won over wine snobs (WSJ)
• Costco earnings show Executive members driving the economy (Quartz)
• Sam's Club is beating Costco at its own game - in China (WSJ)
• Canada's lobster industry caught in a tariff trap (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• The battle for The Bay (Toronto Life)
• You know Panettone. Now meet its rarer, even more difficult cousin (NYT)
• Target, Walmart, Whole Foods targeted in botulism suits (Bloomberg)
• Nestle's Nespresso appoints new North American chief executive (Bloomberg)
• From the archives (1979): The bid to buy Hudson's Bay fought (NYT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• A $600 suckling pig? Wagyu for all? On menus, it's a new gilded age (NYT)
• Jim Beam halts production as whiskey market struggles (NYT)
• Instacart scraps all price tests after customer pushback (WSJ)
• What does Lululemon need: Discipline or inspiration (WSJ)
• Cocoa prices are plunging. Why is chocolate still so expensive (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Tiff Macklem on lessons from the trade war and what risks he sees ahead (Globe and Mail)
• 14-hour shifts and $1 a delivery - but China's army of gig workers keeps growing (WSJ)
• The cracks in Crumbl's cookie empire are showing (Bloomberg)
• Chasing spice and street food in India's pink city (NYT)
• High coffee prices are changing how consumers take their daily brew (Bloomberg)