Best of Pax Westona: June 2018

• The world's most ruthless food startup (Inc)
• Amazon, the brand buster (NYT)
• Alibaba v. Tencent: The battle for supremacy (Fortune)
• The leader's calendar (HBR)
• The tequila gold rush (WSJ)
• The new model for consumer goods (McKinsey)
• Grocery chains are being squeezed from all sides (WSJ)
• Meet the 'million-dollar palate' behind a flood of new foods (NYT)
• Agile to the rescue in consumer goods (BCG)
• Toys 'R' Us didn't have to die (Bloomberg)

Stephan's Friday Picks

• The world's most ruthless food startup (Inc)
• 'Cash is just grief': Why shops and bars want to make you pay by card (The Guardian)
• Chobani reclaims control of its finances (NYT)
• How many versions of a product to customers really want (HBR)
• From the archives (2009): Game changer in retailing, bar code turns 35 (NYT)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Is America ready to love cottage cheese again (NYT)
• Subscription box market faces fatigue (AdAge)
• The SEC has had its own questions about La Croix (WSJ)
• McDonalds wants to win breakfast by selling the best part of the muffin (Bloomberg)
• Welcome to Blaine, the town Amazon Prime built (The Verge)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Walmart-led blockchain effort seeks farm-to-grocery-aisle view of food supply chain (WSJ)
• Texas' favourite grocery store HEB opens taco restaurant (Eater)
• Former Toys 'R' Us CEO working on the retailers reboot (Bloomberg)
• Amazon's fashion service is now available to all Prime members (Recode)
• Conagra to buy Pinnacle for $8.1 billion to add frozen foods (Bloomberg)

Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Short of workers, fast-food restaurants turn to robots (WSJ)
• The Casino Groupe and L'Oreal France unveil 'le drugstore parisien' (Groupe Casino)
• French group Danone's venture capital fund eyes 20-25 deals by 2025 (Reuters)
• Where have all of America's truck drivers gone (Bloomberg)
• San Francisco restaurants can't afford waiters so they're putting diners to work (NYT)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• Amazon, the brand buster (NYT)
• Alibaba v. Tencent: The battle for supremacy (Fortune)
• Will Emergen-C keep me from getting sick (The Cut)
• Molson Coors the latest beermaker to consider adding buds to suds (Bloomberg)
• The company beating Amazon in grocery delivery (WSJ)

Stephan's Friday Picks

• The leader's calendar (HBR)
• Can't anyone here cook anymore (WSJ)
• How Amazon became one of Washington's most powerful players (WSJ)
• General Mills bets on yogurt with less sugar to spur growth (Bloomberg)
• From the archives (2016): Why La Croix sparkling water is suddenly everywhere (Vox)