Best of Pax Westona: February 2019

• White gold: The unstoppable rise of alternative milks (The Guardian)
• The surprising value of obvious insights (MIT SMR)
• Omnichannel grocery is open for business - and ready to grow (Bain)
• Retail is broken. Angela Ahrendts has a plan (Vogue)
• Soggy fries vs. sagging profits: Restaurants face delivery dilemma (WSJ)
• Why progressive pricing is becoming a competitive necessity (BCG)
• How US grocers are standing up to Europe's hard discounters (Bain)
• America at work: A national mosaic and roadmap for tomorrow (Walmart)
• Inside Elizabeth Holmes's chilling final days at Theranos (Vanity Fair)
• Stitch Fix's radical data-driven way to sell clothes is reinventing retail (Fast Company)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• The right way to lead design thinking (HBR)
• Target is inviting other retailers to join its website (CNBC)
• Big Money joins fight against $1 trillion in wasted food (Bloomberg)
• Your avocados and olives are pricier because fat is in fashion (WSJ)
• How Tim Hortons plans to stick-handle its way into the Chinese market (Globe and Mail)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• How the world got hooked on palm oil (The Guardian)
• How girl scout cookies captured the heart of America (Vox)
• In the Canadian natural foods business, experts say small is big (CBC)
• Bud's Super Bowl ad threatens to derail beer alliance (WSJ)
• Amazon appoints former Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi to board (Bloomberg)

Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Meat is a big climate issue. What about dairy (NYT)
• The race to make the warmest winter clothes (Vox)
• The last fish shack on the river (The Bitter Southerner)
• Inside IKEA's strategy to stay relevant as consumers change (WSJ)
• Microsoft continues march into grocery stores with Albertsons partnership (The Spoon)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• Kraft Heinz stock plunges as tastes change and S.E.C investigation begins (NYT)
• The life story of your supermarket chicken (WSJ)
• Henkel goes vegan to revive beauty business (Reuters)
• Instacart delivers groceries, but detaches us from our food (Wired)
• Door Dash raises $400M, now valued at $7.1 billion (Tech Crunch)

Stephan's Friday Picks

• America at work: A national mosaic and roadmap for tomorrow (Walmart)
• Inside Elizabeth Holmes's chilling final days at Theranos (Vanity Fair)
• Stitch Fix's radical data-driven way to sell clothes is reinventing retail (Fast Company)
• The tragic side of Tide Pods (Fortune)
• From the archives (2016): Parcel delivery: The future of last mile (McKinsey)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Sainsbury's-Asda deal in jeopardy as UK regulator condemns plan (Reuters)
• Egg-free mayo startup Just seeks $200 million in funding (Bloomberg)
• Lab-grown meat could be worse for the environment than beef (MIT Technology Review)
• Pepsi buys Muscle Milk in new CEO's first move (Bloomberg)
• Out of the way human! Delivery robots want a share of your sidewalk (Scientific American)