Best of Pax Westona: March 2020

• There's an entire industry dedicated to making foods crispy, and it is wild (Bon Appetit)
• How the 'New Nordic' is reshaping the food world (The Guardian)
• Planet plastic (Rolling Stone)
• Why restaurants are closing (The Counter)
• Get ready for the second order effects of the new DNVB economy (Medium)
• Why all the Warby Parker clones are now imploding (Marker)
• Working wonders (MIT Technology Review)
• How Jose Andres plans to feed the world during the COVID-19 pandemic (Time)
• The autopsy of the experience economy (Nemesis)
• Inside the story of how H-E-B planned for the pandemic (Texas Monthly)

Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Who knew grocery shopping could be so stressful (NYT)
• As online orders surge, grocers struggle to deliver (Globe and Mail)
• Amazon workers to strike at New York site on virus concerns (Bloomberg)
• Instacart's gig workers are planning a massive, nationwide strike (Vice)
• BC town vows to look after U.S. neighbours during pandemic (CBC)

Stephan's Monday Picks

• Should we still go shopping online (NYT)
• Amazon is struggling to pay workers in quarantine (The Atlantic)
• Britain's lockdown is a bonanza for grocers, unless they flub it (Bloomberg)
• The autopsy of the experience economy (Nemesis)
• Inside the story of how H-E-B planned for the pandemic (Texas Monthly)

Stephan's Friday Picks

• How Jose Andres plans to feed the world during the COVID-19 pandemic (Time)
• This would be a really good time for food delivery robots (Slate)
• Amazon's new 'essential items' policy is devastating sellers (Wired)
• Coronavirus upends trucking networks, with heavy one-way flows (WSJ)
• From the archives (2009): Why Maureen Sabia is such a corporate power player (Globe and Mail)

Stephan's Thursday Picks

• By the numbers: COVID-19's devastating impact on the restaurant industry (Eater)
• Defending retail against the Coronavirus (Bain)
• Grocers stopped stockpiling food. Then came the Coronavirus (WSJ)
• Grocery stores are the Coronavirus tipping point (The Atlantic)
• Could synthetic fish be a better catch of the day (BBC)

Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• A boom time for the bean industry (NYT)
• Gig economy workers are our new first responders (Slate)
• Guns, groceries, and news: What sells during a pandemic - and what doesn't (WSJ)
• When stocking grocery shelves turns dangerous (NYT)
• Novelty mugs are the only mugs I want to drink coffee out of (Bon Appetit)

Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Amazon is looking to purchase four Fairway stores (Grub Street)
• The face of Houston's diverse dining scene is a white guy from Nebraska (NYT)
• Americans are stocking up on 'comfort booze' (Bloomberg)
• How not to be a jerk when ordering groceries during a pandemic (Vox)
• Re-think your relationship with your vendors (HBR)