Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Aritzia's new CEO on the retailer's future (Globe and Mail)
• The discount retailer taking over America (Forbes)
• Silk is pitching the next generation of plant-based milk. Why isn't it made in Canada (Financial Post)
• India's protectionist moves spark concerns that rice could be next (Bloomberg)
• Global brands seek clarity on Xinjiang (NYT)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Dollar stores keep passing the buck (WSJ)
• Instacart to slow hiring to focus on profitability ahead of IPO (Bloomberg)
• McDonald's shareholders vote down Carl Icahn's activist board slate (WSJ)
• Gimmicky Gorillas (FT)
• Getir, Zapp join delivery startups cutting staff, consolidating (Bloomberg)

Stephan's Friday Picks

• The tech transformation imperative in retail (McKinsey)
• Advisory firms oppose Shopify proposal to lock in voting stake for CEO Tobias Lutke (Globe and Mail)
• The plant-based future of food doesn't always taste great (Vox)
• Inside Charm Industrial's big bet on corn stalks for carbon removal (MIT Technology Review)
• From the archives (2010): The Bay's Bonnie Brooks' lifelong quest to be the best (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Canada is facing a terrible food crisis, says Michael McCain (Globe and Mail)
• Marketing in the metaverse: Opportunity for experimentation and innovation (McKinsey)
• Gorillas to cut staff in search for profit (Reuters)
• Starbucks to sell juice brand as coffee chain focuses on its stores (WSJ)
• Geographies of grocery shopping in major Canadian cities: Evidence from large-scale mobile app data (School of Cities)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Egypt's bread crisis awakens old fears of political unrest (WSJ)
• Shrinkflation is happening on grocery store shelves. What it is, and how to avoid (CBC)
• In the fresh food business, a middleman can be a good thing (NYT)
• To build supply chain resilience, manage proactively (McKinsey)
• Why has the CPI inflation calculation changed over time (NYT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: The design school advantage (Medium)
• Guy Fieri, elder statesman of Flavortown (NYT)
• As inflation soars, Canadians living on social assistance describe sinking deeper into poverty (Globe and Mail)
• Does your mayo need a mission statement (WSJ)
• Federal NDP's claim of grocery store price gouging doesn't check out (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• The state of grocery in North America (McKinsey)
• Leave the sweatshirt at home. Dining dress codes are coming back (NYT)
• Forget bottles. Cans are here to stay, Ontario beer drinkers (CBC)
• Where's the beef? New lawsuit asks McDonald's and Wendy's that very question (WSJ)
• From the archives (2009): The pragmatic fashionista (Globe and Mail)