Stephan's Friday Picks

• Why it's so hard to get a restaurant reservation right now (The Atlantic)
• CEOs can't solve our biggest problem with return to office: commuting (Bloomberg)
• Morrisons profits plunge 50% after 'unprecedented' inflation (The Guardian)
• General Mills backs GrubMarket at more than $2 billion valuation (Bloomberg)
• From the archives (1930): Has the chain grocery store come to stay (Maclean's)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• How China targets the global fish supply (NYT)
• Founder of Paramount Fine Foods locked in legal battle with investors over the future of the company (Globe and Mail)
• Aldi's UK profits fall but chain says customers 'are switching to it in droves' (The Guardian)
• Best Buy, Home Depot lock up goods to fight theft (WSJ)
• Amazon's robots are getting closer to replacing human hands (Vox)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Shutting down losers (Medium)
• Incentives: The most powerful force in the world (Collaborative Fund)
• Is Silicon Valley coming for farm workers jobs (The Guardian)
• Lots of food gets tossed. These apps let you buy it, cheap (NYT)
• Why Jack Welch wouldn't cut it today (Institutional Investor)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Amazon routinely hired dangerous trucking companies, with deadly consequences (WSJ)
• Lidl raises pay above Aldi for UK staff as cost of living soars (Bloomberg)
• The family that built a ballpark nachos monopoly (The Hustle)
• The restaurant industry is broken (Toronto Life)
• Food Barons 2022 (ETC Group)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Costco sales rise as inflation continues to weigh on consumers (WSJ)
• Activist investor pushes Kohl's to oust its CEO and chairman (CNBC)
• Jana Partners has nearly 10% stake in Freshpet, sources say (WSJ)
• Why India's small sellers still don't trust Amazon (Rest of World)
• The YouTube baker fighting back against deadly 'craft hacks' (MIT Technology Review)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• 2022 Digital Commerce Ecosystem Map (Fire Ant)
• How the apparel industry can ADAPT to inflation (McKinsey)
• 'Big four no more': Where now for UK grocers as Aldi overtakes Morrisons (The Guardian)
• Canada's inflation rate eases to 7% in August as gas prices fall but food costs continue to climb (Globe and Mail)
• From the archives (2008): Making Loblaw the Best Again (Loblaw)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Still feeling good: The U.S. wellness market continues to boom (McKinsey)
• Couche-Tard, stymied on deals, goes on food marketing push (Bloomberg)
• Nordstrom adopts poison pill after Mexican retailer buys stake (WSJ)
• For New Yorkers, 6pm is the new 8pm (NYT Magazine)
• Where's the pumpkin ice cream? The Trader Joe's hoarders have snagged it all (WSJ)