Tuesday, 31 January 2023

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

  • Roger Martin: Curating meeting experiences (Medium)
  • How Barnes & Noble came back from near dead (NYT)
  • Bed Bath & Beyond's woes prompt landlords to line up new tenants (WSJ)
  • Unilever names former Heinz exec Schumacher as CEO (Reuters)
  • Amazon raises price minimum for free online grocery delivery (WSJ)

Monday, 30 January 2023

 Stephan's Monday Picks

  • Supermarket freezers are heating up the planet, and how they could change (CBC)
  • Americans are gobbling up takeout food. Restaurants are betting that won't change (WSJ)
  • The decline of the nice-to-have economy (WSJ)
  • How onions became a luxury in the Philippines (BBC)
  • Jeff Bezos wants the world to know he's a philanthropist (Vox)

Friday, 27 January 2023

 Stephan's Friday Picks

  • Why does every boutique grocer looks the same (Grub Street)
  • Bed Bath & Beyond says banks have cut off their credit lines (WSJ)
  • With layoffs, retailers would rather be safe than sorry (NYT)
  • Home Depot gave personal data to Meta without valid customer consent, privacy watchdog says (Globe and Mail)
  • From the archives (2016): Welcome to Hillstone, America's favourite restaurant (Bon Appetit)

Thursday, 26 January 2023

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

  • Consumers tired of inflation scrimp - and splurge (WSJ)
  • Renaissance in uncertainty: Luxury builds on its rebound (Bain)
  • The coffee alternative Americans just can't leave behind (The Atlantic)
  • Metro says more price hikes to come as vendors continue asks for increases (Globe and Mail)
  • Walmart raises starting wages for store workers (NYT)

Wednesday, 25 January 2023

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

  • Kroger-Albertsons merger faces long road before approval (NYT)
  • Consumer prices plateau as inflation slows to pre-pandemic levels (WSJ)
  • Food firms raising prices unnecessarily, says Tesco's John Allan (BBC)
  • Canada's opportunity to be a global food superpower (Policy Magazine)
  • The corporate cafeteria is broken. So how to feed workers (NYT)

Tuesday, 24 January 2023

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

  • Roger Martin: Being 'too busy' means your personal strategy sucks (Medium)
  • Amazon axes 'Smile' charity program, citing limited impact (NYT)
  • How Noma made fine dining far worse (The Atlantic)
  • Inside the battle for the future of Amazon (Vox)
  • The secret world of Japan's robot sushi chefs (The Guardian)

Monday, 23 January 2023

 Stephan's Monday Picks

  • Fake meat was supposed to save the world. It became just another fad (Bloomberg)
  • Fort Walgreens (Curbed)
  • Lidl and Aldi hiked prices the most of supermarkets in UK (Bloomberg)
  • Party City files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with plans to cut debt (WSJ)
  • AI for better crops (Knowable Magazine)