Stephan's Friday Picks

• The internet rediscovered Blockbuster's website. Press play on nostalgia (Washington Post)
• The consumerization of healthcare (Fire Ant)
• The 3D culinary revolution is coming (The Guardian)
• MIT researchers twist apart more than 1,000 Oreos in search of perfect method (WSJ)
• From the archives (2007): The fast lane (The New Yorker)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Top priorities for dairy executives in 2023 (McKinsey)
• You probably eat twice the recommended salt per day (CBC)
• AMC Entertainment shares jump on report Amazon exploring a deal (Reuters)
• The metaverse is quickly turning into the meh-taverse (WSJ)
• Starbucks bargains in good faith, ex-CEO Schultz tells lawmakers (Reuters)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Uber Eats to take down thousands of virtual brands to declutter the app (WSJ)
• In the age of Ozempic, what's the point of working out (The Atlantic)
• John Lewis partnership will survive for 'decades to come' (FT)
• Confidence (Morgan Stanley)
• Everything I, an Italian, thought I knew about food was wrong (FT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Strategy and leadership #2 (Medium)
• Despite more than 1,000 restaurants in his portfolio, Foodtastic CEO Peter Mammas is hungry for more (Globe and Mail)
• The retail pharmacy of the future (McKinsey)
• Tuesday's budget to include grocery rebate for lower-income Canadians (CBC)
• Skinny design: Smaller is better (McKinsey)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• The chaotic, dispiriting work of liquidating Harmon stores (NYT)
• After eight years, Domino's Pizza gives up on Italy (Bloomberg)
• Activist hedge fund pushes for fuel giant Parkland Corp. to be broken up (Globe and Mail)
• How companies can build an institutional capability to achieve competitive advantage (McKinsey)
• Starbucks new CEO trained as barista to prepare for role (WSJ)

Stephan's Friday Picks

• How millennials accidentally saved America's feet (The Atlantic)
• The 'everything shower' goes way beyond shampoo and conditioner (WSJ)
• Shack Shack to come to Canada in 2024 with first location set for Toronto (Globe and Mail)
• Strains emerge inside the union that beat Amazon (NYT)
• From the archives (2006): $75,000 a case? He's buying (LA Times)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Why Air Miles needs more than just a new owner to appeal to customers (CBC)
• Subscription services are hitting their limit with customers (Bloomberg)
• Shrinkflation deals a surprise ice cream tax to customers (Globe and Mail)
• The secret behind Japan's delicious strawberries: kerosene (NYT)
• Starbucks's new CEO, Laxman, Narasimhan, takes coffee chain's helm (WSJ)