Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• The restaurant QR code is being shown the door (NYT)
• Pasta prices are surging, prompting crisis meetings in Italy (CNBC)
• Beware of the food that isn't food (The Atlantic)
• Aldo to expand to wholesale in licensing deal with Ted Baker and Brooks Brothers (Globe and Mail)
• Retailers clamp down on returns (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Business Model Generation and Playing to Win (Medium)
• Alo Yoga is beating Lululemon at its own game (WSJ)
• The meat paradox (The Atlantic)
• Why inflation erupted? Two top economists have the answer (WSJ)
• How Engine 2 expansion can power the future of retail (Bain)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Loblaw to axe e-commerce marketplace for third-party sellers (Globe and Mail)
• America has too much pork (WSJ)
• Glencore in talks to merge grain giant Viterra with American rival Bunge (Globe and Mail)
• High-tech farm startups laid low by high financing costs, pests (WSJ)
• How Lee Valley built a cult-like following (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• A better way of piloting emergent technologies (MIT Sloan Management Review)
• Why some companies are saying 'diversity and belonging' instead of 'diversity and inclusion' (NYT)
• The 28-year-old LVMH heir turning Tag Heuer into a billion dollar brand (WSJ)
• Inside the last old-school seltzer shop in New York (NYT)
• From the archives (2011): New Sears CEO taking chain back to the basics (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Why doesn't the United States eat more beans (Vox)
• Procter & Gamble's CEO on navigating rapid change (MIT Sloan)
• Italy's authorities refrain from capping the price of pasta (FT)
• Amazon overhauls delivery network to dispatch packages faster, more cheaply (WSJ)
• It's May in Rome: time to revere, and fear, fava beans (NYT)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Weight-loss drugs are a golden ticket for health-linked stocks (Bloomberg)
• As Liberals' grocery rebate bill becomes law, one-time payments will land this summer (CBC)
• What has gone wrong with Waitrose - and can they survive (The Guardian)
• Is this the end of hustle culture (BBC)
• Why are UK food prices still rocketing and when will it stop (The Guardian)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Online-only startups adopt a bold strategy: Opening actual shops (WSJ)
• Culture wars become corporate wars too, and Bud Light doesn't understand it (Globe and Mail)
• How the skyrocketing cost of baby formula is hitting those that can least afford it (CBC)
• Canada's lobster industry fears its dispute with China could see it move from winner to loser (Globe and Mail)
• Higher food prices are here to stay, UNB economist says (CBC)