Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Move over quinoa. There's a new 'it' crop in town (WSJ)
• Deliveroo shares jump after $3.6 billion DoorDash offer (Bloomberg)
• Colgate-Palmolive cuts outlook as economic uncertainty spooks shoppers (WSJ)
• Sweetgreen's CEO on robots, 'MAHA', and why salads are so expensive (NYT)
• Costco switched its Kirkland diapers and parents aren't happy (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Dealing with intuitive, non-strategists (Medium)
• A sign that consumers are anxious: They're cutting back on snacks (NYT)
• P&G CEO says price hikes are likely (CNBC)
• How Chili's won when America raged over fast food prices (WSJ)
• Protein is in everything these days. Even popcorn (NYT)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• The fall of Hudson's Bay: How Richard Baker presided over the failure of a retail icon (Globe and Mail)
• Empire CEO Michael Medline to retire in May 2026 (Globe and Mail)
• Once shunned by Japanese customers, Korean rice now flies off the shelves (NYT)
• My matcha-dusted, lemon-scented, tahini-drizzled adventures in flavormaxxing (NYT)
• Mountain Equipment Co. finds buyer with textile executive set to gain control (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Friday Picks

• Hudson's Bay to begin clearance at six stores originally left out of liquidation (Globe and Mail)
• Nestle sales get boost from coffee, chocolate price hikes (WSJ)
• Starbucks opens its first 3D-printed store. Is it cheaper than the real thing (Fast Company)
• Unilever confident for 2025 amid turnaround plan, ice cream spinoff (WSJ)
• From the archives (2008): Woolworths: The rise and fall of a department store empire (The Guardian)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Amazon and Walmart sellers hoard goods in Canada to avoid tariffs (FT)
• Could strawberries grow in Canada year-round? An Ontario greenhouse is trying (Globe and Mail)
• Danone sales rise as consumers seek healthier products (Bloomberg)
• Hudson's Bay leases draw interest from bidders (Globe and Mail)
• Frank and Oak to close all stores, sell intellectual property (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Value retailers have been waiting for the higher-income consumer. They've arrived (WSJ)
• Three factories, $355,000, and the maddening quest to make a clear can (WSJ)
• Trump's tariffs threats chill Italy's cheese makers (NYT)
• Premium chocolatiers thrive as consumers develop taste for luxury (FT)
• Chobani plans to invest over $1 billion in new New York factory (NYT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: The myth of objectivity and strategy (Medium)
• Snack makers are removing fake colors from processed foods (Bloomberg)
• How organ meat got into smoothies (The Atlantic)
• Supermarket price war looms as Sainsbury's joins fight (BBC)
• Amazon is better prepared for the trade war than investors think (WSJ)