Stephan's Thursday Picks

• The protein bar arms race (NYT)
• The little food lab fueling the big protein boom (NYT)
• Fowl play: Inside a chicken processor's tangled battle with Popeyes (Globe and Mail)
• Welcome to the grocery store where prices change 100 times a day (WSJ)
• More expensive cage free eggs are booming in the U.S., despite Trump's efforts (Bloomberg)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• The problem with rewards credit cards (The Atlantic)
• A hot protein bar company has added a wild new product: Frozen cod fillets (WSJ)
• Productivity at the core: How COOs deliver strategy (McKinsey)
• Why selling a brand is about getting back to basics (Monocle)
• Is Dubai chocolate the new pumpkin spice (WSJ)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Strategy & non-financial KPIs (Medium)
• Coke with cane sugar is coming. Corn syrup isn't going away (WSJ)
• The demise of China's hottest online shopping craze (Wired)
• Why Amazon wants an AI bracelet that records everything you say (WSJ)
• Tomato season is different this year (The Atlantic)

 Stephan's Monday Picks

• Pepsi introduces prebiotic cola months after Poppi acquisition (CNBC)
• 7-Eleven parent fires back over 'highly misleading' statement after deal talks break off (Globe and Mail)
• As consumers lose their appetite, food brands fight to keep Wall St. happy (NYT)
• After pledging to keep prices low, Amazon hiked them on hundreds of essentials (WSJ)
• Health-Ade Kombucha sells for $500 million (WSJ)

 Stephan' Friday Picks

• Pietro Satriano's three-act journey at U.S. Foods (BCG)
• The learning organization. How to accelerate AI adoption (McKinsey)
• As ready-to-drink cocktails grow in popularity, some are getting stronger (CBC)
• Your morning coffee, in a bucket (NYT)
• From the archives (2008): How Loblaw's leadership triumvirate fell apart (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• How strategy champions win (McKinsey)
• The great black plastic spatula panic (Strategist)
• For the privileged few, airport food hits a new height of luxury (NYT)
• Novo's Wegovy demand raises grocer fears over Denmark food sales (Bloomberg)
• Scaling the 21st century leadership factory (McKinsey)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• Meet the fully autonomous farm (WSJ)
• Has Japan's 'rice minister' brought down prices enough to keep his job (NYT)
• Walmart plans to sell Vizio TVs exclusively as a private brand (Bloomberg)
• Froot Loops, Apple Jacks to cut synthetic dyes by 2027 (Bloomberg)
• The Trader Joe's tote bags have made it to London (NYT)