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Summary: A thought-provoking and life-altering read
Review: Not only does this book take aim at the fast food industry([bad]work conditions, anti-union stances) but it describes in graphic detail the stuff the meat packing industry wishes no one knew. It also touches on the downsides of GMO's and makes a case for the small, independent farmer (a dying breed). It made me re-think my eating and consumer habits.
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Summary: How fast food has redefined our culture...
Review: Great book. I expected a diatribe about how bad fast food is for you (and it does have a little of that), but this book focuses more on the societal implications of fast food: How our suburbs are being designed around fast food restaurants, the plight of unskilled minimum wage workers, the political power of industry lobbyists. You should read this book if you eat fast food, period. You may not change your habits, but at least you will have more information (for instance, you probably won't be eating many fast food hamburgers again...). Some of the other interesting things you will learn about include: Why working in the slaughterhouse is the worst job in America. How fast food is expanding overseas. How the franchise system works for fast food chains, and how federal government subsidies indirectly support fast food. The increasing level of consolidation in the beef and poultry industries, the political power that goes with that consolidation, and how that political power is repressing food safety legislation. And much, much more. I disagree with the author's commentary against the loss of small farms in America. I don't see anything inherently evil about large corporate-owned farming operations; the efficiency and productivy gains are palpable. Having said that, I do agree that the working conditions and business practices of the large corporations are terrible. But the way to solve that is not from a return to the small farmer days, but rather better laws and consumer action against bad companies.
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Summary: Haven't touched fast food since
Review: Wow! Where do I begin? This book was very informative, very well researched, and a very easy read. Schlosser did a wonderful job of organizing the vast amount of information that he placed in this book. For a non-fiction book, I found that Fast Food Nation kept me entertained throughout it's entirety. In fact, I couldn't put it down! The history of the fast food industry itself was fascinating, as well as the backround information on the potato and meat industries. The first-hand accounts given by people who work for the fast food industry, as well as the meat-packing and potato plants, added to the reality of the points the book was trying to make. The fast food industry and all industries supported by fast food companies have some serious issues that need to be addressed by the nation.
In addition, Schlosser does an excellent job of pointing out the dangers of not only working for these businesses, but eating food supplied by them. It's scary to think about the dangers lurking behind the counter at your local fast food chain. This book really opens your eyes to some health hazards that all of America should be aware of. Everyone should read this book! It will change your eating habits, and the way you view large fast food corporations.
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Summary: Not Far Enough
Review: The author doesn't go far enough in chronicling the horrors of fast food. For example, he claims meat is safer to eat in fast food places then the grocery store. He attributes this to bad publicity and lawsuits from the e/coli cases at Jack In The Box. I doubt it.
The author spends too much time on the history of fast food and not enough on horrible working conditions in fast food places. Last but not least the author mentioned in interviews how food coloring is made by grinding up insects but didn't mention this anywhere in the book.
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Summary: Excellent book, everyone should read this!
Review: This book is a real eye opener. I wish everyone would read this and swear off fast food for life. These restaurants are bad for our health, bad for the environment, and bad for the economy. This book is exhaustively researched, and I applaud Eric Schlosser for exposing this industry for what it is.
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Summary: A Little Misleading...
Review: I liked parts of this book a lot- I found it informative and very well researched. My main problem with this book though is that it targets the fast food industry while I think it would be better suited to go after the meat-packing industry. The author makes a weak link between the two: because the meat-packing industry is so horrid and McDonalds and other fast food companies buy an extremely large amount of beef, the onus is on McDonalds to force them to change as a customer. But the author seems to ignore that McDonalds (like any other business) has a responsibility to its shareholders to maximize profits. Should the beef industry clean up its act? Absolutely. But McDonalds isn't the one with the unsafe work conditions. As long as customers are buying their food I don't see why McDonalds should change at all. The author also glosses over the fact that McDonalds provides a decent wage to thousands of unskilled and uneducated workers. I think if Mr. Schlosser would have stuck to criticizing the beef industries he would have had more credibility with me.
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Summary: Terrific and insightful book
Review: This book will turn your head and change your appitite for fast food. The book has many aspects; a food aspect, and business aspect, and a political aspect just to name a few. This is facinating book that shows the true colors of the fast food industry.
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Summary: an eye opener
Review: This book is an eye opener. I read it about a year ago and since then have not had a single hamburger from a fast food restaurant. The amount of corruption in the fast food industry is incredible.
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Summary: This book was a joke, right??
Review: Facts were incorrect on several occasions. Very one sided view of a business. He really hates republicans, and that is ok, but this book should be moved to the opinion cat...not non fiction...most of the book just isn't true.
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Summary: things you never knew about your milkshakes...
Review: While many people are glad to gripe impotently about McDonalds and its many close relations, few articulate exactly what the problem is or how to solve it. Eric Schlosser gives us a detailed look at the darker side of the fast food industry - I know I'll never look at a burger the same way again. After making sure his reader is properly outraged, Schlosser gives what so many muckrakers fail to - solid, practical suggestions for how to make a difference. Nicely done!
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