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Indlæser... Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (original 2001; udgave 2005)af Eric Schlosser
Work InformationFastfood nationen : skyggesiden af det ærkeamerikanske måltid af Eric Schlosser (2001)   
LT picks: Blue Books (13) » 11 mere Books Read in 2017 (968) 100 New Classics (50) Books Read in 2010 (226) 2000s decade (92) Books Read in 2003 (78) Unread books (815) Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog.   vorefamily | Feb 22, 2024 |   ) sfj2 | Nov 16, 2023 |  ) martialalex92 | Dec 10, 2022 | The story begins with the birth of McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King, and Carl’s Jr. Supported by the addition of the automobile to the American household, the fast food companies exploded. In efforts to expand, the entrepreneurs had to standardize the preparation and products of the franchise. In the process they made the process so simple so that anyone – like someone off the street or a recent illegal immigrant – could do the job. This gives the employees of fast food companies little job security. Strangely, the fast food companies prefer high turnover of employees. With rapid turnover, it’s difficult to create a union. Benefits and insurance do not kick in until the employee has worked a set amount of time. Finally, the government subsidizes each new employee from low-income households to gain job experience. So, the perfect employee is the person in the first couple days – someone with no benefits and whose paycheck is subsidized by the government. Looking into the innards from Eric’s point of view of the meat packing industry was more appalling than reading Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle”. The book gives a peek at the “flavor” industry. International Flavor’s and Fragrances (IFF) has $2 billion in revenue and finds way to mimic the natural aromas of Mother Nature. The processed foods we eat naturally taste the same … like Styrofoam but with some flavoring they can make anything taste like anything. There is the environmental impact. There are places like Greeley, Colorado which is essentially the beef toilet for the world (I really have to visit there one day when I want to gross myself out). Since 2001, I have probably ate at a fast food place less than 15 times. After reading this book I will cut down my visits even more. (  ) wellington299 | Feb 19, 2022 | ) OutOfTheBestBooks | Sep 24, 2021 |
 ''Fast Food Nation'' provides the reader with a vivid sense of how fast food has permeated contemporary life and a fascinating (and sometimes grisly) account of the process whereby cattle and potatoes are transformed into the burgers and fries served up by local fast food franchises. This is a fine piece of muckraking, alarming without being alarmist.  It is a serious piece of investigative journalism into an industry that has helped concentrate corporate ownership of American agribusiness, while engaging in labor practices that are often shameful. Indeholder studiedelIndeholder elevguideHæderspriserDistinctionsNotable Lists
Med udgangspunkt i fastfood-kulturen i USA drøfter forfatteren konsekvenserne af fastfood-industriens verdensomspændende succes: den politiske indflydelse, den sundhedsskadelige og enssmagende mad, fastfood-industriens alliancer med kultur-industrien og dens rolle som drivkraft i den økonomiske globalisering. No library descriptions found. |
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