Enter our Wish List Birthday Giveaway . Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering. See more Avg. On any given day, one out of four Americans opts for a quick and cheap meal at a fast-food restaurant, without giving either its speed or its thriftiness a second thought.
Fast food is so ubiquitous that it now seems as American, and harmless, as apple pie.
But the industry's drive for consolidation, homogenization, and speed has radically transformed America's diet, landscape, economy, and workforce, often in insidiously destructive ways. Quickly, however, he moves behind the counter with the overworked and underpaid teenage workers, onto the factory farms where the potatoes and beef are grown, and into the slaughterhouses run by giant meatpacking corporations. Schlosser's investigation reaches its frightening peak in the meatpacking plants as he reveals the almost complete lack of federal oversight of a seemingly lawless industry. Fortunately, Schlosser offers some eminently practical remedies. If you really love fast food, you probably shouldn't read this book.