Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser documents practically the entire history of the fast food industry. The book travels through the origins of fast food, the realities of the restaurants, and the problems that were faced. This exposes certain businesses while also promoting the businesses that are performing well.
To begin the book, Schlosser notes that he will focus on mainly a few cities: Colorado Springs, Denver, and Fort Collins. He saw these cities as the representation of 20th century economic growth. He informs his audience that the operations of both small and big businesses will be discussed in the book.
He starts with arguably the most famous fast food restaurant, McDonald’s. McDonald’s was the beginning of a new food industry …show more content…
Ray Kroc, the man who bought McDonald’s from the original owners, tried to get the business inside of Disney parks. However, because the restaurant was not well known yet, Walt Disney declined the request. Other fast food restaurants supported various politicians to try to gain support from those politicians’ supporters. McDonald’s created play parks outside of their restaurants to draw more people to the business. Many of the fast food restaurants also started partnerships with schools so they could sell food during …show more content…
The many employees at the slaughter houses were overworked. If they were not sick, they did not receive any time off from work. The cleaning crew for these slaughter houses got the worst of this system. Dangerous chemicals were necessary to clean the buildings. If mistakes occurred and someone was harmed, the owners did not often compensate the injured workers. The meat industry also was dangerous for the consumers. Infested meat became more common because of the lack of safety precautions in these factories and slaughter houses. Many people got sick, and some even
To begin the book, Schlosser notes that he will focus on mainly a few cities: Colorado Springs, Denver, and Fort Collins. He saw these cities as the representation of 20th century economic growth. He informs his audience that the operations of both small and big businesses will be discussed in the book.
He starts with arguably the most famous fast food restaurant, McDonald’s. McDonald’s was the beginning of a new food industry …show more content…
Ray Kroc, the man who bought McDonald’s from the original owners, tried to get the business inside of Disney parks. However, because the restaurant was not well known yet, Walt Disney declined the request. Other fast food restaurants supported various politicians to try to gain support from those politicians’ supporters. McDonald’s created play parks outside of their restaurants to draw more people to the business. Many of the fast food restaurants also started partnerships with schools so they could sell food during …show more content…
The many employees at the slaughter houses were overworked. If they were not sick, they did not receive any time off from work. The cleaning crew for these slaughter houses got the worst of this system. Dangerous chemicals were necessary to clean the buildings. If mistakes occurred and someone was harmed, the owners did not often compensate the injured workers. The meat industry also was dangerous for the consumers. Infested meat became more common because of the lack of safety precautions in these factories and slaughter houses. Many people got sick, and some even