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deeply curious and evenhanded report on our national appetites, " The New York Times

In the tradition of Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore's Dilemma, an extraordinary investigation into the human lives at the heart of the American grocery store

The miracle of the supermarket has never been apparent.
Like the doctors and nurses who care for the sick, suddenly the men and women who stock our shelves and operate our warehouses are understood as 'essential' workers, providing a quality of life we all too easily take for granted.
But the sad truth is that the grocery industry has been failing these workers for decades,

In this page turning expose, author Benjamin Lorr pulls back the curtain on the highly secretive grocery industry.
Combining deep sourcing, immersive reporting, and sharp, often laugh out loud prose, Lorr leads a wild investigation, asking what does it take to run a supermarket How does our food get on the shelves And who suffers for our increasing demands for convenience and efficiency In this journey:

We learn the secrets of Trader Joe's success from Trader Joe himself
Drive with truckers caught in a job they call "sharecropping on wheels"
Break into industrial farms with activists to learn what it takes for a product to earn certification labels like "fair trade" and "free range"
Follow entrepreneurs as they fight for shelf space, learning essential tips, tricks, and traps for any new food business
Journey with migrants to examine shocking forced labor practices through their eyes

The product of five years of research and hundreds of interviews across every level of the business, The Secret Life of Groceries is essential reading for those who want to understand our food system delivering powerful social commentary on the inherently American quest for and compassionate insight into the lives that provide it.
I write from the perspecitive of a forty year experience in the consumer / grocery industry from sweeping floors in supermarkets to CEO of brand manufacturers.
This book is an honest, unbiased and well reported primer on the agri business industry, If you are looking for a Lorr is an entertaining writer and a fine muckraking journalist who must have spent a ton of time investigating many important but hidden aspects of our grocery supply chain.
You may never want to eat again after you read some parts of this book and it truly is an eye Loved every page of this book! Benjamin Lorr does a terrific job of making some of the most boring industries in the world seem fascinating and sad at the same time.
From the history ofto buying Whole Foods, this book is an in depth look at how grocery works and the issues surrounding what we eat.
The author speaks with a trucker going broke, a woman trying to break into the condiment business, many people managing companies and stores, people involved in Thai slave fishing and many others, and gives us some idea of the

real truth without talking down to the reader or his sources.
Well worth your time. who would've thought the food chain could be so corrupt and unhealthy, I recommend reading this book, now I buy local and organic Not what I expected after hearing an interesting interview with the author.
More about big brands that aren't of much relevance here in Canada than about the inside story of how the grocery business works.
If one can get past the extended and unnecessary history of Trader Joe's, the tense shifts, the fragments which start with which which are irritating, the numerous absolute structures, and the crying need for an editor, this is not a bad book but finished it is not.
Si te interesa o algún vez te has preguntando sobre el mundo del retail actual este libro es muy interesante.
Sobre todo lo que vivió el autor para escribirlo, Habla de todo el proceso de crear un alimento hasta el consumidor final, An exceptional little book. Written with dedication, rigour and deep caring for humanity, It is such a great pleasure to read something, written by someone with intense curiosity and intelligence, who then manages to weave the results of those traits into a cohesive narrative.
Bravo. The book itself was an enjoyable read, I actually read most of it while working as a cashier in a small town grocery store, Folks got a real kick out of seeing me read this at the register, Many of it's "lessons" are applicable to larger chains, but it Well written, this is a very interesting look at the food markets we all visit and the products they carry.
Lots of things you never considered are revealed in an easy to read manner that makes you really think about them.
Highly recommended. This is very likely to change your picture of what your grocery store can and cannot do for you.
It is certainly valuable background for any U, S. citizen. The beginning of the book is written with an astonishing oversupply of adjectives and adverbs but this mercifully

Benjamin Lorr lives in a small apartment in the West Village of Manhattan.
For the six years prior to writing Hell Bent, he taught high school science and sex education in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
He currently consults with New York City public schools and is at work on his second book,

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