Secret Life of Supermarkets. What They Will Never Tell You
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“An extremely curious and extremely impartial report on our national tastes,” - The New York Times
“The Secret Life of supermarkets” is the result of five years of research and hundreds of interviews at all levels of the industry, the necessary book for those who want to understand how This business is arranged. This is a manifesto of the thirst inherent in a more thirst for greater and complete compassion from the inside of those who make it possible to satisfy her.
We suddenly realized that like doctors and nurses who take care of patients, men and women who replenish reserves daily for The shelves of our stores are organized by deliveries to the warehouse, they also do very important work, thereby ensuring the quality of life, which we, without hesitation, accept for granted. The bitter truth is that the food industry has neglected its employees for years.
In this sensational material, Benjamin Lorr will shed light on the extremely classified sphere of food industry. First -person stories, a detailed presentation, witty, often bringing to colic in the stomach prose - Lorr conducts an investigation, the purpose of which is to understand, what is it like to manage a supermarket? How do products get to the shelves? And who suffers because of our growing requirements for comfort and efficiency?
On this journey:
• We will learn the secrets of the success of the supermarket network Trader Joe"s from its founder,
• We will go on the road with truckers, who call their work only “Summarian on wheels”,
• Together with eco -activists, we will burst into the industrial farm to see with our own eyes what the certificates of Fair Trade and Free Range,
We will follow the manufacturers in the manufacturers in the struggle for the right to a place on store shelves, while receiving the necessary life hacks and learning about pitfalls and traps when opening any new food industry enterprise,
• See the migrants of the migrants of the migrants with their eyes.
Benjamin Lorr is a graduate of Montgomery County Public Schools and Columbia University. Six years before writing Hell-Bent (recognized by critics of the study of the bikram yoga, in which the patterns of violence and sexual harassment from the guru bikram Chuudhuri were first covered in detail), he taught the natural scientific cycle at secondary school and sexual education in Bushuika, Brooklyn. He is currently consulting in the public schools of New York and is working on a new book.
“Exposing journalism” is a new genre? Now yes. This book is simultaneously a juicy dish with a rich taste and good ears of cold water in the face. The modern buyer wants the goods to be ethical, affordable, environmentally friendly, meet the principle of stability, be fresh and were “in walking distance”. However, as Benjamin Lorr finds out, our requests are satisfied due to the lower link in the “supply chain”: the rallys of truckers, enslaved foreign labor and Whole Foods employees in stores in our quarters - people whose life Lorre shared (and sometimes whose life lived in life ) For several weeks or months ... “The Secret Life of supermarkets” is an exciting reading, where severe truths are seasoned with wit and hope, ”Mary Roach, author of the book“ Mysterious Life of Human Corpses ”
“ Colossal investigation, living story - Living narrative Benjamin Lorr goes all the way that the products are made to the end consumer: through the bizarre culture of enslaved fishermen, inventive entrepreneurs, low -paid truckers, squeezed store employees and so corrupt grocery networks that bribes in them are usually called a commission. Do not read this book if you want to continue in a happy ignorance of your purchases. However, if you want to become an ideal choice, as you should be aware, ” - David K. Shipler, a former New York Times correspondent and the Pulitzer Prize laureate, the author of the seven books, including the“ labor of the poor. Invisible in America ”
“ If you ever wondered who made this bottle with a spicy seasoning, who brought it to you, who was driving a truck that you just overtook, who put it on the shelf and how it happened. That you have chosen it - read this book, and you will learn about everything. If you did not think that a book about products can be meaningful, insightful, cheerful, human and charming at the same time, read the “secret life of supermarkets”. And you will never be able to look at a bottle of ketchup indifferent again, ”Rose George, author of“ 99 % of all ”
“The Secret Life of supermarkets” is the result of five years of research and hundreds of interviews at all levels of the industry, the necessary book for those who want to understand how This business is arranged. This is a manifesto of the thirst inherent in a more thirst for greater and complete compassion from the inside of those who make it possible to satisfy her.
We suddenly realized that like doctors and nurses who take care of patients, men and women who replenish reserves daily for The shelves of our stores are organized by deliveries to the warehouse, they also do very important work, thereby ensuring the quality of life, which we, without hesitation, accept for granted. The bitter truth is that the food industry has neglected its employees for years.
In this sensational material, Benjamin Lorr will shed light on the extremely classified sphere of food industry. First -person stories, a detailed presentation, witty, often bringing to colic in the stomach prose - Lorr conducts an investigation, the purpose of which is to understand, what is it like to manage a supermarket? How do products get to the shelves? And who suffers because of our growing requirements for comfort and efficiency?
On this journey:
• We will learn the secrets of the success of the supermarket network Trader Joe"s from its founder,
• We will go on the road with truckers, who call their work only “Summarian on wheels”,
• Together with eco -activists, we will burst into the industrial farm to see with our own eyes what the certificates of Fair Trade and Free Range,
We will follow the manufacturers in the manufacturers in the struggle for the right to a place on store shelves, while receiving the necessary life hacks and learning about pitfalls and traps when opening any new food industry enterprise,
• See the migrants of the migrants of the migrants with their eyes.
Benjamin Lorr is a graduate of Montgomery County Public Schools and Columbia University. Six years before writing Hell-Bent (recognized by critics of the study of the bikram yoga, in which the patterns of violence and sexual harassment from the guru bikram Chuudhuri were first covered in detail), he taught the natural scientific cycle at secondary school and sexual education in Bushuika, Brooklyn. He is currently consulting in the public schools of New York and is working on a new book.
“Exposing journalism” is a new genre? Now yes. This book is simultaneously a juicy dish with a rich taste and good ears of cold water in the face. The modern buyer wants the goods to be ethical, affordable, environmentally friendly, meet the principle of stability, be fresh and were “in walking distance”. However, as Benjamin Lorr finds out, our requests are satisfied due to the lower link in the “supply chain”: the rallys of truckers, enslaved foreign labor and Whole Foods employees in stores in our quarters - people whose life Lorre shared (and sometimes whose life lived in life ) For several weeks or months ... “The Secret Life of supermarkets” is an exciting reading, where severe truths are seasoned with wit and hope, ”Mary Roach, author of the book“ Mysterious Life of Human Corpses ”
“ Colossal investigation, living story - Living narrative Benjamin Lorr goes all the way that the products are made to the end consumer: through the bizarre culture of enslaved fishermen, inventive entrepreneurs, low -paid truckers, squeezed store employees and so corrupt grocery networks that bribes in them are usually called a commission. Do not read this book if you want to continue in a happy ignorance of your purchases. However, if you want to become an ideal choice, as you should be aware, ” - David K. Shipler, a former New York Times correspondent and the Pulitzer Prize laureate, the author of the seven books, including the“ labor of the poor. Invisible in America ”
“ If you ever wondered who made this bottle with a spicy seasoning, who brought it to you, who was driving a truck that you just overtook, who put it on the shelf and how it happened. That you have chosen it - read this book, and you will learn about everything. If you did not think that a book about products can be meaningful, insightful, cheerful, human and charming at the same time, read the “secret life of supermarkets”. And you will never be able to look at a bottle of ketchup indifferent again, ”Rose George, author of“ 99 % of all ”
Author:
Author:Лорр Б.
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:Magazines & Encyclopedia
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-17-136274-4
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