He went to the school districts that are trying to make ends meet by allowing fast food companies to advertise in their classrooms and sell food in their cafeterias. He went to the meatpacking plants that dot the Great Plains, where legions of undocumented Hispanic workers risk life and limb daily to earn a meagre living. Schlosser, a writer for Atlantic Monthly, spent two years delving into virtually every corner of this sprawling and pervasive industry. “In 1970, Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food in 2000, they spent more than $110 billion,” the book begins. Rating: ★★★★Īccording to Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser's exhaustive account of the fast food industry in the United States, Americans spend more on fast food than on movies, books, magazines, newspapers, videos, and recorded music-combined. Fast Food Nation: What the All-American Meal is Doing to the World by Eric Schlosser.
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