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 * ==Chapter 1: In chapter one they talk about Carl.N Karcher he was the pioneer for the fast food industry. He dropped out of school in 8th grade moved to Califonia worked on a farm and eventually bought a hot dog stand. With a loan from the bank for 311 dollars 5 months after World War II started and business started booming. This created a new lifestyle and way of eating and selling food. And as cars started become very popular a new way of food service was made called curb services. Carl then opened Carl's BBQ drive in in 1945, as L.A became the 2nd largest manufatucring center in America. Buisness was great until McDonalds opened only 60 miles down the rode selling hamburgers cheapier then Carl, this created compatition.McDonald brothers became rich but they were soon un happy with the production of things. So they closed and re-opened 3 months later with a new menu full of food onl eatable with ur hands, it was more efficent and less money.Richard McDonald later came up with the golden arches that now symbolize McDonalds everywhere. Many fast food chains started opening because the cost to start was low but profit was very good. William Rosenberg dropped out of school at 14 and later started Dunkin Donuts, Glen W. Bell statred Taco Bell, Keith Gramer started the 1st Insta Burger King, Dave Thomas made the 1st Wendys here in Columbus, Ohio, Harland Sanders made the 1st Kentucky Fried Chicken ,in 1960 it was one of the largest chains in America, alot of their customers where drawn in by their "secret recipe" chicken.The fast food nation had grown to be a big part in our US economy.==
 * ==Chapter 2: In this chapter they talk about Ray Kroc who was the founder of McDonalds corporation. They also talk about Walt Disney he and Kroc both had no help in making what both of their names are on (take credit for). Though they where both great master salesmen. Ray Kroc did make the fast food empire that symbolizes corporate America. Kroc also tried passing a bill in which they would be able to pay 16-17 year old workers 20 percent less then minimum wage, he was successful this created accusations of influencing peddiling against Kroc. To bring in more business they then started creating fictional characters and making playgrounds to bring in the little children demographic. They started also paying schools to put up their add is the hallways at school. With some schools in need of money they agreed then also influencing children to go eat at McDonalds.==
 * ==Chapter 3: In this chapter they talk about how majority of the workers at fast food resturants are teens. They are mostly teens because of the fact that they work for less then minimum wage and they also don't have to be very experienced. The other majority of there workers are dissabled people, elders and immigrants etc. Also the fast food industries have the highest percent of less then minimum wage employees, basically the industries are ripping off their employees. As they make more money they lower the wages of their employees so that they make a bigger profit. Another thing is because most of the employees are teens the are only able to work 12 hour shifts at nights and weekends making them spend the majority of their time on work instead of their education or studying.==
 * ==Chapter 4: In this chapter the author Eric Shlosser is riding with a pizza delivery around Pueblo, Colorado. Pueblo used to be known as the "asshole of colorado" but it is now becoming populated, due to home develpoment and new chains being built and franchised.They go and visit a Little Caesars in Pueblo. It is owned by Dave Feamster he has a former NHL player. He opened the Little Caesars franchise after getting hurt in hockey. Dave now owns several different Little Caesars 4 in Pueblo and 1 in Lamar.Though because he didnt start the business he has to pay a 15,000.00 franchise fee. When Dave started he became in debt it later toke him 3 years to pay it all off. They also talk about how franchising has been around since the 1900's. Ray Kroc of the McDonalds corporation used to franchise to his country club man members.==
 * ==Chapter 5: In this chapter they talk about J.R Simplot's plant in Idaho. J.R dropped out of school at 15 and by 16 he had became a potato farmer. He then moved on to selling and buying potatoes. Though he soon became the largest shipper company of potatoes in the west. J.R';s comany processed about a million pounds of potaoes in just one day.The process for the potatoes are of several machines that wash, sort, peel, slice, blanch, blow dry, fry, and then flash freeze the potaoes.The whole process was said to be ok by the FDA. He helped during the World War II by selling dried omions and potatoes. Afterwords he started investing is the process of freezing food,he started freezing french fries. The flavors to be on the fries where made through fermenation, enzyme reaction, fubgal cultures ect all said to be ok by the FDA. In 1950 her started selling frozen french fries to McDonald's.==
 * ==Chapter 6: In this chapter Eric goes to a local named Hank's farm. He was going to see how his cattler where treated and kept, Hank kept his land and cattle both very well kept. Though over the year half a million of the local ranch owners sold their cattle and quit their business. Due to that their cattle was only selling at even cost or at a lost causing the owners to go broke they where not making any money. Also they went broke because of economic reasons like rise in land prices, beef prices rose and there was an over supply of cattle. McDonald's was one of the largest buyers in the beef company. They originaly got their beef from over 175 local suppliers. But after a few year they reduced it to only 5 companies, these companies played a monoploy over the meat industries.==
 * ==Chapter 7: In this chapter they are in Greeley, Colorado.This is where most of the hamburgers that we eat are made and processed. Greeley earns more money for livestock and meat then any other place in the U.S. ConAgra owns many of the feeding house's where the cattle are jept as they grow up. These house cann hold thousands of cattle at one time. While there the cattle are not able to eat grass like other cattle for three months they eat grain filled with anabolic steroids. They do this to fatten the cow's quicker and get more meat out of a cow then normal. After the three months the cows are then brought to the slaughter house. Then in 1970 Ken Monfort wanted to lower the wages of all his workers. Though the workers where furious they did not think it was fair for him to get a bigger check as their's where being cut down. The workers then went on strike in 1979 the hoped to make a sort of statment. Though ken just went on and hired scabs . After eight weeks of no change the workers went back to work, though soon after the return they became disobedient and out broke in violence.==
 * ==Chapter 8: In this chapter Eric takes a trip to a local slaughterhouse, the sifghts are unbearable. Alot of the gruesome work done there is actually done by hand. Walking through u step in puudles of blood up to your calf's. The cattle are brought in to the slaughter house alive and then killed by being shot in the head then picked up and draged through the butchering process. Working at a slaughterhouse is a big danger there are knife injuries and big machines to be careful around. Also in recent years they have increased the production speed of the assembly line, proving for a higher risk nfactory of injury. They have gone from butchering 175 cattle and hour to 400 cattle an hour. Women in slaughterhouse also face danger factors. Odly enough from their supervisors, in order to maintain a secure place in the states the have to be intamite with their supervisors. Some supervisors will have several affairs going on at a time period because of the control they have in the work place. Sex and drugs seem unlikely in a slaughterhouse but it is quit the opposite of what you think. The most dangerous part of working at a slaughterhouse though is probablly for the clean up staff. the clean up with long house spraying down every inch of the building with a mixture of water and chlorine at 180 degrees. It is a nausiating job it fogs everywhere you cant see and you feel it in your head and stomach you want to puke.==
 * ==Chapter 9: In this chapter they talk about how in 1997, 35 million pounds of ground beef was recalled only after 25 million pounds of it had already been consumed. I was reacalled due to E. Coli that was in the beef. E. Coli is a type of poisoning against your body the effects are kidney failure, internal bleeding, and the destruct of your vital organs. E. Coli is very lethal and because of one person's mistake in the meat industry thousands of lives where put at risk. Now of days the probability of food poisoning as increased due to that meat is distributed world wide and it can cause an epidemic around the whole world very fast. Everyday ther are 200,000 people that get food poisoing disease 900 of those people are hospolized and about 14 die.Though their are now restrictions on meat companies they are not allowed to recall potantially lethal meat onced it has been sent out.==
 * ==Chapter 10: In this chapter they start by talking about Paulen, Germany. In 1990 they where the first place in Germany to open a McDonald's chain. They also talk about how some believe that the McDonald's company was approving of the holocaust that toke place in Germany. Also how the fast food industry has become more and more competative in the past several years. McDonald's is now the most widely known brand even more then coca-cola. The fast food industry is spreading so wide and growing to all international countries as well as growing in America. Benjamin R, Barber a sociologist has said that we arte now "McWorld" due to the influences from fast food chains.Even in Japan Den Frujita brought the first McD's to Japan several years ago. Now the obesity in japan in teens has tripled in the following years. Though not only in Japan fast food chains are contributing to obesity everywhere. America is one of the highest populated place of obeise people. It is estimated that 280,000 Americans a year die due to obesity. and the fast food industries do not seem to care very much because they are making a big porofit off of it.==