Eric Schlosser - Fast Food Nation

Favorite, Philly, 145

FBI, 37, 86, 293n

FDA, 128

Feamster, Dave, 92–94, 102–4

Federal subsidies, 7–8, 72

Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 45–46, 99, 137

Federation of Labour of Quebec, 77

Few Quick Facts About Venereal Disease , 38

Filet-O-Fish, 95, 124

Film industry, 18

Financial Post , 100

Firestone, 16

Fish, Joe, 220

Fisher, Donald, 97

Fisher, Doris, 97

Fixed costs, 78

Flash-freezing, 111, 113

Flavor industry, 122–28

Focus on the Family, 63, 259

Foley, William P. II, 27, 267

Fone-A-Chef, 24

Food Chemical News , 124

Food Engineering , 6, 124

Foodmaker, Inc., 208

Food Product Design , 124

Food Technologist , 6

Food Will Win the War , 38

Foot Locker, 5

Forbes , 155, 306n

Ford, Henry, 36

Ford Aerospace, 62

Foreign policy, U.S., 229–30

Foreman, Carol Tucker, 328–29n

Foster Farms, 208

Fox Kids Network, 48

Fragrance industry, 122

France, 244

Franchises: and American foreign policy, 229–30; benefits of, 97, 98; for Burger King, 98; for Carl’s Jr. restaurants, 25, 98; costs of, 98; and economic trends, 9; and encroachment, 99–101; failure rate of, 98, 295n; franchise agreements, 99–100, 102–4; history of, 94–95; and homogenizing of America, 5; international franchises, 233; for Jack in the Box, 99; for KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken), 95; legal protection of franchisees, 99–100; for McDonald’s, 95–96, 98, 100; Small Business Administration (SBA) loans for, 102; for Taco Bell, 85; and Uniform Commercial Code, 101; and wages, 75, 78

Frank, Susan, 48

Freedom Newspaper chain, 63

Freedom of Information Act, 215

French fries: additives to, 120–21; and China, 231; competitive business in, 116–17; consumption statistics for, 277n; development in U.S., 114; and Kroc, 114–15; and processor oligopsony, 117–20; producers of, 158; production costs of, 298n; production process for, 111–31; sugar added to, 131

Fresno Bee , 53

Frey, William H., 64

FTC. See Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

FUBU, 82

Fujita, Den, 231, 323n

FutureCall, 81

Gallegos, Sandra, 193–94

Gap Inc., 5, 59, 78, 97

GapKids, 97

Gas chromatography, 124, 301n

General Accounting Office, 102

General Dynamics, 39

General Electric, 39

General Motors, 16, 94

Gepetto Group, 231

Gerba, Charles, 221

German Democratic Republic. See East Germany

Germany, 227, 231–32, 249–52, 276n, 322n

GFI America, Inc., 162, 163

Giardia lamblia , 203

Gingrich, Newt, 210

GIPSA (Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration), 137

Givaudan, 121

Glenn & Anderson, 156

Glickman, Dan, 213, 214

GNC Packing, 259

Godbout, Clement, 77

Godfather’s Pizza, 92

Goebbels, Joseph, 226

Golden arches: and Christian cross, 4, 276–77n; design of, 20; Freudian importance of, 98. See also McDonald’s Corporation

Goldstein, Oscar, 41

Gorbachev, Mikhail, 27, 228, 234, 236–39

Göring, Hermann, 226

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), 137

Gramm, Phil, 210

Gramm, Wendy Lee, 210

GRAS (Generally Regarded As Safe), 125

Great Britain. See United Kingdom

Greece, 244

Greeley, Horace, 150

Greeley, Colo., 150–51, 266

Green Burrito, 26, 27

Greenberg, Jack, 229

Greenberg, Jerald, 84

Greenpeace, 245–49. See also London Greenpeace

Gregory, Michael, 212

Grinding It Out (Kroc), 36

Groppel, Jack, 107

Gumby Pizza, 98

Haarman & Reimer, 121

Haber, Heinz, 39, 283n

HACCP. See Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)

Hallmark Entertainment, 48

Hamburger: consumption of, 6, 277n; demographics of hamburger eaters, 315n; development of, 197–98; as national dish, 198; and obesity, 242–3. See also Cattle industry; E. coli ; Meatpacking industry; and specific fast food companies

Hamburger Helper, 124

Hamburger University, 31, 230

Handicapped people, 70

Happy Joe’s Pizza & Ice Cream Parlor, 98

Happy Meals, and marketing, 47–48, 242, 262

Hardee’s, 27, 241

Harding, Lee, 193–94, 200, 211

Harper, Charles “Mike,” 159, 163

Harvard University Medical School, 140, 301n

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), 208, 215, 216, 222

Healthy Choice, 159

Health insurance, 160, 161, 162, 257

Heart disease, 195, 242

Heavenly Flavors, 121

Hebrew National, 159

Hefferman, William, 120

Hefley, Joel, 186

Heinz, Margaret, 14–15

Hell’s Angels, 21

Helms, Jesse, 210

Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), 199–200

Heritage Foundation, 102

Hernandez-Gonzalez, Salvador, 178

Heston, Charlton, 105

Hewlett Packard, 62

Hi-Fries, 130

High-Level Precision Bombing , 38

Hightower, Jim, 5

Hill, James O., 240

Hiring practices, 70–72

Hispanics. See Latinos

Hitler, Adolph, 226

Hitler Youth, 226

HIV, 196

Hobbytown USA, 5

Hogan, David Gerard, 197

Hoiles, R. C., 63

Holland. See Netherlands

Hollywood Reporter , 48

Holman, Currier J., 153, 154, 155, 164

Holmgren, Paul, 93

Home Depot, 92

Homeless shelters, 163

Hoover, Herbert, 63

Hoover Dam, 235

Hormones, 263

Hot Dog on a Stick, 98

House Un-American Activities Committee, 36–37

Houston Chronicle , 52, 72

Hudson Foods, 194–95, 200, 211, 213, 215, 314n

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), 196

Hunt’s, 159

HUS (hemolytic uremic syndrome), 199–200

Hygiene, 201–2, 203, 329n

IBP. See Iowa Beef Packers (IBP)

Idaho, 8, 117–18

IFA (International Franchise Association), 98, 101

IFF(International Flavors & Fragrances), 121–29

Ilitch, Mike, 94

Illegal immigrants. See Immigrants

Illinois, 31

Immigrants, 70–71, 160–63, 174, 176

Immigration and Naturalization Service, 162

I’m OK — You’re OK , 74

In-N-Out Burger, 259–60, 327–28n

Independent contractors, 176, 310–11n

India, 230, 231, 244, 276n

Indonesia, 230

Inflammatory bowel disease, 195

Injuries: amputations, 185; carpal tunnel syndrome, 187; cumulative trauma injuries, 173, 185, 310n; and fast food industry, 83; lawsuits concerning, 181; and meatpacking industry, 172–90, 264–65, 309–10n; and poultry industry, 186, 310n; and public assistance, 185; tendinitis, 173; underreporting of, 175, 179–81, 310n; and unions, 184; and working conditions, 264–65. See also Crime

Inland Empire, 25

Insta-Burger King, 22, 24. See also Burger King

Insurance, health, 160, 161, 162, 257

International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), 121–29, 299n

International Foodservice Manufacturers Association, 236

International Franchise Association (IFA), 98, 101

International Greenpeace, 245. See also London Greenpeace

Internet, 45, 146, 260

Interstate highway system, 8, 22, 64, 154

Iowa, 16, 101

Iowa Beef Packers (IBP): and bribing union officials, 155; and Canadian beef industry, 230; and cleaning crews, 177, 310–11; deceptive practices of, 166, 179–81, 206; emissions violations of, 164–65; and employee turnover, 161; and food safety, 319n; and “IBP revolution,” 151, 173; and illegal immigrants, 162; and industry standards, 174–75; and injury reporting, 175, 264; and knife-sharpening, 173; lawsuits against, 182–83; and meat contamination, 203, 213–14; and meatpacking industry consolidation, 8, 137–38; and Midland, 143; and migrant labor, 162; and organized crime, 154–55, 306n; and OSHA, 183, 311n; and outrail policy, 216–17, 319n; and profit margins, 174; and safety, 182–83, 206; and sexual harassment, 176; and Small Business Administration (SBA), 164; steam pasteurization system, 216; tax breaks from Nebraska, 164; and unions, 158, 162, 174; and wages, 306n; worker deaths at, 178, 311n; worker profiles at, 165; and workers’ compensation, 184