Read Fast Food Nation: What The All-American Meal is Doing to the World Online
Authors: Eric Schlosser
Soybeans,
143
Spain,
242
Spencer Beef,
158
Spudnik,
117
SSI,
209
Standard Oil,
16
Stanko, Rudy “Butch,”
218–19
Staphylococcus aureus
,
197
Star Broadcasting,
56
Stasi,
228
Steak and Ale,
88
Steak House Fries,
130
Steam pasteurization,
216
Steel, Helen,
246–47
Stephan, Frieder,
252
Stern, Jane,
258
Stern, Michael,
258
Steroids,
150
STOP.
See
Safe Tables Our Priority (STOP)
Stouffer’s,
36
Stull, Homer,
178
Sunglass Hut,
5
Supreme Beef Processors,
219–20
Supreme Court, U.S.,
158
SureBeam irradiation technology,
217
Sus, Jerry,
71
Swift, Harold,
153
Swiss Miss,
159
Tab,
124
Taco Bell: advertisements of,
43
;competition of,
24
;and employee coercion,
74–75
;and food “assembly,”
69
;and food safety,
222
;and franchise owners,
85
;history of,
22
;and homogenizing of America,
5
;as international,
88
;labor practices of,
69
,
71
,
82
;lawsuits against,
75
;and NCAA promotions,
48
;and overtime wages,
74–75
;and restaurant technology,
71
;and school cafeterias,
56
;and throughput,
69
Tahiti Tourism Promotion Board,
230
Takasoga,
121
Tamogotchis,
47
T and G Service Company,
178
Tang,
124
Targeted Jobs Tax Credit,
72
Taste O’Sea,
159
Taterbabies,
130
Taterboy Curley QQQ Fries,
130
Tauxe, Robert V.,
195
Taxpayers Bill of Rights of Colorado,
64
Taylor, Michael R.,
207
Taylor, Rod,
47
Teamsters Union,
77
“Teleservice representatives” (TSRs),
81
Teletray,
24
Television advertising,
45–46
Tendinitis,
173
Texaco,
78
Texas A&M University,
43–44
Texas-American,
209
Texture Technologies Corporation,
128
Thailand,
230
Thatcher, Margaret,
239
Theft,
83–85
Theno, David M.,
208–10
Thompson, Hunter,
21
Throughput,
67–71
Tiller, Fran,
248
Tippy’s Taco House,
98
Titan Corporation,
217
Titan II,
261
Today
,
41
Tomart’s Price Guide to McDonald’s Happy Meal Collectibles
,
47
To Russia with Fries
,
237
Toy Manufacturers of America,
46
Tracy, Brian,
105
Trogdon, Jane,
79
Trolley industry,
16–17
Trump, Ivana,
237
Trusts,
137
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See also
Beef Trust
TRW,
62
TSRs (“teleservice representatives”),
81
Tufts University Medical School,
221
Uniform Commercial Code,
101
Unions:
Amalgamated Butcher Work-men,
151
;employee turnover affecting,
184
;and fast food industry,
71
,
75–77
,
88
,
262
;in Germany,
233
;influence of,
265–66
;and meatpacking industry,
153–58
;and strikes,
157–58
;United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW),
76
,
155–57
,
183–84
;and working conditions,
174
,
184
Union Stockyards,
157
United Nations,
152
United Students Against Sweatshops,
267–68
Universal TA-XT2 Texture Analyzer,
128
University of Arizona,
221
University of Colorado,
240
University of Michigan,
64
University of Minnesota,
198
University of Ohio,
84
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA): and cattle industry studies,
142
;and deregulation,
206
;and
E. coli
,
194
,
203–4
,
207
,
263
;and intimidation of cattle ranchers,
143
;and irradiation,
217–18
;and meat recalls,
211–14
;and National School Lunch Program,
218–21
;on packer concentration and farm prices,
302
n;and single food safety agency,
264
;and slaughterhouse shutdowns,
183
;and Streamlined Inspection System for Cattle (SIS-C),
206–7
,
317
n;and testing of meat,
197
,
263
;as understaffed,
215
Ute Indians,
150
V. Mane Fils,
121
Variety
,
36
Vasquez, Rachel,
104–5
Vegetarian Journal
,
128
“Veggie libel,”
266–67
Vidal, John,
248–49
Vincente, Carlos,
178
Voigt, Brigitte,
251
Voigt, Manfred,
251
“Voluntary compliance,”
179–80
Vons Companies, Inc.,
198
Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald,
48
Wages: and crime,
85
;in fast food industry,
8
,
37
,
71
,
73–74
,
85
,
277
n,
328
n;franchisee control of,
75
,
78
;and In-N-Out Burger,
259
;and meatpacking industry,
153
,
160
,
162
,
306
n;in Mexico,
162
;minimum wage,
8
,
37
,
71
,
73
,
88
,
261
,
262
,
291
n;overtime wages,
73
,
74
,
262
;and product costs,
291
n;restaurant industry pay scale,
277
n