Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser Presented by Scott Miller, Busola Akeredolu, Steve Danekoff

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Fast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserPresented by
Scott Miller, Busola Akeredolu, Steve Danekoff

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Concept

• Provided an overall background on the Fast Food
  industry and its environment
• Used a variety of details
• We will focus on three of the most significant

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Elements We Will Discuss

• Idea of Entrepreneurship
• Meat Packing Industry
• Advertising and Promotions to Children

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Entrepreneurship

• Ray Krocs Desire
• Awareness, Branding and Evolution
• Lifestyle Impacts

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Meat Packing Industry

• Production speeds do not allow for adequate
  testing of meat
• Some of the most dangerous jobs in the world
• Lack of recalls / publishing of injuries on the
  job

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Production Speeds Contamination

• In a single shift, over 400,000 lbs produced.
• 2/3rds of meat eaten before knowing its bad and
  issuing a recall.
• 1997 E. coli outbreak produced contaminated meat
  from May August before recalls began
• Dont disclose where meat goes.

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Dangerous Job

• Everyone has a sharp blade
• Fast moving carcasses
• Wet floors
• Pressure to work as fast as possible
• Cleaning crew
• Fumes
• Visibility

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Hiding from the public

• Pressure on employees not to see the doctor
• Managers do not report all accidents
• Cleaning crew is contracted by companies who
  hire immigrant workers
• Meat Packing Companies avoid recalls until they
  are out to control.
• Only concerned with profits

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Marketing to Children

• Details about this topic
• Supporting information and examples
• How it relates to your audience

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Overview

• Book gave many perspectives
• Claims to highlight the Dark Side of Fast Food
  Industry
• Written like a text