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Walters, Barbara, 105

Warner Brothers, 48

Washington Post, 55

Watershed protection, 135

Watts, Steven, 36

Wayne State University, 98

Welch’s, 36

Welk, Lawrence, 25

Wendy’s: and contaminated meat, 212, 218;

and crime, 86;

and E. coli, 212;

in fast food clusters, 60;

and flavor additives, 128;

history of, 23;

and impulsive buying, 66;

at top of industry, 27;

and opposition to minimum wage law, 73;

and National Hockey League, 48;

portion sizes, 241

Weseley, Don, 164

West Germany. See Germany

Western Printing and Lithography, 40

Western Union, 22, 34

Western World, 42

Westinghouse Electric, 38

White, Barry, 179

White Castle, 197–98

“White flight,” 64

Wilson, Kevin, 180–81

Wilson, Thomas, 205

Wilson, Woodrow, 137

Wilson meatpacking company, 137

Winfrey, Oprah, 266

Witzel, Michael, 17

Wolf, Henry, 178

Wolke, Brent, 212

Women in workforce, 4

Workers’ compensation, 184–85

Workforce: awards for employees, 88;

and crime, 83–87, 154–55, 162, 164–66, 176, 179–81, 206, 292n, 293n, 305n;

de-skilled workforce, 154;

employee turnover, 72–73, 83, 160–61, 163, 184;

and federal subsidies, 72;

and food safety, 222;

handicapped in, 70;

and health insurance, 160, 162, 257;

immigrant workforce, 70–71, 160–63;

interchangeability of, 70;

and knife-sharpening, 173;

language spoken by, 70–72, 160;

managers’ effect on, 82–83;

migrant industrial workforce, 161–63;

and public assistance, 185;

restaurant industry as largest employer, 6, 65;

and safety, 8, 84–85, 172–90, 206;

and social status, 78–79;

statistics on, 72;

teenagers in, 67–71, 78–87;

unskilled, 6,9;

women in, 4. See also Fast food industry; Injuries; Labor practices; Meatpacking industry; Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA); and specific companies

Work Opportunity Tax Credit, 72

World Health Organization, 217

World Is Not for Sale — Nor Am I (Bove), 244

World War II, 18

Yan, Yunxiang, 230, 231

Youth Market Alert, 43

Youth Market System Consulting, 45

Zamot, Carlos, 80

Zamot, Cynthia, 80

Zamot, Elisa, 67–68, 80–81

Ziebart Tidy Car, 229

Ziglar, Zig, 105

Zum Beispiel McDonald’s (Pater), 233

Table of Contents

Cover

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

contents

introduction

Fast Food NATION

I/the american way

1/ the founding fathers

2/ your trusted friends

3/behind the counter

4/success

II / meat and potatoes

5/ why the fries taste good

6/on the range

7/cogs in the great machine

8/ the most dangerous job

9/what's in the meat

10/ global realization

epilogue: have it your way

afterword: the meaning of mad cow

photo credits

notes

bibliography

acknowledgments

index