Plot

__Fast Food Nation,__ by Eric Schlosser, explores the beginning of and today's fast food industry. He travels around the country to meet different people involved in the industry. He goes specifically to Colorado Springs, Colorado, and many different cities in Southern California. Schlosser meets with C.E.O.s, fast food workers, cattle ranchers, and many other people that are involved. It shows the marketing strategies, the original fast food restaurants, the treatment of employees, and the where the food comes from, among other things. Eric Schlosser explains how the industry is very complex. He also talks about how its marketing ads are sneaky but very successful. This book also talks about all the different steps to make the food served in the restaurants. He talks about slaughterhouses and how they are dirty. The workers there often suffer from sickness or get injured from the different machines. Schlosser also talks about many occurences where people have gotten very ill from viruses or food posioning.