Eric Schlosser's Expos Summary

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Many fast food companies have succumbed to the traditional structure from decades ago. During the earlier years, businesses flourished through independent means, buying from local dealers and creating their own original products. Nowadays, with the speedy service of industries, fast food companies have monopolized through old-fashioned strategies such as vertical integration. Even with such an industrialized empire, Schlosser deliniates the “behind-the-scenes” of many companies within the last section of his exposé, keeping an open mind to change. Eric Schlosser criticises the low moral methods of production used by many fast food industries by mentioning the Lasater Ranch, owned by Dale Lasater. The Lasater Ranch,” is a profitable, working