Shopped : the shocking power of British supermarkets [printed text] / Joanna Blythman, Author . - London : Fourth Estate, 2004 . - xv, 368 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-00-715803-4
A demolition of the supermarket miracle, this text charts the impact that supermarkets have had on every aspect of our lives and culture.

Class number:	381.456413
Abstract:	An elegant demolition of the supermarket miracle, this book charts the impact that supermarkets have had on every aspect of our lives and culture. Did you know...; Almost 50% of supermarket fruit and vegetables contain pesticide residues?* UK supermarkets make 40p on every GBP1 spent on bananas while plantations workers are paid just 1p?* Supermarkets operate a climate of fear amongst their suppliers?* Every time a supermarket opens the local community loses on average 276 jobs?In the 1970s, British supermarkets had only 10% of the UK's grocery spend. Now they swallow up 80%, influencing how we shop, what we eat, how we spend our leisure time, how much rubbish we generate, even the very look of our physical environment. Award-winning food writer Joanna Blythman investigates the enormous impact that these big box retailers are having on our lives. She meets the farmers who are selling food to supermarkets for less than they need to survive, the wholesalers who have been eliminated from the supply chain, travels to suburban retail parks to meet the teenagers and part-timers who stack our shelves and reveals the hoops third world suppliers must jump through to earn supermarket contracts. This thought-provoking, witty and sometimes chilling voyage of discovery is sure to make you think twice before you reach for that supermarket trolley quite so enthusiastically ever again.
Contents note:	Acknowledgements; Supermarket starters Supermarket Space 1 Forgotten people; 2 Trolley towns; 3 Small basket; 4 Working the system; 5 Sugar daddies; 6 Pimlico v. Sainsbury's Supermarket Food 7 Giving us what we want; 8 Feeding bad food culture; 9 Why it all tastes the same; 10 Fresh is worst; 11 Permanent global summertime; 12 Lost at sea; 13 Bright red meat; 14 Our weekly bread; 15 Gastro-gap Supermarket Workers 16 My big welcome; 17 Life on the checkout Supermarket Suppliers 18 Climate of fear; 19 Extracting the best deal; 20 Pay to play; 21 Get it in Writing; 22 You've been category managed; 23 Business as usual Supermarket World 24 Pruning horticulture; 25 Market grab; 26 A perfect world; 27 Variety is not the spice of life; 28 First stop Europe; 29 Next stop the world Supermarket Culture 30 The new community; 31 That's supermarket price; 32 Take our word for it; 33 Safety in numbers; 34 Meet the locals; 35 Race to the bottom Supermarket Future 36 Retail domination; 37 Big day out Supermarket solutions; Supermarket responses; Notes; Index.