
Grocery
The Buying and Selling of Food in America
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Narrated by:
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Jonathan Todd Ross
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By:
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Michael Ruhlman
In Grocery, best-selling author Michael Ruhlman offers incisive commentary on America's relationship with its food and investigates the overlooked source of so much of it - the grocery store.
In a culture obsessed with food - how it looks, what it tastes like, where it comes from, what is good for us - there are often more questions than answers. Ruhlman proposes that the best practices for consuming wisely could be hiding in plain sight - in the aisles of your local supermarket. Using the human story of the family-run Midwestern chain Heinen's as an anchor to this journalistic narrative, he dives into the mysterious world of supermarkets and the ways in which we produce, consume, and distribute food. Grocery examines how rapidly supermarkets - and our food and culture - have changed since the days of your friendly neighborhood grocer. But rather than waxing nostalgic for the age of mom-and-pop shops, Ruhlman seeks to understand how our food needs have shifted since the mid-20th century and how these needs mirror our cultural ones.
A mix of reportage and rant, personal history and social commentary, Grocery is a landmark book from one of our most insightful food writers.
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Surprisingly Gripping
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This is not a book about "The Buying and Selling of Food in America". It is a book about "The Buying and Selling of Food at Heinen's". Which is great and interesting, but it is one small size chain, with very specific characteristics, and it does not cover or even make any attempt to cover "The Buying and Selling of Food in America".
In this sense, it is more like "Becoming Trader Joe" than like "The Secret Life of Groceries", which took a real effort to cover groceries retail business from multiple directions.
Now, that you know what to expect, it is a party good book, except for the parts where the author repeatedly and in length spoke about himself and about his family, which I sometimes tried to skip forward.
Heinen's Story
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Fantastic!!
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Surprised by diet advice
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Excellent writing as usual...
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The ending as well touched me deeply and made me smile a little thinking about my own past shopping at the store I now work at and is letting me look at it with new eyes as not just a job but in a way a part of who I was and am now for the better.
A very nice listen and I feel a must for anyone who loves food
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Would you consider the audio edition of Grocery to be better than the print version?
I only listen to books, never readWhat was one of the most memorable moments of Grocery?
The cereal isleWhat does Jonathan Todd Ross bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
I bet bored reading, listening I can do walking my doDid you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Made me want to change shopping habitsAny additional comments?
would have given it 5 star but hemissed a large issue - where does expired food go. My friend is CEO of a large grocery chain (more stores than the group in this book) and it is interesting to what happens to expired food. Would have been a great way to finish the story.Almost perfect
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one of a kind
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Good book - slow in the middle
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