Book Notes: The Secret Life of Groceries

I recently finished reading The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket by Benjamin Lorr (link). I learned about the book from a review by Nick Summers published in The New York Times. The book was a rollercoaster of st...

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Laura Reu

Sep 3, 2024

Thank you for this summary! I found the author to be off-putting, but still wanted the main insights. Appreciate that you did this!

I appreciate the kind words. What brought you to consider this book? What was off-putting about the author (it's been a while since I read it so don't remember the tone well).

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Ray Berger

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Sep 3, 2024

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Laura Reu

Sep 3, 2024

He described the trucker he was interviewing in really negative ways - seemed disrespectful to include personal appearance of a person you requested to interview. Given some of the things listed in your notes, there may have been more to the encounter later on. It also meandered- so your main points are helpful. Ray Berger

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