Fast food chains spend a large amount of marketing to get the attention of children. People form their eating habits as children so they try to nurture clients as youngsters.
Eric SchlosserDuring my school visits, I really enjoy the feedback I get from them much more than anything I might tell say to them.
Eric SchlosserWe're all connected by the system, and we all have to be a part, I think, of changing it.
Eric SchlosserThe federal government has more power to recall a defective stuffed animal who's little glass eye may fall off than to recall contaminated ground beef that could sicken or even kill hundreds if not thousands of people. The meat-packing industry is so powerful that it's managed to prevent the government from having this basic power of recalling a defective product.
Eric Schlosser