When you go into a fast food restaurant, you may just think about how good your meal tastes while you're eating it. But you're not thinking about all the consequences that come from that one purchase - the consequences for your body, the consequences for supporting this company and how it's treating it workers, all the way back to the farm where the potatoes were grown, or the ranch where the cattle were raised.
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 SchlosserPoint of view is present in anything I write, but I really try to let the subject and facts speak for themselves.
Eric SchlosserThe life's work of Walt Disney and Ray Kroc had come full-circle, uniting in perfect synergy. McDonald's began to sell its hamburgers and french fries at Disney's theme parks. The ethos of McDonaldland and of Disneyland, never far apart, have finally become one. Now you can buy a Happy Meal at the Happiest Place on Earth.
Eric SchlosserWe're all connected by the system, and we all have to be a part, I think, of changing it.
Eric Schlosser