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The Secret Life of Groceries by Benjamin Lorr – book cover

The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket

By Benjamin Lorr

Business

In this page-turning exposé, author Benjamin Lorr pulls back the curtain on the highly secretive grocery industry. Combining deep sourcing, immersive reporting, and sharp, often laugh-out-loud prose, Lorr leads a wild investigation, asking what does it take to run a…

Release Date
2021
Length
500 pages
Publisher
Center Point
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Our Review

In this page-turning exposé, author Benjamin Lorr pulls back the curtain on the highly secretive grocery industry. Combining deep sourcing, immersive reporting, and sharp, often laugh-out-loud prose, Lorr leads a wild investigation, asking what does it take to run a supermarket? How does our food get on the shelves? And who suffers for our increasing demands for convenience and efficiency? In this journey: