Fast Food Nation: What The All-American Meal is Doing to the World (62 page)

Packers and Stockyards Act,
144

Packers and Stockyards Administration (P&SA),
137

Packingtown,
155–57
,
306
n

P&SA (Packers and Stockyards Administration),
137

Papa John’s,
104

Pater, Siegfried,
233

Patterson, Paul,
117

Pentagon,
260

People Serving People,
163

Pepsi,
43
,
53
,
54

Pepsi GeneratioNext Resource Center,
53

Perestroika
,
236

Pertschuk, Michael,
46

Peter Lowe International,
104–5

Peter Lowe’s Success Yearbook
,
105
,
106

Peterson, Robert L.,
163
,
180
,
183

Peterson Air Force Base,
61–62

PGI (Potato Growers of Idaho),
118

Phil Donahue Show
,
32

Philippines,
230

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine,
202

Piaget, Jean,
44

Pitts, Lee,
138

Pizza,
263–64

Pizza Hut: and anti-U.S. imperialism,
243
;

celebrity endorsement of,
237
;

corporate-sponsored teaching materials,
56
;

in fast food clusters,
60
;

in Germany,
233
;

and homogenizing of America,
5
;

as international,
88
;

labor practices,
69
,
71
;

and Gorbachev,
237
;

and NCAA promotions,
48
;

and restaurant technology,
71
;

and school cafeterias,
56
;

and throughput,
69

Plauen, Germany,
225–29
,
249–52
,
322
n

Pokémon,
47

Polygraph testing,
76

Pop Tarts,
124

Popular culture,
9
,
17
,
48

Pork,
198
,
276
n

Potato Growers of Idaho (PGI),
118

Potato industry: development of,
112–14
;

and frozen french fries,
114–17
;

as oligopsony,
117–20
;

processing potatoes,
111–12
.
See also
French fries

Poultry industry: and chicken manure,
202–3
;

and Chicken McNuggets,
139–40
;

and eggs,
264
;

and injuries,
186
,
310
n;

mechanization of poultry plants,
172
;

structure of,
140–42

Powell, Colin,
105
,
239

Powell, Jody,
208

Preston, Paul,
249

Preventive Medicine
,
202

Price fixing,
137
,
143
,
159
,
266

Primakov, Yevgeny,
238–39

Procter & Gamble,
55

Profit margins,
54
,
174
,
286
n,
310
n

Propaganda films,
38

Proposition 13 of California,
64

Protecting Youth at Work
,
80

Psychology of Selling
(Tracy),
105

Pueblo, Colo., Health Department,
193–94

Quebec,
77

Quintillion software,
66

Radio City Rockettes,
234

Railroads,
16

Ralston-Purina,
99–100

Ramirez, Javier,
183

Ramirez, Ruben,
155–57
,
183
,
306
n

Ray A. Kroc Museum,
31–32

Re/Max Real Estate,
229

Reagan, Ronald: and advertising to children,
46
;

and business mergers,
137
,
158
;

and Disneyland,
36
;

and Karcher,
25
,
27
;

and Lowe,
105
;

and OSHA,
179
;

and public health spending cuts,
206

Reckert, John,
71

Red Arrow Products Company,
128

Reddi-Wip,
159

Red Lobster,
73

Reeve, Christopher,
106–7

Reiter, Ester,
75

Religious organizations,
63–65

Republican Party,
88
,
210

Restaurant industry,
6
,
65
,
210
.
See also
Fast food industry

Restaurants and Institutions
,
260

Richfield Oil,
39

Ritzer, George,
9

Robbery,
83–85
,
292
n,
293
n

Roberts, Burton,
155

Robertson, Pat,
63

Robotics,
66–67
,
131

Roman Empire,
3
,
239

Roman Republic,
3

Ronald McDonald: in commercials,
42
;

development of,
41
,
95
;

in Germany,
232–33
;

influence of,
231
;

on Internet,
45
;

photograph of,
30
;

recognizability of,
4
,
276
n;

statues in Germany,
250
.
See also
McDonald’s Corporation

Roosevelt, Theodore,
152
,
204–5

Rosenberg, William,
22

Rowlin, James R.,
207

Rudolph, Beth,
198–99

Rugrats
,
48

Rus-Ettes Special Dry Fry Shoestrings,
130

Russia,
244
.
See also
Soviet Union

Safe Tables Our Priority (STOP),
200

Safety for workers,
8
,
84–85
,
172–90
,
206
.
See also
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Sager, Dean,
100

Salmonella
: and beef,
188
,
197
,
328
n; and illness,
201
; and National School Lunch Program,
219–20
; and poultry industry,
202–3
,
208
,
264

San Bernardino,
19–21

Sanders, Gary,
178

Sanders, Harland,
23
.
See also
KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)

Saturday Evening Post
,
205

Saudia Arabia,
230

SBA (Small Business Administration),
102
,
164

Schickel, Richard,
33

Schiller, Friedrich von,
228
,
250

Schools: advertising of fast food companies in,
51–57
;

corporate-sponsored teaching materials,
55–56
;

dropout rates of fast food employees,
79–80
;

fast food sold in,
56–57

Schriever Air Force Base,
62

Schuller, Robert,
19
,
32

Scotland Yard,
248

Scott, Willard,
41

Screen Cartoonists Guild,
36

Seale, Bryan,
76

“Secrets of Closing the Sale” (Ziglar),
105

Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC),
25

Selling ‘Em by the Sack
(Hogan),
197–98

Selling to Kids
,
43

Service Corporation International,
5

Service economy,
4

7-Eleven: and robbery,
83
;

in Turkey,
229

Sexual harassment,
176
,
310
n

Sherman, Richard,
42

Sherman, Robert,
42

Sherman Antitrust Act,
137

Shiga toxins,
199–200
,
221–22

Shoney’s,
86

Signer, Bill,
72

Simplot, John Richard,
111–16
,
118–19
,
138

Simpsons, The
,
48

Sinclair, Upton,
152–53
,
204–5

Sirianni, Carmen,
4

SIS-C (Streamlined Inspection System for Cattle),
206–7
,
317
n

Skala, Richard,
178

Small Business Administration (SBA),
102
,
164

Snake River Reclamation Project,
112

Snelgrove, Ken,
48

Snip N’ Clip,
5

Snow White
,
40

Snyder, Esther,
259
,
328
n

Snyder, Harry,
259

Snyder, Tom,
321

Soft drinks,
54–55
,
241
,
286
n

Sonneborn, Harry J.,
96–97

South Africa,
244

South Dakota,
164

Soviet Union,
266
.
See also
Gorbachev, Mikhail
;
Russia