Fast Food Nation: What The All-American Meal is Doing to the World (59 page)

Hormones,
263

Hot Dog on a Stick,
98

House Un-American Activities Committee,
36–37

Houston Chronicle
,
52
,
72

Hudson Foods,
194–95
,
200
,
211
,
213
,
215
,
314
n

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),
196

Hunt’s,
159

HUS (hemolytic uremic syndrome),
199–200

Hygiene,
201–2
,
203
,
329
n

IBP.
See
Iowa Beef Packers (IBP)

Idaho,
8
,
117–18

IFA (International Franchise Association),
98
,
101

IFF(International Flavors & Fragrances),
121–29

Ilitch, Mike,
94

Illegal immigrants.
See
Immigrants

Illinois,
31

Immigrants,
70–71
,
160–63
,
174
,
176

Immigration and Naturalization Service,
162

I’m OK — You’re OK
,
74

In-N-Out Burger,
259–60
,
327–28
n

Independent contractors,
176
,
310–11
n

India,
230
,
231
,
244
,
276
n

Indonesia,
230

Inflammatory bowel disease,
195

Injuries: amputations,
185
;

carpal tunnel syndrome,
187
;

cumulative trauma injuries,
173
,
185
,
310
n;

and fast food industry,
83
;

lawsuits concerning,
181
;

and meatpacking industry,
172–90
,
264–65
,
309–10
n;

and poultry industry,
186
,
310
n;

and public assistance,
185
;

tendinitis,
173
;

underreporting of,
175
,
179–81
,
310
n;

and unions,
184
;

and working conditions,
264–65
.
See also
Crime

Inland Empire,
25

Insta-Burger King,
22
,
24
.
See also
Burger King

Insurance, health,
160
,
161
,
162
,
257

International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF),
121–29
,
299
n

International Foodservice Manufacturers Association,
236

International Franchise Association (IFA),
98
,
101

International Greenpeace,
245
.
See also
London Greenpeace

Internet,
45
,
146
,
260

Interstate highway system,
8
,
22
,
64
,
154

Iowa,
16
,
101

Iowa Beef Packers (IBP): and bribing union officials,
155
;

and Canadian beef industry,
230
;

and cleaning crews,
177
,
310–11
;

deceptive practices of,
166
,
179–81
,
206
;

emissions violations of,
164–65
;

and employee turnover,
161
;

and food safety,
319
n;

and “IBP revolution,” 151,
173
;

and illegal immigrants,
162
;

and industry standards,
174–75
;

and injury reporting,
175
,
264
;

and knife-sharpening,
173
;

lawsuits against,
182–83
;

and meat contamination,
203
,
213–14
;

and meatpacking industry consolidation,
8
,
137–38
;

and Midland,
143
;

and migrant labor,
162
;

and organized crime,
154–55
,
306
n;

and OSHA,
183
,
311
n;

and outrail policy,
216–17
,
319
n;

and profit margins,
174
;

and safety,
182–83
,
206
;

and sexual harassment,
176
;

and Small Business Administration (SBA),
164
;

steam pasteurization system,
216
;

tax breaks from Nebraska,
164
;

and unions,
158
,
162
,
174
;

and wages,
306
n;

worker deaths at,
178
,
311
n;

worker profiles at,
165
;

and workers’ compensation,
184

Ireland,
243

Ireland, Andy,
101

Irradiation,
217–18

Italy,
242

Jack in the Box: competition of,
24
;

and critics of fast food industry,
237–38
;

and
E. coli
,
198–99
,
207
,
214
,
221
,
263
;

and food safety,
208–10
;

franchisee treatment by,
99
;

and minimum wage,
73

Japan,
242
,
276
n

Jaspin, Elliot,
212

Jefferson, Thomas,
8
,
114

Jenny Craig International,
97

Jiffy-Lube,
5

Jim Henson Company,
48

Joe Camel,
43

John Morrell,
180
,
206

Jones, Regina,
75

Journal of Dentistry for Children
,
54

Journal of the American Medical Association
,
43

J. R. Simplot Company,
111
,
113
,
116
,
129–30
,
209
,
231
,
236
,
269

Jungle
(Sinclair),
152–53
,
204–5

“Just in time” production,
67

Justice Department.
See
U.S. Department of Justice

Kabong, Matthew,
91–92

Kaman Services,
62

Karcher, Ben,
13–14

Karcher, Carl Leo,
26

Karcher, Carl N.: biography of,
13–15
;

drive-in restaurants of,
18–19
;

financial problems of,
25–28
,
281
n;

hot dog carts of,
15
,
18–19
;

ousted from board of CKE,
26
;

and self-service restaurants,
21–22

Karcher, Don,
25–26

Karcher, Margaret Heinz,
14–15
,
27–28

K-Bob’s Steakhouses,
98

KCBS-TV,
222

Keith’s Drive-In Restaurant,
22

Kennedy, Ted,
88

Kentucky Fried Chicken.
See
KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)

Keystone Foods,
139

Kezios, Susan,
99

KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken): and anti-U.S. imperialism,
243–44
;

and crime,
86
;

franchises for,
95
;

history of,
23
;

as international,
88
,
229
,
230
;

as largest poultry purchaser,
140
;

and NCAA promotions,
48
;

and restaurant technology,
71

Kidney illnesses,
195
,
200

KidPower conference,
231

Kids as Customers
(McNeal),
44

Kinko’s,
59

Kinney, Joseph A.,
85

Kirby, Jesse G.,
17

Kissinger, Henry,
104
,
105

Klasky-Csupo,
48

K-Mart,
3

Knight, Jacque,
212

Knott’s Berry Farm,
159

Kool-Aid,
124

Kraft, John,
318
n

Kristallnacht
,
226

Kroc, Ray A.: and brand loyalty,
43
;

and Disney,
33–37
,
49
;

as founder of Mc-Donald’s Corporation,
5
,
35
,
198
;

and franchises,
95–96
;

on french fries,
114–15
;

marketing tools of,
40–41
;

McDonald brothers’ relationship with,
34–35
,
96–97
;

and Morris,
249
;

museum of,
31–32
;

on nonconformists,
5
;

philosophy of,
37
;

and Simplot,
115
;

and site selection for McDonald’s,
66
;

and Speedee Service System,
34–35
.
See also
McDonald’s Corporation

Küttler, Thomas,
228
,
250

Kuwait,
230

Kwitny, Jonathan,
16–17
,
306
n

Labor practices: and assembly line sys-tem,
68–69
;

awards for employees,
88
;

child labor and child labor laws,
73
,
80
,
82
,
261
,
262
;

and employee turnover,
72–73
,
83
,
88
,
160–61
,
163
;

and health insurance,
160
,
161
,
162
,
257
,
259
;

hiring practices,
70–72
;

and injuries,
176–78
,
181
,
186–90
,
264–65
;

and kitchen technology,
71–72
;

and opposition to safety laws,
8
;

and overtime wages,
73–75
,
82
,
262
;

and polygraph testing,
76
;

and regimentation,
69–70
;

and “stroking,”
74
;

and unions,
71
,
75–77
,
88
,
257
;

vacations,
160
,
161
;

and wages,
8
,
37
,
73–75
,
88
,
259
,
262
;

and worker safety,
84–85
,
172–90
;

and workers’ compensation,
184–85
.
See also
Fast food industry
;
Meatpacking industry
;
Workforce
;
and specific companies