Fast Food Nation: What The All-American Meal is Doing to the World (63 page)

Soybeans,
143

Space Command, U.S.,
1
,
275
n

Spain,
242

Speedee Service System,
20–21
,
34–35
,
69
,
153
,
259

Spencer Beef,
158

Spudnik,
117

SSI,
209

Standard Oil,
16

Stanko, Rudy “Butch,”
218–19

Staphylococcus aureus
,
197

Star Broadcasting,
56

Starbucks,
5
,
59

Stasi,
228

Steak and Ale,
88

Steak House Fries,
130

Steam pasteurization,
216

Steel, Helen,
246–47

Steinman, Moe,
154–55
,
305
n

Stephan, Frieder,
252

Stern, Jane,
258

Stern, Michael,
258

Steroids,
150

STOP.
See
Safe Tables Our Priority (STOP)

Stouffer’s,
36

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

Strikes,
36–37
,
38
,
157–58

Stull, Homer,
178

Subway (chain),
56
,
59
,
100–102
,
241

Suicide,
146
,
226

Sunglass Hut,
5

Supreme Beef Processors,
219–20

Supreme Court, U.S.,
158

SureBeam irradiation technology,
217

Sus, Jerry,
71

Sweden,
243
,
263

Swift, Harold,
153

Swift & Company,
137
,
153
,
156
,
157
,
187
,
306
n

Swiss Miss,
159

Tab,
124

Taco Bell: advertisements of,
43
;

competition of,
24
;

and employee coercion,
74–75
;

and food “assembly,”
69
;

and food safety,
222
;

and franchise owners,
85
;

history of,
22
;

and homogenizing of America,
5
;

as international,
88
;

labor practices of,
69
,
71
,
82
;

lawsuits against,
75
;

and NCAA promotions,
48
;

and overtime wages,
74–75
;

and restaurant technology,
71
;

and school cafeterias,
56
;

and throughput,
69

Tahiti Tourism Promotion Board,
230

Takasoga,
121

Tamogotchis,
47

T and G Service Company,
178

Tang,
124

Targeted Jobs Tax Credit,
72

Taste O’Sea,
159

Taterbabies,
130

Taterboy Curley QQQ Fries,
130

Tauxe, Robert V.,
195

Tax breaks,
72
,
163–64

Taxpayers Bill of Rights of Colorado,
64

Taylor, Michael R.,
207

Taylor, Rod,
47

Teamsters Union,
77

Teenagers,
67–71
,
78–87

Teenie Beanie Babies,
47–48
,
86

“Teleservice representatives” (TSRs),
81

Teletray,
24

Teletubbies,
45
,
48

Television advertising,
45–46

Tendinitis,
173

Texaco,
78

Texas,
16
,
17
,
25
,
52

Texas A&M University,
43–44

Texas-American,
209

Texture Technologies Corporation,
128

T.G.I. Friday’s,
78
,
233

Thailand,
230

Thatcher, Margaret,
239

Theft,
83–85

Theno, David M.,
208–10

Thomas, Dave,
22–23
.
See also
Wendy’s

Thompson, Hunter,
21

Throughput,
67–71

Tiger Harry’s restaurant,
214
,
318
n

Tiller, Fran,
248

Tippy’s Taco House,
98

Titan Corporation,
217

Titan II,
261

Today
,
41

Tomart’s Price Guide to McDonald’s Happy Meal Collectibles
,
47

Tommy Hilfiger,
81–82
,
234

To Russia with Fries
,
237

Toy Manufacturers of America,
46

Toys,
4
,
47–48
,
276
n

Tracy, Brian,
105

Training,
69–71
,
178
,
236
,
262
,
276
n

Tricon Global Restaurants,
71
,
88

Trogdon, Jane,
79

Trolley industry,
16–17

Trump, Ivana,
237

Trusts,
137
.
See also
Beef Trust

TRW,
62

TSRs (“teleservice representatives”),
81

Tufts University Medical School,
221

Turkey,
229
,
231

Turner, Fred,
69
,
139

Tyson Foods,
140–42
,
172
,
230

UFCW.
See
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)

Uniform Commercial Code,
101

Unions:

Amalgamated Butcher Work-men,
151
;

employee turnover affecting,
184
;

and fast food industry,
71
,
75–77
,
88
,
262
;

in Germany,
233
;

influence of,
265–66
;

and meatpacking industry,
153–58
;

and strikes,
157–58
;

United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW),
76
,
155–57
,
183–84
;

and working conditions,
174
,
184

Union Stockyards,
157

United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW),
76
,
155–57
,
183–84

United Kingdom,
242
,
245–49
,
276
n

United Nations,
152

United Students Against Sweatshops,
267–68

Universal TA-XT2 Texture Analyzer,
128

University of Arizona,
221

University of Colorado,
240

University of Michigan,
64

University of Minnesota,
198

University of Ohio,
84

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA): and cattle industry studies,
142
;

and deregulation,
206
;

and
E. coli
,
194
,
203–4
,
207
,
263
;

and intimidation of cattle ranchers,
143
;

and irradiation,
217–18
;

and meat recalls,
211–14
;

and National School Lunch Program,
218–21
;

on packer concentration and farm prices,
302
n;

and single food safety agency,
264
;

and slaughterhouse shutdowns,
183
;

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

and testing of meat,
197
,
263
;

as understaffed,
215

U.S. Department of Justice,
137
,
143
,
158
,
160
,
164

U.S. Department of Labor,
72
,
180

Ute Indians,
150

V. Mane Fils,
121

Vacations,
160
,
161

Variety
,
36

Vasquez, Rachel,
104–5

Vegetarian Journal
,
128

“Veggie libel,”
266–67

Vidal, John,
248–49

Vincente, Carlos,
178

Voigt, Brigitte,
251

Voigt, Manfred,
251

“Voluntary compliance,”
179–80

Von Braun, Wernher,
38–39
,
282
n

Vons Companies, Inc.,
198

Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald,
48

Wages: and crime,
85
;

in fast food industry,
8
,
37
,
71
,
73–74
,
85
,
277
n,
328
n;

franchisee control of,
75
,
78
;

and In-N-Out Burger,
259
;

and meatpacking industry,
153
,
160
,
162
,
306
n;

in Mexico,
162
;

minimum wage,
8
,
37
,
71
,
73
,
88
,
261
,
262
,
291
n;

overtime wages,
73
,
74
,
262
;

and product costs,
291
n;

restaurant industry pay scale,
277
n