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"In the tradition of Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore's Dilemma, an extraordinary investigation into the human lives at the heart of the American grocery store. What does it take to run the American supermarket? How do products get to shelves? Who sets the price? And who suffers the consequences of increased convenience end efficiency? In this alarming exposé, author Benjamin Lorr pulls back the curtain on this highly secretive industry. Combining...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
92 pages ; 20 cm.
Description
A young boy returns obsessively to a supermarket sandwich counter, entranced by the beauty of the woman who works there. Her aloof demeanour and electric blue eyelids make him feel the most intense joy he's ever known. He calls her Ms Ice Sandwich, and he wants nothing more than to spend his days watching her coolly slip sandwiches into bags. But life keeps getting in the way -- there's his beloved grandmother's illness, and a faltering friendship...
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Pub. Date
[2020].
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 21 cm
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"Brothers Ray and Patrick Markham live in Pennacook, Massachusetts, a despairing former mill town plagued by feral boars. It's the type of place where streets are named for scoundrel governors and lesser Monopoly properties, where even Dr. Chong, the high-school principal, can't bear to mingle with the locals in her free time. Ray serves as Patrick's legal guardian. He spends his days on the Bounty Bag deli line, making a mean meatball sandwich, critiquing...
4) We are Market Basket: the story of the unlikely grassroots movement that saved a beloved business
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Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
xvii, 238 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Recounts the history of Market Basket, a New England grocery chain whose employees and customers rallied to restore its CEO, Arthur T. Demoulas, in a book demonstrating the power of consumer loyalty in the American economy.
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (540 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
"What does it take to run a grocery store? How does our food get on the shelves? Who sets the prices? And who suffers the consequences of our increasing demands for efficiency? Combining deep sourcing, immersive reporting, and sharp, often laugh-out-loud prose, author Benjamin Lorr pulls back the curtain on a highly secretive industry. Starting from the top, we learn the secrets of Trader Joe's success from founder Trader Joe Coulombe himself, but...
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Pub. Date
2017.
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Michael Ruhlman offers incisive commentary on America's relationship with its food and investigates the overlooked source of so much of it--the grocery store. In a culture obsessed with food--how it looks, what it tastes like, where it comes from, what is good for us--there are often more questions than answers. Ruhlman proposes that the best practices for consuming wisely could be hiding in plain sight--in the aisles of your local supermarket. Using...
8) The wrestler
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Back in the late '80s, Randy 'The Ram' Robinson was a headlining professional wrestler. Now, decades past his prime, he barely gets by working small wrestling shows in VFW halls and as a part-time grocery store employee. He faces health problems that may end his wrestling career and is attempting to come to terms with his life outside the ring. He wants to reconcile with the daughter he abandoned in childhood and begins a relationship with a stripper....
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Pub. Date
2019.
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81 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
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"Sun dreams of money. Moon dreams of scientific discoveries. When their paths cross with Team Skull, both their plans go awry... The mysteries around shy refugee Lillie deepen. What is the connection between her Cosmog and that mysterious rift in the sky...? Meanwhile, as the trial captains search for Team Skull's headquarters, a Pokémon attack capsizes Sun and Moon's boat! Then, why would someone destroy...a supermarket?! Will Sun earn the right...
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Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
"Rosita de Sésamo aprende a responder cuando extraños en el supermercado le dicen a ella y a su Mami que no hablen español. Este libro de bolsillo ilustrado se basa en el video del mismo nombre en el sitio web de Sesame Street en las Comunidades. Rosita y su Mami se enfrentan al racismo cuando les dicen que se abstengan de hablar español en el supermercado. Mientras discuten el inquietante encuentro, a Rosita se le recuerda lo valioso y especial...
12) Supertato
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Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
Supertato must rely on his superhero powers to save the supermarket from one pea's mischief in the vegetable section.
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