The release date for the English version of 'The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket' by
Benjamin Lorr is Sep 2020. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The human lives at the centre of the American grocery store are the subject of this book's examination. How does one manage an American grocery store? How do goods end up on shelves? Who determines the cost? And who pays the price for more efficiency and convenience? Author Benjamin Lorr lifts the veil on this very closed-off sector in this exposé. Using a combination of in-depth reporting and immersive sourcing, Lorr spearheads an exciting investigation that reveals many things, including the reasons behind truckers' apprehension about their work being "sharecropping on wheels," the process by which a product is certified as "organic" or "fair trade," the challenges faced by entrepreneurs vying for shelf space, crucial advice, traps, and strategies for starting a new food business, the disturbing details of the shrimp industry's slave tra