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Grocery

the Buying and Selling of Food in America
Oct 01, 2018GLNovak rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I met some wonderful people in this book. Rip Ruhlman, the author's father, was a man after my own heart. I, too, love grocery stores and revel in the diversity of offerings, from wholesome plain food to the exotic fruits, grains, and snack foods calling me to come and try. We all need food to live, but for some there is just that frisson of excitement that comes with the assault on all the senses that makes the surveying, and actually choosing and buying, so important to some of us. Then, we leave the author's dad to go on and meet Tom and Jeff Heinen, brothers who own and together are the force behind the Heinen's regional chain of grocery stores bases in Cleveland, Ohio. How grocery stores came to be the behemoths they are in the USA; how huge conglomerates dominate the food supply; and how the consumer can actually make capitalists make changes make for a read that brings insights into the world of food production and sale. The conversational style kept the book flowing and kept my interest.