Cost and Profits

After reading the book Fast Food Nations, the author Eric Schlosser, reveals how big corporation, e.g. meat, poultry and potatoes suppliers in the United States operates. The main driver for them is “cost and profit” hence; they will do anything to keep cost low and profits high. Two of the most disturbing issues that were raised by the Eric Schlosser in order to reduce cost were that cattle were fed with waste products due to the high cost of grains. These cattle were in turn slaughtered and sold to the fast food restaurants, which have been consumed by many. Secondly, the exploiting of women immigrants workers, working in the meat factories, most of them have been sexually abused by males workers, particularly the managers or supervisors of the plant but were unable to complain as they were afraid of losing their jobs. Most of these workers are illegal immigrants and will therefore be sent back to their home country if they lose their jobs.