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Cleanup On Aisle Five: Essential Work, Poverty Wages, And The View From Behind The Supermarket Register
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In The Tradition Of Bestselling Classics Such As Barbara EhrenreichS Nickel And Dimed And Benjamin LorrS The Secret Life Of Groceries Comes A CharacterDriven Exploration Of The Modern Supermarket, Unpacking What Works And What DoesnT, And Delivering A Blueprint For A Better Way To Shop.Grocery Stores May All Seem The Same. But The Supermarket As An Institution Is Anything But Ordinary Or OneDimensional. At The Supermarket Where I Worked, I Found A Microcosm Of Society: A Place Of Brutality And Violence As Well As Solidarity And The Promise Of Change.Unemployed And Looking For Work During The Pandemic, Journalist And Activist Ann Larson Found A Job As A Cashier At A Supermarket In Utah. Though She Had Written About LowWage Work For Years, Nothing Could Have Prepared Her For What She Experienced.Informed By Her Time Behind The Register, Cleanup On Aisle Five Is LarsonS Deep Dive Into Supermarkets And How They Operate From The Inside Out: From The LowWage Workers Stocking The Shelves And The Customers Coming Through At All Hours, To The Communities These Stores Serve And The Larger Capitalist Forces And Corporate Interests At Play That Control How We Shop For Food. In The Process, She Chronicles The Evolution Of The Grocery Store, Unpacks The Political Implications Of The Battles Between Shoppers And Staff, And Invites Us To Imagine Grocery Stores As Places Where One Can Foster Community And Even EquityIf We Can Separate Food Distribution From Profit Motive.Deeply Reported And Refreshingly Insightful, Larson Follows The Interactions Between The Workers, Including Stanley Who CanT Afford A Sandwich, Nick Who DoesnT Have Health Insurance, And Scarlet Who Is All Out Of Patience, And Customers, Including The Old Lady Who Finds Comfort In Tidying The Shelves To The One Homeless Guy Who Only Comes In To Use The Facilities. From The Unforgettable Characters To The Common Challenges We Face When It Comes To Food, Cleanup In Aisle Five Will Forever Change The Way We Look At Grocery Stores.
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