Why Fast Food Chains Are Shrinking
Investigative and systems-level reads that explain the supply chains, labor pressures, and franchise economics now forcing chain restaurants to close stores and restructure.
Optimized for books about Readers seeking structural context behind the wave of restaurant chain closures and bankruptcies want books on fast food economics, franchise models, and food industry supply chains..
Fast Food NationEric SchlosserFast Food Nation provides investigative context on how industry practices, supply chains, and corporate growth...Shelf signal: The Food Business
The ChainTed GenowaysThe Chain examines meatpacking and supply vulnerabilities that help explain rising costs and risk points affecting...Shelf signal: The Food Business
The Next SupperCorey MintzThe Next Supper exposes restaurant-industry economics and labor pressures that drive restructurings and store shutdowns.Shelf signal: The Food Business
Drive-thru DreamsAdam ChandlerDrive-thru Dreams offers cultural and business history of fast food useful for understanding long-term store-count...Shelf signal: Food Through History
The American Way of EatingTracie McMillanThe American Way of Eating investigates the economic realities behind who eats where and why, connecting consumer...Shelf signal: Agriculture & Food Systems
Feed the People!Jan Dutkiewicz, Gabriel N. RosenbergFeed the People! argues for alternative scale and operational models, illuminating debates over what kinds of chains...Shelf signal: Agriculture & Food Policy