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[2004 book about the supermarket industry] [the activity] [date=January 2024]
{{Infobox book | name = Shopped | image = Joanna Blythman Shopped front
cover.jpg | caption = Front cover of _Shopped_ | author = Joanna Blythman |
country = United Kingdom | language = English | genre = Non-fiction |
publisher = Fourth Estate | release_date = 4 May 2004 | media_type = Print
(hardcover & paperback) | pages = 384 (first edition) | isbn =
978-0-00-715803-4 | oclc = 56444289 | followed_by = Bad Food Britain }}
_SHOPPED: THE SHOCKING POWER OF BRITISH SUPERMARKETS_ is a book by British
author and investigative journalist Joanna Blythman first published by Fourth
Estate in 2004.[1][2][3] Described by one reviewer as "an emotive and bitter
attack on [Britain's] supermarket culture" the book examines the way
supermarkets have changed "diets, cities, countryside and economy" in Britain
and argues that consumers have unwittingly "surrendered control over what
[they] eat to a few powerful chains."[4][5][6] Along with Felicity Lawrence's
_Not On The Label_ (2004) and Colin Tudge's _So Shall We Reap_ (2003),
_Shopped_ was seen by some critics as representing the frontline of the
emerging, radical Slow Food movement in Europe.[7] The book helped establish
Blythman's reputation as "one of the most influential commentators" on British
supermarkets.<ref name=Blackmore/> It was the winner of the Best Food Book
prize at the 2005 Glenfiddich Food and Drink Awards and was shortlisted for
the 2005 Guild of Food Writers' Awards.[8][9]
** See also
- Consumerism
- Slow Food Nation
- _The Wal-Mart Effect_
** References
[2]
[Food industry criticism]
Category:2004 non-fiction books Category:Non-fiction books about consumerism
Category:Marketing techniques Category:Books about food and drink
Category:Food politics Category:Slow movement Category:Fourth Estate books