Pizza Hut: and anti-U.S. imperialism,
243
;
celebrity endorsement of,
237
;
corporate-sponsored teaching materials,
56
;
in fast food clusters,
60
;
in Germany,
233
;
and homogenizing of America,
5
;
as international,
88
;
labor practices,
69
,
71
;
and Gorbachev,
237
;
and NCAA promotions,
48
;
and restaurant technology,
71
;
and school cafeterias,
56
;
and throughput,
69

Plauen, Germany,
225–29
,
249–52
,
322
n

Pokémon,
47

Polygraph testing,
76

Pop Tarts,
124

Popular culture,
9
,
17
,
48

Pork,
198
,
276
n

Potato Growers of Idaho (PGI),
118

Potato industry: development of,
112–14
;
and frozen french fries,
114–17
;
as oligopsony,
117–20
;
processing potatoes,
111–12
.
See also
French fries

Poultry industry: and chicken manure,
202–3
;
and Chicken McNuggets,
139–40
;
and eggs,
264
;
and injuries,
186
,
310
n;
mechanization of poultry plants,
172
;
structure of,
140–42

Powell, Colin,
105
,
239

Powell, Jody,
208

Preston, Paul,
249

Preventive Medicine
,
202

Price fixing,
137
,
143
,
159
,
266

Primakov, Yevgeny,
238–39

Procter & Gamble,
55

Profit margins,
54
,
174
,
286
n,
310
n

Propaganda films,
38

Proposition 13 of California,
64

Protecting Youth at Work
,
80

Psychology of Selling
(Tracy),
105

Pueblo, Colo., Health Department,
193–94

Quebec,
77

Quintillion software,
66

Radio City Rockettes,
234

Railroads,
16

Ralston-Purina,
99–100

Ramirez, Javier,
183

Ramirez, Ruben,
155–57
,
183
,
306
n

Ray A. Kroc Museum,
31–32

Re/Max Real Estate,
229

Reagan, Ronald: and advertising to children,
46
;
and business mergers,
137
,
158
;
and Disneyland,
36
;
and Karcher,
25
,
27
;
and Lowe,
105
;
and OSHA,
179
;
and public health spending cuts,
206

Reckert, John,
71

Red Arrow Products Company,
128

Reddi-Wip,
159

Red Lobster,
73

Reeve, Christopher,
106–7

Reiter, Ester,
75

Religious organizations,
63–65

Republican Party,
88
,
210

Restaurant industry,
6
,
65
,
210
.
See also
Fast food industry

Restaurants and Institutions
,
260

Richfield Oil,
39

Ritzer, George,
9

Robbery,
83–85
,
292
n,
293
n

Roberts, Burton,
155

Robertson, Pat,
63

Robotics,
66–67
,
131

Roman Empire,
3
,
239

Roman Republic,
3

Ronald McDonald: in commercials,
42
;
development of,
41
,
95
;
in Germany,
232–33
;
influence of,
231
;
on Internet,
45
;
photograph of,
30
;
recognizability of,
4
,
276
n;
statues in Germany,
250
.
See also
McDonald’s Corporation

Roosevelt, Theodore,
152
,
204–5

Rosenberg, William,
22

Rowlin, James R.,
207

Rudolph, Beth,
198–99

Rugrats
,
48

Rus-Ettes Special Dry Fry Shoestrings,
130

Russia,
244
.
See also
Soviet Union

Safe Tables Our Priority (STOP),
200

Safety for workers,
8
,
84–85
,
172–90
,
206
.
See also
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Sager, Dean,
100

Salmonella
: and beef,
188
,
197
,
328
n; and illness,
201
; and National School Lunch Program,
219–20
; and poultry industry,
202–3
,
208
,
264

San Bernardino,
19–21

Sanders, Gary,
178

Sanders, Harland,
23
.
See also
KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)

Saturday Evening Post
,
205

Saudia Arabia,
230

SBA (Small Business Administration),
102
,
164

Schickel, Richard,
33

Schiller, Friedrich von,
228
,
250

Schools: advertising of fast food companies in,
51–57
;
corporate-sponsored teaching materials,
55–56
;
dropout rates of fast food employees,
79–80
;
fast food sold in,
56–57