''Shopped: The Shocking Power Of British Supermarkets'' is a book by British author and
investigative journalist Joanna Blythman
Joanna Blythman (born 1956) is a British investigative food journalist and writer and a commentator on the British food chain who has covered subjects including salmon farming, supermarkets, intensive pineapple production, bird flu and the cau ...
first published by
Fourth Estate in 2004.
Described by one reviewer as "an emotive and bitter attack on
ritain'ssupermarket 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
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eat to a few powerful chains." Along with Felicity Lawrence's ''Not On The Label'' (2004) and
Colin Tudge
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'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. The book helped establish Blythman's reputation as "one of the most influential commentators" on British supermarkets.
[ It was the winner of the Best Food Book prize at the 2005 ]Glenfiddich Food and Drink Awards The Glenfiddich Food and Drink Awards were intended to recognize achievements in writing, publishing and broadcasting on the subjects of food and drink. The awards had been sponsored since 1972 by William Grant & Sons, a family-owned Scottish disti ...
and was shortlisted for the 2005 Guild of Food Writers' Awards.
See also
* Consumerism
*Slow Food Nation
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*''The Wal-Mart Effect
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References
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2004 non-fiction books
Non-fiction books about consumerism
Ethically disputed business practices
Marketing techniques
Books about food and drink
Food politics
Slow movement