Benjamin Lorr
@BenjaminLorr
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Author - THE SECRET LIFE OF GROCERIES - Coming Sept 2020!!
Joined June 2012
Did you read the NYTimes Review and get curious whether this grocery book is really as fascinating as it seems?? We're doing a giveaway on Goodreads, so come get a copy to indulge your curiosity risk free! https://t.co/oSr2KMF5Jq
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15 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Sep 08-Sep 22, 2020. In the tradition of Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore's Dilemma, an extraordinary inve...
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Delighted, honored, and brimming with pride to see the Secret Life of Groceries in this list of Summer Reads by @TheAtlantic and @elcush What company! Now bring on summer! https://t.co/N8Fny8Q9xI
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The Atlantic’s writers and editors have chosen fiction and nonfiction to match all sorts of moods.
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Blown away by the reporting in this story. Bring on the kudos for @RachelNCorbett. https://t.co/8Xz0WHWTGl
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How a widow’s legal fight against the Wildenstein family of France has threatened their storied collection — and revealed the underbelly of the global art market.
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In my opening statement before the House Judiciary Committee, I laid out how @FTC's work is materially helping people in their daily lives. We're tackling noncompetes, high drug prices, undue repair restrictions, junk fees, subscription traps, and more: https://t.co/OfGLiGIT4q
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@moetkacik My question is — when is the Moe Tkacik book about PE coming out??
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I finished reading @BenjaminLorr's THE SECRET LIFE OF GROCERIES over the weekend and can't recommend it enough—entertaining, fascinating, meticulously reported, and resistant to easy narratives.
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The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket
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That’s what we call sellers’ inflation.
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Terrible loss. Wonder if any thing can be done
the tastee diner is closing after 88 years, it was my dad's favorite restaurant and where we always went after his NA meetings. i made this post public & free so that you can all mourn this loss with me https://t.co/lFw1k7fVoe
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Meticulous reporting and analysis
Video evidence of a rare daylight raid by the Israeli military shows #IDF forces firing 14 times into a group of civilians sheltering alongside a mosque in #Nablus. A team of Post reporters used 1000 photos, video & interviews to reconstruct the event: https://t.co/J1Jtrio6I7
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yes, please do enlighten me. email me at smalldickenergy@getalife.com
Hello @GretaThunberg I have 33 cars. My Bugatti has a w16 8.0L quad turbo. My TWO Ferrari 812 competizione have 6.5L v12s. This is just the start. Please provide your email address so I can send a complete list of my car collection and their respective enormous emissions.
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What a great year for books! Hosting a monthly book club has been fantastic, as has the book club podcast. The favourite of the book club was @BenjaminLorr’s The Secret Life of Groceries. My personal 'other' favourite was @juleslhoward’s Wonderdog https://t.co/4Rmnd078Nk
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It reads like murder mystery: a well-intentioned #PearlJam takes on a US ticketing cartel: Unbelievable reporting by @KristaKBrown and @moetkacik on the crony capitalism that left @taylorswift13 fans in the cold this fall: @DOJPH break @Ticketmaster up!
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A 40-year saga of kickbacks, threats, political maneuvering, and the humiliation of Pearl Jam
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“A 40-year saga of kickbacks, threats, political maneuvering, and the humiliation of Pearl Jam” https://t.co/ObCjubAF0Y I’ve spent 2 months digging into Ticketmaster w/@moetkacik, and its notoriously exorbitant fees & faulty platform only scratch the surface of abusive behavior
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A 40-year saga of kickbacks, threats, political maneuvering, and the humiliation of Pearl Jam
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Click here to read the full book #giftguide from the TechCrunch crew 👇
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We've put together a list of just our favorite stuff that we read this year. Some of it won't surprise; I hope that some of it does.
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Twitter cannot be the main story on Twitter every single day 😭.
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The merger of Kroger and Albertsons would not only impact supermarkets but consumers as well. We discuss the ripple effects it will have on consumers and the industry with @DonLDay, @UBSchoolofLaw's Christine Bartholomew & @BenjaminLorr. Listen @ 10 am.
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“Ticketmaster’s exclusive deals with the vast majority of venues on the ‘Eras’ tour required us to ticket through their system,” AEG said in a statement to CNBC. “We didn’t have a choice.” https://t.co/kyOwnNFs71
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AEG Presents, the company in charge of handling Taylor Swift's upcoming tour, said it didn't have any choice but to work with Ticketmaster.
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@tevitauhatafe @grocery_nerd I am definitely not in, nor a part of making this. But DAAAAAAAAAAMN is it amazing! These guys are top level, and anyone trying to sell you something other than what's in this video cannot be trusted as anything other than a crook. Grab @BenjaminLorr's book! 👍
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Should the FTC block the #Kroger/#Albertsons mega-#merger? A former VP of Whole Foods @grocery_nerd & author of The Secret Life of Groceries, @BenjaminLorr, explains why. 👇🏼
NEW: A former VP of Whole Foods lays out why the Kroger/Albertsons mega-merger is a travesty and could even be criminal. The massive new grocery chain will have near-monopoly control in major cities. Food prices will go up & workers’ wages will go down. The FTC must block it.
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