The Supermarket Compass

What the supermarket serves us up – and what has to change

We all go to the supermarket. But with price increases and the desire for good quality produce, our weekly shopping trip resembles blind flying: Cheap isn't necessarily bad, and expensive is not necessarily good. Incomprehensible lists of ingredients, impenetrable promises of quality, and missing information mean that we as customers cannot exercise our freedom to choose. In this book, Thilo Bode assists us with an enlightening tour through the supermarket. In an accessible and comprehensive way, he puts the most important products from fresh to frozen goods - fruit, vegetables, meat, baked goods, dairy products, and more - through a radical quality check. And he outlines what has to happen for supermarkets to meet the expectations of their customers for transparency and quality. 

Contains practical info boxes on the most important items as well as all of the important facts about our food.

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  • Publisher: S. FISCHER
  • Release: 22.02.2023
  • ISBN: 978-3-10-397160-6
  • 320 Pages
  • Author: Thilo Bode
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Thilo Bode The Supermarket Compass
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Thilo Bode

Thilo Bode, born in 1947, studied sociology and economics. He became Managing Director of Greenpeace Deutschland in 1989, and in 1995 of Greenpeace International. In 2002 he founded the consumer rights organisation foodwatch in Berlin, which he still runs. His book Die Demokratie verrät ihre Kinder was published in 2003. In 2009 Thilo Bode was elected "Social Entrepreneur of the Year" by the Schwab Foundation.