The Hidden Supply Chain Making Every Menu Feel Familiar | Odd Lots

If you go out to eat at a restaurant, whether it's a fast food chain or a Michelinstarred bistro, there's a good chance the ingredients on your plate came from the same source. Sysco is the dominant foodservice distributor in the US, using its massive logistics network to quietly supply the food that goes into meals in thousands of restaurants across the US. Sysco's scale and product standardization have helped define what American dining tastes like sometimes literally. But critics say its power has gone too far, leaving chefs and diners with fewer choices and blander outcomes. In this episode, we talk with Austin Frerick, author of BaronsMoney, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry (), about how Sysco became the middleman shaping America's menus.

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