100 episodes

Hosted and produced by two Organic food and farming lifers, The Checkout brings forward diverse voices and stories from the frontlines of our food system. Now more than ever, our food system is in a constant state of flux, radical change and crisis. From farm, retail and wholesale sector analyses to public policy, labor organizing and community struggles, The Checkout will expand the horizon for consumers and food industry professionals of what is possible and what is necessary to create a just, equitable and resilient food system.

The Checkout Errol Schweizer and Evan Driscoll

    • Business
    • 4.8 • 31 Ratings

Hosted and produced by two Organic food and farming lifers, The Checkout brings forward diverse voices and stories from the frontlines of our food system. Now more than ever, our food system is in a constant state of flux, radical change and crisis. From farm, retail and wholesale sector analyses to public policy, labor organizing and community struggles, The Checkout will expand the horizon for consumers and food industry professionals of what is possible and what is necessary to create a just, equitable and resilient food system.

    Who Wants To Kill The NLRB?

    Who Wants To Kill The NLRB?

    The Checkout presents a revealing conversation with labor historian John Logan about how “progressive” companies like Starbucks, Trader Joe’s and Amazon want to gut labor law and make it impossible to form unions.

    • 33 min
    Grocery Update: Reinventing Retail and Food Processing

    Grocery Update: Reinventing Retail and Food Processing

    The Checkout host Errol Schweizer returns with a deep dive grocery update on retail consolidation, scaling cooperatives and reinventing food processing.

    • 41 min
    Austin Frerick Takes On The Grocery Barons

    Austin Frerick Takes On The Grocery Barons

    The Checkout speaks with antitrust expert and author Austin Frerick on power, corruption and the need for radical change in the food industry.

    • 42 min
    Magaly Licolli on Stopping Child Labor

    Magaly Licolli on Stopping Child Labor

    The Checkout returns to Arkansas to talk to Magaly Licolli of Venceremos about how workers and faith activists are taking on Big Chicken.

    • 22 min
    Why Your Groceries Are So Damn Expensive

    Why Your Groceries Are So Damn Expensive

    You are not going crazy. Grocery prices are 30% higher than a few years ago. Some categories are up over 50%. And food companies have leveraged global crises to raise prices and rake in huge profits while selling less actually products. What an amazing hustle, if you are an executive or a shareholder! As for the rest of us, we now pay more for less food.

    • 18 min
    Matriark Foods Is Reinventing Food Processing

    Matriark Foods Is Reinventing Food Processing

    The Checkout speaks with Anna Hammond of Matriark Foods about food processing, food waste and why packaged food brands need to invest in sustainable, regionalized supply chains.

    • 43 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
31 Ratings

31 Ratings

Tyler I hate this app ,

Great food industry podcast

Errol has such deep knowledge of the industry and brings great insights into industry trends, workers rights, cool brands and more. Highly recommend a listen.

PlantBasedFoodAdvocate ,

So Informative

As a person who works in the food business, I’ve found the Checkout to be such a great resource. It’s packed with so many nuggets of information and Errol along with his guests are so knowledgeable about anything and everything that has to do with our industry.

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