The Frozen Truth: How One Company Made Every Restaurant Taste the Same

Have you ever noticed that the food in restaurants across America is starting to taste… identical? Jalapeño poppers in New York, fried pickles in Nebraska, funnel cake fries in Alaska — all suspiciously familiar.

In this investigation, we expose how a single mega-distributor — Sysco — quietly reshaped America’s entire food industry. What began as a convenience network has become a monopolized system of mass-produced, ultra-processed meals shipped nationwide.

Inside this exposé:
• How Sysco’s frozen food empire replaced local farm-to-table variety.
• The hidden global supply chains behind your appetizers — from slave labor seafood to factory-made “fresh” bread.
• The collapse of regional distributors and the death of true local flavor.
• Why even mom-and-pop diners now depend on the same industrial food system.
• And what can be done to reclaim authentic eating — one meal at a time.

The next time you taste something “familiar,” you’ll know why.