| 1. Determine how Five Guys’ philosophy sets it apart from other fast-food chains. Five Guys Burger and Fries is a family business that was established as a small hamburger take-out shop in Arlington, Virginia. Five Guys’ philosophy concentrates on food; their goal is to do better hamburgers and French fries than anyone else in that industry, as well as, focusing on a few items and serving them to the best of their ability. The meat for the burgers is eighty percent lean, is always fresh and never frozen.
The situation is very ironic because the grocery stores with nutritious food advocates for fast food restaurants that are, in context, competing with their sales. Prices of fast food products appear cheaper than full home cooked meals. On average, costumers pay four dollars for a drink, a burger, and a side item. Additionally, fast food is fast. Each fast food corporation has special procedures to keep their paying costumers happy by giving them exactly what they asked for, fast food.
Week Three ILab Fast Food Menu Creation Overview For this assignment, you have been asked to explore the nutritional value of menu items at a local fast-food restaurant. Using the available menu items, plan two meals: the healthiest meal possible and the unhealthiest healthy meal possible. Both meals should include an entrée, side, beverage and dessert. In a word document, please answer/discuss the following questions: Deliverables 1. Describe the healthy meal that you have created from the fast food restaurant using the nutritional value of menu items.
McDonald’s vs. In-N-Out The rise of the fast-food industry has changed not only what Americans eat but also how their meals are prepared. According to Time magazine, over 25% of Americans are eating fast-food two or more times a week. Two popular choices for fast food dining are McDonald’s and In-N-Out restaurants. With one of them just a few blocks or a few miles away it does not take much to fall into temptation and grab a fast meal. Eating at a fast food restaurant is inexpensive, fast, and convenient for many Americans.
How I Did It: Jerry Murrell, Five Guys Burgers and Fries. Retrieved October 28, 2012, from Inc.com: http://www.inc.com/magazine/20100401/jerry-murrell-five-guys-burgers-and-fries_pagen_2.html Yu, R. (2009, June 08). Fast-growing Five Guys burger chain sticks to basic, fresh food. Retrieved October 28, 2012, from USA Today:
Solution and Suggestion 11 4.1. Strength of Family Firms……………………………………………………………………13 4.2 4P Strategies……………………………………………………………………………………….13 4.2.1 Place…………………………………………………………………………………………………13 4.2.2 Product, Price, Promotion 15-17 1. Executive Summary 1.1 Fast food industry in United States facts The hamburger most likely first appeared in the 19th or early 20th centuries. The modern hamburger is a product of the culinary needs of a society that was rapidly changing due to industrialization. In America’s history, the hamburger has come to represent patriotism and festivity.
Every dinner, lunch, and snack has become more efficient and become faster. The fast food industry is killing americans with their secrets. A hamburger and french fries have become the most common American meal since the 1950’s. However, what is rarely mentioned is the ingredients that they contain. All the juicy burgers and crispy golden fries never say where they come from or what ingredients they contain.
White Castle began in 1921 by founder Billy Ingram and the White Castle hamburger is introduced in the market. The name White was meant to describe the company’s purity and cleanliness and Castle signified strength and stability. According to the company’s recent press release, White Castle was the first fast food hamburger chain, founded in 1921and now operates more than 400 restaurants in eleven states (2010). The original success of the company was in its marketing because before 1921, the hamburger was an undesirable product (Goldberg, 2010). In terms of fast food restaurant life span, even twenty-five years in business can seem like an eternity.
College Writing America has become a “Fast Food nation”, which is what Eric Schlosser, author of the book Fast Food Nation, calls it. Why does he call it this you ask? American has known a hamburger and fries as the “American meal” ever since the early 1920s when White Castle was founded. The McDonald brothers opened their redesigned restaurant in 1948, and several fast-food chains that exist today opened soon after. Burger King and Taco Bell started in the 1950s, and Wendy's opened in 1969.
Handson Tran English 9C Mrs. Fox 4/14/13 The Cause to America’s obesity epidemic We have been reading articles based on the prompt which is “what causes America’s obesity epidemic”? Based on the articles, they explain America’s obesity epidemic and how it is caused by fast food from fast food restaurants. The articles “Not so Happy Meals”, “By any other name, it’s still a supersize” and “Fast Food aspires to fast casual” are different but they are on the same concept which is America’s obesity epidemic. Fast Foods provide different ingredients to people obese. Each article talks about either how, what, and why they are serving customers fast food that are making them obese.