Burger King soon followed in the 50’s and has also received its fair share of lawsuits. Some believe that suing consistently is acceptable because they are using their freedom of using the court system but many believe that it is a frivolous waste of time. Because fast food has become increasingly available, many Americans use the opportunity to eat their food whenever they want it and at a low cost. Yet when the visits are far too often they look for someone else to blame for their mistakes. Take Gregory Rhymes for example.
According to internet research, Americans spend more than $110 billion a year on the fast food. So obviously the only good thing I think that comes out of fast food restaurants is that since it is a growing epidemic, results would be more people employed. On the other hand, more and more fast food places would be everywhere, making it easier for people to succumb to the temptation of the delicious fast food. The truth of the matter is, fast food is killing us slowly. Do yourself and fellow Americans a favor and don’t eat at such lousy food places.
English 091 19 March 2013 The Effects of Meal Outsourcing Fast-food is more than a quick-easy meal to be inhaled on the way to somewhere more important. Its negative effects touch one physically, emotionally, and financially. It is true that there are healthy choices offered while eating out, meals can be shared even if not cooked at home, and there are low-cost options on fast food menus. Choosing to not cook and eat a family meal at home has negative health consequences, causes a deterioration of the family relationship, and has a higher cost. Even with healthier choices, one cannot be aware of exactly what is in the food cooked in restaurants, while families can opt out of the drive-through and go in to sit and eat together at fast-food establishments it isn't as intimate and the time is rushed, low-cost options on fast food menus cost more than cooking a family meal at home.
For example, it shows us the risks of eating fast food, specifically McDonald’s fast food. Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but McDonald’s fast food for thirty days straight. He gained 25 pounds and also doubled his chances for heart disease. It took Morgan 14 months to lose his extra weight and he said it was nothing close to being easy. In addition, this movie shows the ways schools are affecting obesity in their students.
The Food Industry in America Whether it’s juicier, bigger, crunchier, sweeter, saltier, or whatever the phrase the food industry and its around-the-clock marketing tactics has been a major cause of the obesity epidemic in recent decades. The result of Americans constant exposure to today's 'eat more' food culture has been to get people to desire high-calorie foods and to get them to become overeaters. Clearly the food industry’s tactics are working, America is fat and people everywhere know it. The food industry is corrupt. So corrupt in fact that even as it is seemingly doing the right thing, like promoting healthy foods to be served in schools for example, its wellness initiatives are frequently just marketing ploys.
The book Fast Food Nation would open the eyes of most Americans to behind the scene of fast food. The type of workers they employ, and how the government is connected to the industry. The workers of the fast-food industry are treated with bad ethics. The fast-food industry likes to hire young, poor, and handicap people. They hire teenagers because they live at home and do not have any expenses, therefore, they work for less money.
Mass, routine consumption of fast food directly relates with internal body functioning, increase in body fat, as well as lower levels of energy and stamina. A high-calorie diet with little to no exercise builds up over time, potentially leading a person to be severely overweight and in being most effiecient in their day-to-day lives. Indulging in too many fatty foods can bring about atherosclerosis, a syndrome in which the artery wall thickens. Another health risk from excessive visits to your local fast food restaurant is diabetes. High sugar contents in entrees, drinks and desserts contain a significant amount of sugar.
McDonald’s is the fast food that earn the most profit in the fast food industry Name : Class : Date : Teacher : INTRODUCTION In the past, dinner or lunch time was necessarily a shared moment, where people gather with family or friends. Nowadays, their life is busier and they do not have enough time to eat properly and all together. Thus, fast-food industry appeared, and made business from their busy life. Because of the cheap price, and because is not such a bad food, people make most of the fast-food become famous and important business. One of them is McDonald’s, an American fast-food restaurant, founded 70 years ago.
Today we find that fast food workers receive the lowest wages of all, while restaurant executives’ salaries are rising. Yes, the tasks have been entirely de-skilled and are done mostly by teenagers trying to survive their first job, but it had become radically different from the past when a job in the fast
The fast-food industry has created millions and millions of jobs for these usually unappealing workers. The hours are generally flexible and most of the time the employee can choose how many and which hours a week they would like to work. The fast food industry has made it so that very, very few people have a quality reason to be completely unemployed. When men were expected to be the main breadwinner of a family, fast food restaurants made it easier for women to maintain a steady income to help pay for a family's expenses. In the 1960s, only 30% of women worked compared to 65% of women working now.