Furthermore, cost of living led low-income households to lose a high proportion of their income than those who are the better off people living in poverty have increased especially in households with young adults. How can one expect people living in poverty to afford decent meals? One may conclude, that recessions create and widen income gaps that cannot close when recovery strategies get employed. Moreover, recessions create a gap between the rich and the poor, thus explaining the different diet standards of the two groups. Lisa Miller states in her article ”Divided We Eat”, “As the distance between rich and poor continues to grow, the freshest, most nutritious foods have become luxury goods that only some can afford.” (Miller 190).
The large companies created outweighed the benefits brought to the working people of America at the time. 2. What political and social factors enabled the fast food industry to prosper during the past thirty years? One political factor enabling the fast food industry to proseper was the economic transformation of World War 2. Manufacturing was at an all time high, and people had a lot of money to invest and spend.
Aware of the extra-money available to working families, the different pieces of a Big Business have acted in such a way to suck that extra-money from the poor families. Accordingly, railroads raised their prices on food suppliers; Standard Oil increased their fuel prices. In addition large grocery and department stores have added a greater price to their goods as well. As a result, the cost of living from 1870-1900 stayed approximately constant despite decreasing food and fuel prices. For the great majority of Americans, their standard of living remained the same, or even declined in response to the rise of tenement housing and an influx of immigrant workers.
Now with many fast food chains in Japan, the younger population of Japan eats out frequently. The increase in eating out has caused the obesity rate to increase. An increase in obesity is causing a decrease in health among this culture. With the decrease in health in the younger population, Japan will face a health care problem in the future. Africa used to be known as a culture with great tradition.
* Meets the desire of Paul Livoria * Additional revenue source ( appendix 4) * Increasing franchising trend, 70% of restaurants in Dawkins are franchises * Takes advantage of population growth and high family disposal income in Dawkins * A strong motive for franchise managers to make their restaurants as profitable as possible * An opportunity to improve menu base on local demand, shared innovative ideas and success stories among franchisees that can help strengthened growth Cons * Risk of losing sandwich quality as managers might not comply to standard procedures or invest in people or maintenance * Additional cost of finding and monitoring company managers * In case of failure to comply to franchise agreement, terminating the contract can be costly and difficult * Increasing strict quality heath control in Dawkins and risk of losing franchises that do not adhere to these quality
After a survey conducted between 1977 and 1978 and 1994 to 1996, the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture found that men and women daily energy intake had increased. With the growing popularity of fast food chains, it is easy to see the reason behind the excess calorie intake. When an individual can buy a filling food fast with $5, why go and buy groceries and cook? And also it could be that our society is becoming a fast pace world that there is no time to sit and enjoy a
Food Price……….Health Prices in the current economy are constantly fluctuating. At the current pace, in a few years, it appears that the only people who will be able to afford to live comfortably will be the rich. Everything that humans consume for survival is quickly becoming more expensive. Writer David Francis wrote about how one economic status is incorporated into what one eats in "Where Do You Fall in the American Economic Class System?” This is exemplified through gas prices, housing mortgages, utility bills, and now even food costs. The ever-changing cost of food in our society is affecting the health of citizens in an unprecedented manner.
Over the last couple of years, the United States has, not only, become the most obese country in the world, but also has a large increase in health problems such as heart attacks, diabetes, high blood pressure, and strokes. Business executives of fast food restaurants do not consider the well being of their consumers because that same greed they have, doesn’t allow them to worry about them. In chapter two of the book, “Welcome to Fatland,” there is a focus on how executives came up with different ways to earn more profits and entice customers to buy their products. The best marketing strategy they have developed is “bigness.” Basically, this strategy consists of offering larger quantities to consumers. The cost to the company to produce bigger goods is only slightly different than producing the regular sized, and they could charge consumers a higher amount.
Their total wages could rise by $5.2 billion, $2.4 billion, and $8.5 billion (Vanessa Cardenas). In the fast food operation, wages and purchases are the largest expenses and wages rest at $217,484 and if it were to increase, it could help the workers rise out of poverty
The U.S. Hispanic population is the largest minority segment and is growing at a dramatic rate which has already occurred in the most populous states and is beginning to occur among the U.S. baby population. The future U.S. economy will depend on Hispanics by virtue of demographic change and the social and cultural shifts expected to accompany their continued growth. The growth in the marketing of fast food and groceries to the growing Hispanic population is something that marketers need to acknowledge in order to serve the interests of these consumers. The Hispanic population is projected to nearly triple, from 46.7 million to 132.8 million from 2008 to 2050. This means that the U.S. Hispanic population shares will double from 15% to 30% and nearly one in three U.S. residents would be Hispanic.