Going to fast food restaurants to prove his theory about how horrible fast food restaurants are for the human body. After going to a few restaurants David found that many employees at the establishments asked him "Would you like to super size that?". The super size option available is excessive amounts of food and drinks that people do not need in a single sitting for their breakfast, lunch, or dinner regardless of the circumstances. Zinczenko had a diet consisting a lot of the time fast food as a young child growing up and claimed that "by age 15, I had packed 212 pounds of torpid teenage tallow onto my once lanky 5-foot-10 frame." Sadly many Americans these days depend on fast food throughout their daily lives whether it is between not knowing how to cook, its fast easy
In this world, there are many people who blindly believe in what is convenient for them. However, there are exceptions to this case within the masses. In the novel the Sweet Hereafter, Russell Banks demonstrates that most people only believe in what they want to believe in, while some exceptional people are able to reason things out, resulting in exceptional consequences for themselves. This is shown through the majority of people in Sam Dent, who only believed in what was convenient for them and Nichole Burnell and Dolores Driscoll who with good reasoning were able to come up with some exceptional results. In the town of Sam Dent, the majority of the people believe in what they want to believe, regardless of the truth.
He brings up a lot of arguments and points in his book and one he uses is Logos to better his points. One specifically he uses is his point on how the fast food industry is the largest group by far that employs low wage workers. He says no skill required and I really like this “The annual turnover rate in the fast food industry is about 300 to 400 percent. The typical fast food worker quits or is fired every 3 to 4 months” (90). Schlosser betters his argument with the use of strong facts and gives the points strength.
In terms of fast food restaurant life span, even twenty-five years in business can seem like an eternity. In an article published in the New York Times, it was reported that instead of advertising heavily, franchising or redesigning stores, White Castle relied on a simple menu of a square little hamburger that die-hard fans would buy by the bagful and devour in one sitting (Siler, 1988). Although the article was published in 1988, much of White Castle’s promotion has remained the same. This paper discusses a number of strategies that have contributed to the sustainability of the White Castle’s hamburger; identifies the intangible aspects such as crave times and company culture which has contributed to the company’s growth; and discusses the marketing strategies that have contributed to the product’s lengthy life cycle in the fast food business. In an article in Investor’s Business Daily, it was revealed that one of the keys to White Castle’s success has been the company’s ability to keep family in management positions.
When President Obama moved to the White House, a Five Guys staffer suggested sending him a T-shirt. “That’s cheap!” Murrell shot back. Playing coy worked, and soon Obama, trailed by TV cameras, stopped by a store. He ordered a cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato, fresh jalapeños, and mustard — a classic example of Five Guys’ formula that sells 2 million burgers a week and was named Zagat’s “best fast food burger” for 2010. For this reporter, evaluating the burger first-hand was problematic: I’ve been a vegetarian for more than a dozen years.
McDonalds Menu Not So Easy to Swallow By Campbell Miller-Waugh SUPERSIZE ME (2004), the entertaining, compelling and engrossing documentary which follows the director Morgan Spurlock’s stomach-turning investigation of the habits of somewhat now ‘normal’ American people. In this film, Spurlock undertakes a 30 day McDonald’s binge which arose when he heard of two overweight schoolgirls who brought a lawsuit against the fast food firm. The suit failed to prove that eating McDonald’s was injurious to their health, and therefore, Morgan Spurlock sets out to prove just that. In his travels, he meets a wide range of interesting people: merrily deceitful lawyers, sycophantic food industry supplicants, and a handful of authoritative academics, all in which are assisting Spurlock’s case to demonise Micky D’s. To document the progress of this extreme challenge, he acquires the assistance of not one, but three doctors who give him thorough examinations before the beginning of this life-threatening quest.
The use of cows to put their restaurant out on the market was a success. In 1995 the first cow was used on a billboard with the words “EAT MOR CHIKIN” From that day forward, the burger-eating landscape would forever be changed (Chick-Fil-A, 2011).” With their message on television, radio and internet it has reached millions. Part of their recipe for success is closing on Sundays. This decision was made back in 1946 when the company was first established; Mr. Cathy believed that employees should have time with their families and worship if they chose to do so. These kinds of strategies sets them apart from other restaurants, in 2010 the company’s system wide sales reached $3.5
Nagbae Saylee December 9,2008 Bisci 004 Extra Credit Why Are American So Fat Why is American so fat? The movie “Super size me” by filmmaker Morgan Spurlock explains it to us in two words fast food. What would happen if you ate nothing but fast food for an entire month? The movie talk about for 30 days he can’t eat or drink anything that isn’t on McDonald’s menu, he must eat three squares a day, he must consume everything on the menu at least once and supersize his meal if asked. Spurlock walks across the country interviewing a host of experts on fast food and an equal number of regular folks while chowing down at the Golden Arches.
In July of 2001 Barbara Kowalcyk and her family were coming home from a vacation when their two and a half year old son, Kevin got E. coli from eating a hamburger. He went from a healthy two and a half year old, to dead in just twelve days. Now Barbara is a food safety advocate trying to stop the beef companies spread E. coli. Later in the movie Michael Pollan states “switching feedlot cattle to a grass diet would eliminate eighty percent of the E. coli in the cows’ digestive tracts” (Food, Inc.). The beef industry won’t ever do that because it would slow the cattle’s growth and it will hurt the company’s profit.
What about the greasy pizza your brother ordered that you've been looking forward to all week? You can't have because you need to lose weight. These things could happen to you if you don't live a healthy enough life. It's okay to sit around and be lazy sometimes, but not all the time. Just like it's okay for us to eat all of our favorite sweet or greasy foods, just not constantly.