This also allowed Francis to add things such as day care and hotels that recently had been driving annual sales up by over 20%. 2) Even though I like and think PetSmart is better store because of the prices and the selection of organic foods for my dog I still think Petco has a consumer base that Petsmart cannot compete with. Even though I go to Petsmart for my dogs, I would go to Petco for reptiles and or fish. I work for a saltwater aquarium shop, so I am very critical when I look at other peoples tanks. Being a smaller shop Petco can focus on things that take a lot of care and a lot of
I would have to assume that the “Giuliani Remembers 9/11” news clip was paid for by the sponsors that had their ads played during the news clip. The video ad was paid for by Pedigree, or if you really wanted to get technical, the consumer who keeps Pedigree brand dog food in business. I feel like Giuliani did have a secondary opinion. He did speak about 9/11, and remembering, but he also seemed to express his opinions on “The War on Terrorism”; how well, he felt, the country was doing, and it almost sounded like he was giving praise to how the situation was and has been handled. The pedigree ad was about dog food but I also got how important dogs are out of the message in the ad.
Although he was not successful with his main goal, his writing led to the reforms in the meat industry that make it safe today. Sinclair obviously wanted to educate the public about the meat industry. His detailed account of the life of a Packingtown worker sheds light on a subject that most people were ignorant about. Rapid industrialization left little concern for the ethics of the business so the “conscience had to be developed and delivered by the journalists” like Sinclair (Sinclair, 403). Sinclair adds materially to the readers knowledge by exposing the corruption of the big corporations.
It also looked into undocumented workers, subsidies, and outsourcing (among other things) done by Walmart. There was definitely a lot of meat in the film, too much to cover in one paper so I chose the topics that interested me the most. We all learn as children, there are two sides to every story. While researching the pro-Walmart or pro-corporate Americans I came across some very interesting information that discredited a lot of what the film argues is the truth. My favorite was an article from Forbes magazine about how outsourcing to China is more American than Sam Walton’s founding design of the Buy America Program.
He recommends that in search of a better way to serve customers, the fast food industry has negatively infused its way into the American culture. Schlosser brings to light plenty of shocking facts like how the actual cost of a Happy Meal is determined and how it manipulates the children to persuade their parents to treat them out to McDonalds. A growing awareness of the connection between diets and disease is slowly but surely taking hold in the minds of consumers. Natural and organic foods are becoming more popular across the country. However, our government hasn’t taken the steps that most
The six benefits listed by Swift are all plausible ideals that are widely wished for and they would give the economy a very good advantage. Swifts proposal is in answer to the massive growth of the underprivileged populous in Dublin, a city in Ireland. The recent rise in population growth in Dublin is indeed a detriment to their society for fear of overcrowding. The solution of selling children as meat would definitively solve the population growth problem while providing the people of Dublin, Ireland with a new form of nutrients and a new staple of food. With many of these children possibly growing up with no skills and nourishment the best possible solution in Swift’s opinion is to turn these people, who do not nor
Neil Corcoran Eng 1102 Maher Introductory Reading Response After reading all of the articles, I have decided to write my response on No wonder they call me a bitch by Ann Hodgman. After reading this article, I found it to be very interesting as well as entertaining. I would not consider this piece researched writing because she never actually tasted any of the dog food (I hope not!) The only research she probably did in this article was looked up the name of the different dog foods. I believe you have to do a little more research than that in order for it to be considered a researched piece.
Bilger says that “our love affair with our pets has gotten out-of-control,” and I for one agree. We Americans must develop a more reasonable perspective about the role of pets in our lives. According to Bilger, Americans are spending up to “47 billion, nearly three times as much as the federal government spends on welfare grants.” Citizens who have been laid off of work or need food stamps must be discouraged by a figure like this. In fact, I have to ask myself what a homeless person thinks when Paris Hilton’s dog walks by (or is carried by Paris) in a “$200 cashmere sweater.” With so many urgent needs in the world, here in California, there in New York, and around the world, maybe we should check our priorities when it comes to providing dentistry and psychotherapy for dogs. My cousin has three little Yorkies, for example, and those dogs get better dental care than anyone in my family does!
As obesity and its effects gain awareness, Americans are making more efforts to encourage a healthy lifestyle. Many restaurants are incorporating healthier choices into their menus and “policy-makers are taking action to protect children from the fast-food trend” by limiting “food advertising aimed at children” (“Fast Food”). In 2004 the health campaign Verb was launched, using boldface names to promote physical activity and healthy decision-making. Unfortunately, Verb was terminated in 2007 due to a lack of funds (Kluger 227). The problem with the current endeavors, then, is that they are not void of any possible defects.
Essay #3: The Rhetoric of Vegetarianism Over years, people have found new technologies in processing foods. They invented machines that are able to produce meats from living animals in savage and sadistic ways. These people do whatever it takes to get the maximum benefit for their business without caring that these animals can actually suffer and feel the pain. To think even further, not only this act of animal abuse leads to a violation of nature law, but we also can see the negative effects by eating animals. Meats are one of the main causes of deathly diseases, such as cancer, heart disease, and others.