This boasts the highest worst safety records in the world. He also provides information about how fast food chain restaurants work on expanding their influence and presence. One such example was McDonalds trying to have a presence in the incomplete Disneyland. But ultimately that never happened. He also addresses the danger on employment in various factories or companies.
I could see I there were scientific facts or data that would confirm that statement to be true and that by running the water it prevented germs but nothing has been issued to the media outlets such as the TV news stations with this type of comment to my knowledge. If this was so all companies in the fast food industry, hospitality and more would have adopted that way of preventing germs. Starbucks defended themselves by saying, the running taps were needed to meet health standards. I would say they were just wasting water and had not clear understanding of what the consequences would be once the news got out into the public. This is very unfortunate when most countries in Africa do not have clean running water and here Starbucks is washing it down the drain without thought.
In fact, other sources point to the fact that McDonald’s is much further from these goals than the soya initiative's apparent success would indicate. Suppliers in McDonald’s supply chain are still employing practices that are contrary to the sustainability goals. For example, on the issue of animal welfare, the chickens raised for McDonald’s white meat products live in terrible conditions (Kenner 2008). The main problem is that McDonald’s does not use strict enough auditing measures on its suppliers regarding sustainable practices and corporate social responsibility. As a result of this lax auditing of its suppliers, McDonald’s was forced to retroactively create a large-scale soya initiative, enacted after Greenpeace’s outcry.
This example shows the effects McDonaldisation has on society and culture because, the French like fine cuisine which means fast food is not there great option. Success in globalisation is another reason for McDonaldisation. McDonald’s revenues for 2006 were $21.6 billion, with
Today, there are over 11,000 stores – including more than 5,000 outside the United States.” (Domino’s) Unfortunately, Domino’s was previously agreed by Americans that their home delivery pizzas were among the worst, and they had to do something about it. In lieu of the news, they invested in new informational systems in order to compete against their top competitors including Pizza Hut, Papa John’s, and Little Caesars to achieve their vision of delivering excellent customer service and goods pizzas. (Laudon) Their business strategy to improve identified an overhaul with the in store
Fast Food Babies How would you like to eat fish and chips, pizza, burgers, chocolates, lollies, Pepsi, KFC and several other junk foods filled with unwanted oils and tremendous amounts of fat that eventually will clog up the artery’s and lures you to your death…EVERYDAY!!! Sound delicious? I DON’T THINK SO. Vicki Cooper, famous film director, shows that this is the prime diet of British children in her latest documentary – Fast Food Babies. Cooper emphasizes that the diets choices presented to children is extremely unhealthy and stresses that if parents continue to ignore the dangerous health-issues, it may affect the child’s well-being for life.
They all end up in the same ruling that its the consumers choice to enter a fast food establishment and consume their products. But it is evident that fast food corporations have caused a widespread epidemic within the U.S from their many caused negative effects. This is why society blames and accuses these fast food companies for being responsible for the ongoing obesity crisis, but even though their food is not considered of good nutrition, in the end it’s not fast food companies forcing their customers to consume their products, its free will of society. The modern history of fast food in America began on July 7, 1912 with the opening of a fast food restaurant called the Automat in New York. The Automat was a cafeteria with its prepared foods behind small glass windows and coin-operated slots.
In the essay, “The Pleasures of Eating” by Wendell Berry, he states that the society lacks the knowledge of the making of their food and whether the food is healthy or unhealthy. He goes on and explains that the food industry attracts the customers trying to make them buy their products that has been treated with drugs and chemicals but looks as good as if it was freshly and naturally produced. Berry claims that the food industry will do anything to get people to buy. It would be difficult to know what to cook for a cultural food critic like Berry. One type of food I would serve to Berry is home grown or local farms vegetables.
Being monitored by three physicians; a general practitioner, a cardiologist, and a gastroenterologist, Spurlock kept track of how his health was being harmed each and every day to prove his point that McDonald’s, as well as every fast food restaurant, isn’t the best choice of nutritional food. The review is for the Los Angeles Times to consider publishing as one of its reviews of the film. The Problem: McDonald’s is a revenue making giant that sells fast food meals without much regard to the effects it will have on the health of society. One of the primary reasons people are obese today in the United States is because of fast food consumption. It is after all is the easiest and fastest way to get full when one is in a rush, especially with it being cheap and conveniently available almost at every corner of any major street in Los Angeles and every other city in the world today for that matter.
Americans are unhealthy and the food industry is doing nothing to change that. Food Inc. by Eric Schlosser consulted by Michael Pollan reveals all the dirty secrets the food industry does not want consumers in America to know. The repulsive process by which our food is made and the greedy tactics of food industry executives were hidden from public view and that’s what made the authors decide to write the book (and later make a documentary on the book). Eric Schlosser is an experienced, investigative journalist whose work has appeared in prestigious magazines such as Rolling Stone and The New York Times. Prior to writing Food Inc., he wrote another book about the food industry called Fast Food Nation (which highlighted the unsanitary and discriminatory practices of the fast food industry).