Foods like Sonic milkshakes, McDonald’s McRib, and Wendy’s JBC all have what in common? The …show more content…
Typically, when driving through areas with high property values, restaurants like Chipotle, Chick-fil-A, or a Jimmy Johns. Fast-food companies not only study the economic demographics of our cities, but they gladly take advantage to this data. It makes sense that multibillion dollar corporations want to place their businesses where they’ll make the most money. Michael Miller, Gerad Middendorf, and Spencer Wood conducted a research called Food Availability in the Heartland: Exploring the Effects of Neighborhood Racial and Income Composition. In this study they realized fast-food chains were more dominate compared to health food stores in inner city neighborhoods. The researchers also point out the direct correlation between health issues within a race and income