McDonald's My Favorite Restaurant Essay

loved ones. Nutrition is definitely a must to live a long healthy life, there is no argument there. However, if we stop and look at a restaurant or any fast food menu and read the ingredients, it is quite shocking.…

mascots, toys, and playgrounds in their restaurants. Restaurants like McDonalds have everything that a young child could desire- “bright colors, a playground, a toy, a clown, a drink with a straw, little pieces of food wrapped up like a present” (Schlosser 42). Fast food restaurants cause children to crave more than just the food. The majority of fast food costumers come from kids; for every child that nags their parents to bring them to McDonalds, the restaurant gains an additional one to two…

player Wayne Gretsky is attributed to having said, "You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take." While this may have more of a literal meaning in a hockey arena, it can also figuratively apply to many aspects of life. I have made many decisions in my life that have made me into the person I am today. I took chances on some of those decisions, but I wish I had taken more. They always work out for the better in the end. In making decisions of all kinds, I have learned that I should always…

expect as they initially franchised a root beer stand and continued to expand until the historic shift to the hotel industry in 1957. Even from its beginning, Marriott has been revolutionary (first in-flight catering, first east coast drive-in restaurant) and that still rings true as Marriott now encompasses 30 brands in 126 countries, over 6,400 properties, and over 100 million loyalty members (Marriott, 2017). The Marriott brands are divided into nine groups (distinctive luxury, classic…

Globalization’s Impact On My Plate At first thought, the food my family ate didn’t seem all that interesting. In fact, I couldn’t think of anything more boring to do than talk about a diet of pasta and potatoes for three generations straight. But the more I thought about this topic, the more I realized that my grandmother growing up couldn’t say her favorite food is a mango like I can. Being from rural New Jersey, she had to watch her mother walk to the nearest grocery store once a week, a long…

Throughout my life, I have had many challenges that I have needed to face. Challenges such as: getting up in the morning, keeping control of children at work, making it to family events on time, paying for my car and even saving enough money to fill my gas tank (BE10). The most recent challenge I have faced is Pushing the Limits. This consisted of me doing something to help me that went beyond my boundaries or giving up something that I love for thirty days. I chose to give up carbonated…

twenty-three miles away from Albion, Michigan, lives a sixteen year old British teen, whom I became friends with through the internet. Many people here in the USA, don’t realize how different things are in the UK, which is why I’m introducing Beth, one of my best friends. Beth is from Taunton, Somerset, England. It’s in the southern part of the United Kingdom, a bit southwest of the middle of the county Somerset. Beth lives in a three story house with her mom and her cat named Bella. Beth is…

My experience growing up wasn’t the best, traveling to America at the age of seven and not knowing the language was a huge obstacle to overcome. Weighing in at 115 pounds but this in this country for a year ending up getting me to 135 pounds. You might ask yourselves, how did this happen? How does someone gain twenty pounds in one year? Basically in my first couple of months me and my family ate out a ton. Most of the time it was McDonalds or…

that are different from my normal activities and routine. However, Clean eating has been on my mind for the past year. Clean eating is the process of eating nutritionist food that is natural. Natural, in this case means free of any added sugar, salt, removing germ, and not made in a lavatory. Clean eating was the exact opposite of the way I have always eaten. Normally, I would eat fast food or fried foods about five times a week. Clean eating was appealing to me because my friends had previously…

with a large group of people. They believe by having a large group to enjoy food with makes food taste better but also you are having a great time with your friends and/or family. Furthermore, the poverty stricken country of Cambodia made me recognize my appreciation of the food I consume. In Cambodia , I see starving kids search for food in the garbage, sometimes going days without food or even looking for food for their parents or sibling. Cambodia is such a poor country that to survive you…