Fast food

and a large cup of a sugar induced coma to go with that?” Essentially when ordering food from a branch of the fast food industry, this is what we are ordering.“The rise in the fast food industry has been linked to rising cases of obesity. The CDC estimates that 248,000 Americans die prematurely due to obesity and considers obesity as the number two cause of preventable death in the US...” (Smith 2006). Fast food restaurants such as McDonald’s, Bojangles, Chick-fil-A, among others, have impacted…

As we all know, food production has drastically increased in the past 100 years. With the development of fast food companies such as McDonalds, who are the biggest buyers of potatoes, pork lettuce, tomatoes and apples, food production corporations like IBP (Tyson Foods), Smithfield Foods, JBS USA (Swift) and Cargill Foods, had to adjust to the large demand. This made the companies, which in 1970s controlled 25% of the market, today control more than 80%. Significantly fast increase in…

Kitchen) Industry Overview: The fast food industry began in 1951 with the introduction of, the most popular fast food chain to date, McDonalds. Since then the industry has become international with a current revenue of $570 billion USD. But, majority of its revenue is generated within the United States. The United States contributes $245.4 billion USD to that overall revenue with 208,210 businesses. Here on out we will focus on the domestic market of the fast food industry. The main leaders…

Everyone eats fast food whether it’s because they are busy, on the road, or like the food, but does anyone stop to consider what fast food industries have done to the community, the meatpacking companies, or the slaughter houses in which the food comes from. Majority of people believe these businesses moving into a town is a good concept because they bring jobs. Although it is true, Eric Schlosser takes on a different view in the book Fast Food Nation talking about how these businesses moving…

People might think of fast food as a benign convenience of modern times. The food is good, cheap, plentiful, easily accessible, filling, and the restaurants are clean. What could be wrong? Reading Eric Schlosser’s groundbreaking study Fast Food Nation, one learns that just about everything is. Schlosser uncovers a history of corruption, greed, and disregard for the welfare of workers and customers in franchises such as McDonald’s, Burger King, and Jack in the Box, to name a few. His study takes…

of this rampant plague are the fast foods chains. Fast food’s biggest asset is its low cost, which allows economically challenged people to buy more food for less money. Fast food is practically made for them: it’s cheap, it’s easy, and it’s everywhere. Becoming addicted to this food is easy, and buying it becomes habitual. Engineers can use their skills to find a more cost effective way to create healthier foods and meals to feed the economically challenged. Food engineering is a large field…

faster than ever with the flow of information right at our fingertips, and it has truly become an essential factor to take into account in our daily lifestyle. From fast food restaurants to online shopping, nearly everything has become such a quick breeze to accomplish. McDonalds has become one of the most success icons in the fast food industry causing sociologist, George Ritzer, to coin the term McDonaldization. McDonaldization is any institution or organization that follows the four main…

eating unhealthy can cause major difficulties in their later years. Eric Schlosser is an investigative journalists, who wrote the nonfiction book called “Fast Food Nation”. The book is about the global and local influences the United States’ fast food industries have. Although some may argue that the corporations should led a reform of the US food system, overall, the government should take responsibility because history supports their ability to improve corporate corruption and they should be…

article, teens working for fast food restaurants, believes that teens should not work in fast food restaurants. I believe that fast food restaurant are very beneficial towards young teens. Students who work have an advantage over others, because they can learn leadership skills and responsibility. Jobs like McDonald’s help young adults with time management. McDonald’s is a very popular franchise, so teens can improve their social skills. Although working at a fast food restaurant might not be…

through transportation or mobile phones. Food has also changed enormously through the years, as the needs of the American people constantly shift. The rise of fast food has fit right into the rapid lifestyles of Americans. Food has become easier to access and cheaper to make, yet because of this, bad eating habits developed, and with those habits came the rise of obesity. New encounters with overly-processed, high-fat, and high-calorie foods produced by the fast food industry have led to an…