On December 1, 2016 I rented from Amazon prime, Fast Food Nation, a movie directed by Richard Linklater. Screenplay was written by Richard Linklater and the author of the book by the same name, Eric Schlosser. The film opens with Don Anderson, family man and the Marketing director of a Mickey’s Burgers learning that there is high count of E Coli bacteria in Mickey’s “Big One” burger. His department is marketing; he does not understand what he is being told so he is told in a manner anyone could…
“Fast Food Nation” was written by Eric Schlosser in 2001. Schlossers’ purpose in writing this book was to educate people on fast food and how fast food has taken over our lives essentially. Schlosser shows us that big chain corporations such as McDonald’s run every day by employees who are under paid and work in unsanitary and sometimes in a dangerous environment. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that eating fast food can lead to obesity. It is very unhealthy to eat this type of…
Fast Food and Junk Food, The Invisible Killer Are you familiar with burger, pizza, nugget, fried potato, and donuts? The food that I have mentioned above are the examples of fast food. Fast food is food which served in a short time and we can buy them through the drive thru service in the fast food restaurants that means it only takes a little to cook them. They are included in the type of junk food either. Junk food itself means content of food with nutrients limited. Some even say that junk…
CUSTOMER ATTITUDE TOWARDS FAST-FOOD CHAIN RESTAURANT IN TIER TWO CITIES IN TAMILNADU TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER NO. CONTENTS PAGE NO. I INTRODUCTION II ORGANIZATION PROFILE 2.1 Industry Profile III 3.1 Need for the study 3.2 Objectives of the study 3.3 Scope of the study 3.4 Research Design 3.5 Limitation of the study IV Literature Review V Research Methodology VI DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION VII FINDINGS VIII SUGGESTIONS IX…
on two food categories (home made and ready food from restaurant) by the average families from their food budget in four different years since 1980,1990,2000 and 2010.Overall, the restaurant food consumption has been increasing since 1980 until 2010 over the home made food consumption. And in the second graph (line graph) which compares two subcategories of restaurant food as fast food restaurant and sit-down restaurant over the same time period mentioned before. at glance the fast food…
Chew on This is a book about all the fast food restaurants and how they came to be, what is really in their food and how the businesses have been managed all these years. There are many interesting facts and history all about our popular fast food companies today and in the past. I believe this is a great read because it has so many different stories over different fast food companies. I believe you will find this book quite interesting, it has something for everyone. This book takes place in…
Fast Food Ban on Campus Obesity is a very large problem globally and especially in the United States of America. Obesity has been linked to foods and drinks high in fats and sugar. In an effort to combat obesity and improve the health of New Yorkers, the Mayor has created a soda ban. As a result of this ban, many universities and colleges are banning soda and fast food on campus. Though soda may indeed be unhealthy, adults should be able to decide what they choose to drink. While the soda…
Many fast food companies target children because they are young and are good at persuading their parents to get what they want. In the book “The Mcdonaldization of Society 6” by George Ritzer. This book will help many people who have kids understand how McDonalds targets their child. Many companies use tactics that kids are not exposed to at a young age. “People are exposed to a toxic environment” (Espejo 11). There will be times when kids will visit a Taco Bell after school to get the brand…
fan of fast food? Today, fast food restaurants are around every corner. With the large amount of fast food restaurants, people can become extremely unhealthy. Fast food can often contain too many calories and not enough nutrition. When fast food becomes a regular diet for many, they will find themselves struggling with weight problems and other problems that can lead to a variety of illnesses. The negative effects of fast food can make one curious as to why fast food is so popular. Fast food is…
the restaurant business. Schlosser considers teenagers as having the bulk of the fast food work force because the fast food industry seeks employees who are unskilled, easy to manipulate, and willing to work part time for low wages. Fast food industries are modeled after assembly line systems. The fast-food industry relies on machines and does not require its workers to be skilled. About 2/3 of the nation’s fast food workers are under the age of 20. McDonald’s…