chapter 1
1.1 INTRODUCTION
This chapter introduces the significant perceptions that are used right through this study; this involves dining experience and the students’ satisfaction in food chains. The term fast food is use for the food which can be prepared and served quickly than any other meal, minimum preparation time is considered for fast food, generally this term refers to food sale in restaurants and stores with low time preparation and served to customers in form of packaged for take away /takeout.
Fast foods chains are upgrading globally, and in fact there’s a lot of food chains that happens to be known here and outside the country. Fast food is highly processed and prepared on a large scale from bulk ingredients using standardized cooking and production methods and equipment. In the United States, consumers spent about US$110 billion on fast food in 2000 (which increased from $6 billion in 1970). The National Restaurant Association forecasts that fast food restaurants in the US will reach $142 billion in sales in 2006, a 5% increase over 2005. In comparison, the full-service restaurant segment of the food industry is expected to generate $173 billion in sales. And this usually happens globally. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_food_restaurant
In the Philippine setting, especially in urban centers, fast-food chains are often clustered along one street. It appears that the use of a fast-food restaurant is attached to the urgency of the need for food, either physiological or social (NRA1994). National Restaurant Association (1994), Fast Food Restaurant Survey, Fast Food Restaurant Association of the Philippines. The Philippine Star(1997) described the Filipinos as food lovers. They enjoy tasty meals. They go to fast food chains offering quick serving meals. These food chains especially attracts most students. They are the group of people that regularly patronize fast-food restaurants, which accounts for the sudden boom in the fast-food industry in the Philippines.
This chapter introduces the significant perceptions that are used right through this study; this involves dining experience and the students’ satisfaction in food chains. The term fast food is use for the food which can be prepared and served quickly than any other meal, minimum preparation time is considered for fast food, generally this term refers to food sale in restaurants and stores with low time preparation and served to customers in form of packaged for take away /takeout.
Fast foods chains are upgrading globally, and in fact there’s a lot of food chains that happens to be known here and outside the country. Fast food is highly processed and prepared on a large scale from bulk ingredients using standardized cooking and production methods and equipment. In the United States, consumers spent about US$110 billion on fast food in 2000 (which increased from $6 billion in 1970). The National Restaurant Association forecasts that fast food restaurants in the US will reach $142 billion in sales in 2006, a 5% increase over 2005. In comparison, the full-service restaurant segment of the food industry is expected to generate $173 billion in sales. And this usually happens globally. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_food_restaurant
In the Philippine setting, especially in urban centers, fast-food chains are often clustered along one street. It appears that the use of a fast-food restaurant is attached to the urgency of the need for food, either physiological or social (NRA1994). National Restaurant Association (1994), Fast Food Restaurant Survey, Fast Food Restaurant Association of the Philippines. The Philippine Star(1997) described the Filipinos as food lovers. They enjoy tasty meals. They go to fast food chains offering quick serving meals. These food chains especially attracts most students. They are the group of people that regularly patronize fast-food restaurants, which accounts for the sudden boom in the fast-food industry in the Philippines.